This short video, "Backwards brain bicycle" is a vivid explanation of the gulf that can exist between abstract knowledge and knowhow. Perhaps it is a good analogy also for the differences between managing wholes and managing parts, between managing for what we need and want and managing against problems (the war on _______).
It also reveals the importance of feedback loops or correlations between balance and turning on a bicycle. When correlations and feedback loops are disrupted, we have big trouble in managing systems.
Managing Wholes is a project of the Soil Carbon Coalition