ABSTRACT
A butterfly flaps its wings in Brazil and causes a tornado in Texas. This notion from chaos theory is not meant to be taken literally or be restricted to the world of meteorology, but metaphorically illustrates that a small seemingly insignificant event can lead to hugely significant changes over time. From a field perspective the cause of the presenting phenomena is difficult, if not virtually impossible, to establish due to the multitude of influencing factors, added to which no situation is static. That metaphorical Brazilian butterfly might as a consequence of flapping its wings affect things in the immediate field just as historical events will but there are layers of influence in a person’s field. According to Lewin behaviour is a function of the current field conditions and the person and the environment are co-dependent with change in either affecting the whole.
