Episode 10 - The Anti Simplicity Bias.

“Complexity: now available in six confusing formats none of which you asked for.”

 

Ever built something simple… then sabotaged it because it looked too easy?

Welcome to The Anti-Simplicity Bias — the sneaky EBD strain that convinces learning designers that “simple” means “lazy.”

 

In this episode, Steve Corney cracks open Chapter 8 of The Enough Bucket and confesses how he’s turned clean, functional courses into corporate drag shows of logic layers, jargon soup, and fake sophistication.

 

We talk about:

• Why “too basic” is a compliment, not an insult.

• How our fear of being seen as lazy fuels over-complexity.

• The difference between smart simple and simple-minded.

• How to earn simplicity instead of apologising for it.

 

Because learners don’t need your seven-step framework. They need clarity.

And simplicity isn’t a shortcut — it’s a skill.

 

🎧 Listen, laugh, and spot your own Anti-Simplicity moments.

Then join the post-episode chat on LinkedIn using #EBD and tell us your favourite “I made it more complicated than it needed to be” story.