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Systems Thinking Ontario – 2022-11-14 – Ryan Murphy: Finding Leverage: Toward a modern theory of leverage in systemic design
November 14 (the third Monday of the month, dodging Thanksgiving) is the 105th meeting for Systems Thinking Ontario. The registration is at https://finding-leverage.eventbrite.ca .
Systems Thinking Ontario – 2022-11-14
2022-11-14
November 14 (the third Monday of the month, dodging Thanksgiving) is the 105th meeting for Systems Thinking Ontario. The registration is at https://finding-leverage.eventbrite.ca .
Finding Leverage: Toward a modern theory of leverage in systemic design
Designing for leverage follows from identifying the most powerful opportunities for innovation in systems change. Leverage theory has a history, particularly with a prominent chapter by Donella Meadows on ‘Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System‘. Amongst the recent developments in designing for leverage, there are some challenges in presumptions and misunderstandings. A modern theory of leverage in systemic design can address these challenges.
Extending a presentation from RSD11 on “Leverage Is Fractal, Relative… And What Else? We need a theory of leverage in systemic design”, Ryan Murphy welcomes discussion from Systems Thinking Ontario participants.
Ryan J. A. Murphy is an instructor and doctoral candidate at Memorial University Faculty of Business Administration. He is an alumnus of the master’s program in Strategic Foresight & Innovation from OCADU.
Klaus Krippendorff – RSD10 – Uncritical design to critical examinations
From Uncritical Design to Critical Examinations of its Systemic Consequences
Klaus Krippendorff – RSD10 – Uncritical design to critical examinations
The Phenomenology of Informationally Closed Beings:
In Cybernetics, the idea of “informational closure” is an important one. This basically means that information does not enter us from the outside. We do not receive information as an input and process it to create representations. This is a remnant of René Descartes’s ideas. I will be utilizing the famous philosopher Hubert Dreyfus’s take on Martin Heidegger’s ideas. Heidegger realized that we do not create representations of the world in our minds. He noted that the world is not a set of meaningless facts which we take in and assign values to. Heidegger said that the values are more meaningless facts. Heidegger’s most famous example is that of a hammer. If we explain a hammer as a tool for hammering nails, this value statement ignores a whole lot of significance that comes with a hammer. A hammer is best understood through the act of hammering. Dreyfus wrote:
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cristóbal on Twitter: “What would you call this class of book? – Notes on the Synthesis of Form – Thinking in Systems – Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned – Cybernetics” / Twitter
What would you call this class of book?- Notes on the Synthesis of Form- Thinking in Systems- Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned- Cybernetics
(2) cristóbal on Twitter: “What would you call this class of book? – Notes on the Synthesis of Form – Thinking in Systems – Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned – Cybernetics” / Twitter
A good thread with various thoughts about why ‘this sort of book’ is so special (especially to certain types of people – ‘type of guy who…’ in some parts of twitter speak).
I added a few books to the list (which has significant overlap wth Lisa McNulty’s PostRat reading list https://stream.syscoi.com/2021/10/08/lisa-mcnulty-postrat-reading-list-zotero/ ), the concept of ‘threshold concepts’ (linked here before), and in response to @kanjun saying: I see these as attempts to begin formalizing very early fields. In lieu of experimental results, simple models serve as intuition pumps for future experiment design. @michael_nielsen & I felt this way in our metascience essay—we use metaphors but no math.
…I said: Very astute, that. The partial formation of a field, when it’s amorphous but real – before it’s formalised and constrained.
Why have ambulance waiting times been getting worse? System analysis – The Health Foundation
Why have ambulance waiting times been getting worse?
4 November 2022
Why have ambulance waiting times been getting worse? – The Health Foundation
Santa Fe Institute on Twitter: “The 21st Century Question: Emergently Engineering the Future” Follow this 🧵 today and tomorrow for highlights from our 2022 AppliedComplexity Network and Board of Trustees Symposium
“The 21st Century Question: Emergently Engineering the Future”Follow this today and tomorrow for highlights from our 2022 #AppliedComplexity Network and Board of Trustees Symposium:
(1) Santa Fe Institute on Twitter: “”The 21st Century Question: Emergently Engineering the Future” Follow this 🧵 today and tomorrow for highlights from our 2022 #AppliedComplexity Network and Board of Trustees Symposium: https://t.co/gpwJ87lX2s #Web3 #Cities #Polarization #EmergentEngineering #Decentralization https://t.co/EmFXb2VkAj” / Twitter
When will a large complex system be stable? (Cohen and Newman, 1985)
Journal of Theoretical Biology
Volume 113, Issue 1, 7 March 1985, Pages 153-156
When will a large complex system be stable?
Joel E.Cohen†Charles M.Newman‡
When will a large complex system be stable? – ScienceDirect
Can Economic Growth Continue Over the Long-term? Michael Garfield “Enjoyed this piece by fellow @longnow @ignitetalks presenter @JasonCrawford and share it as a launchpad from which we can hopefully engage in some thoughtful public discourse”…
Michael Garfield #VentureAltruist@michaelgarfieldEnjoyed this piece by fellow @longnow @ignitetalks presenter @JasonCrawford and share it as a launchpad from which we can hopefully engage in some thoughtful public discourse.Below I’ll share a few thoughts on this topic as a way of throwing sparks.https://longnow.org/ideas/02022/10/07/can-economic-growth-continue-over-the-long-term/…
(1) Michael Garfield 💫 #VentureAltruist on Twitter: “Enjoyed this piece by fellow @longnow @ignitetalks presenter @JasonCrawford and share it as a launchpad from which we can hopefully engage in some thoughtful public discourse. Below I’ll share a few thoughts on this topic as a way of throwing sparks. https://t.co/kzlMaPvX0c 1/n” / Twitter
Raissa D’Souza – The Collapse of Networks – YouTube
Raissa D’Souza – The Collapse of Networks
Raissa D’Souza – The Collapse of Networks – YouTube
Econophysics: making sense of a chimera | Yee (2021)
On various social media platforms (follow him for more), @daviding posted:
Caution on presumed isomorphism in #SystemsThinking by Adrian K. Yee
> The application of mechanisms from physics to the study of economic phenomena is often unjustified, given that the ontology of economic reality is distinct from that of physical reality, rendering physical explanations of economic phenomena inadequate.
Author’s share at rdcu.be/cz1sW
Yee, Adrian K. 2021. “Econophysics: Making Sense of a Chimera.” _European Journal for Philosophy of Science+ 11 (4): 100. https://lnkd.in/darFTnV9.
e.f Discussion in The Ecology of Systems Thinking https://www.facebook.com/groups/ecologyofsystemsthinking/posts/5595461717199593/?cft[0]=AZWfNLtIIw9F7emy1TJrfmgkmqPYAEtcIoqymV5F_JKtkCtdHEt_y5kbuVUtnakuyUCajingu9f2ZUOYkrBM-JVhKVbm8wG096WdvZ-aRLKwAcrgvEQ38U_xp0fgxKRsw5aMZEsq014aUApzjQSeyrHSQvFuQwUfP3LY9tCD79LXW8PSUXKFqdGxRNAog0XI8J8MEpYEVvrO9vaLG8ZK0ZP8&tn=%2CO%2CP-R
Econophysics: making sense of a chimera
Econophysics: making sense of a chimera | SpringerLink
Learning Festival 2022: Making the System Shift — The System Innovation Initiative online festival 28 Nov – 2 Dec 2022
Making the System Shift
28 Nov – 2 Dec 2022
A free online festival for people creating different systems for a better future
What does it really take to shift a system? Join us with 50 of the boldest system innovators from across the world as we take a deep dive into the practical realities of shifting systems towards better futures.
Learning Festival 2022: Making the System Shift — The System Innovation Initiative
Are you interested in speaking at a SCiO Open Event?
Do you have an experience of practicing Systems Thinking that you’d like to share? … any aspect of using methods, or of systemic intervention?
If so, would you like to speak at a SCiO Open Event (www.systemspractice.org), for about an hour, about your experience?
We run Open Events every two months, some face-to-face in London or Manchester, or Monday evenings via Zoom. If that’s appealing, please contact tony.korycki@systemspractice.org, to find out more.
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