Vinnova and Viable Cities in design phase for system demonstrators – Viable Cities

Vinnova and Viable Cities in design phase for system demonstrators

Vinnova and Viable Cities in design phase for system demonstrators – Viable Cities

Does the global upheaval make systems thinking futile? – 5 Reasons Why Not – IT Insider

Does the global upheaval make systems thinking futile? – 5 reasons why notA business or operator that systematically understands its operations is at the forefront in the midst of even major changes, writes our columnist Aini Räisänen.Aini Räisänen13.4.

Does the global upheaval make systems thinking futile? – 5 Reasons Why Not – IT Insider

In Finnish (but worth translating – most web browsers will do it), and one of many of these links supplied courtesy of Mikael Seppälä of Systems Change Finland.

Service Ecosystem Design: Propositions, Process Model, and Future Research Agenda – Josina Vink, Kaisa Koskela-Huotari, Bård Tronvoll, Bo Edvardsson, Katarina Wetter-Edman, 2021

Service Ecosystem Design: Propositions, Process Model, and Future Research AgendaShow all authorsJosina Vink, Kaisa Koskela-Huotari, Bård Tronvoll, …First Published September 2, 2020 Research Articlehttps://doi.org/10.1177/1094670520952537

Service Ecosystem Design: Propositions, Process Model, and Future Research Agenda – Josina Vink, Kaisa Koskela-Huotari, Bård Tronvoll, Bo Edvardsson, Katarina Wetter-Edman, 2021

Aligning the concept of ‘Decentralized Autonomous Organization’ to Precedents in Cybernetics | by Kelsie Nabben | BlockScience | Apr, 2022 | Medium

Aligning the concept of ‘Decentralized Autonomous Organization’ to Precedents in CyberneticsA research paper…Kelsie Nabben, providing a brief introduction to:Zargham, Michael and Nabben, Kelsie, Aligning ‘Decentralized Autonomous Organization’ to Precedents in Cybernetics (April 4, 2022). Available at SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4077358April, 2022.

Aligning the concept of ‘Decentralized Autonomous Organization’ to Precedents in Cybernetics | by Kelsie Nabben | BlockScience | Apr, 2022 | Medium

Paper:

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4077358

System: Mapping the Systemic Impact of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

Mapping the Systemic Impact of Russia’s Invasion of UkrainePatrick Wedlock4.8.2022

System: Mapping the Systemic Impact of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

ABC&D: Creating a Regenerative Circular Economy for All – YouTube

A short presentation from Ken Webster and Craig Johnson about their new book ‘ABC&D: Creating a Regenerative Circular Economy for All’. Edited from a webinar held 23rd February 2022, hosted by the International Society for the Circular Economy (facilitated by Emma Fromberg, Cambridge University Institute for Sustainability Leadership)SHOW LESS

ABC&D: Creating a Regenerative Circular Economy for All – YouTube

The Dimensional Model

Brendan Graham DempseyApr 79 min readThe Dimensional ModelTowards a Common Nomenclature

The Dimensional Model

Experimenting Towards Liberated Governance – NetworkWeaver

EXPERIMENTING TOWARDS LIBERATED GOVERNANCEBy NATALIE BAMDAD, MARK LEACH  05 Apr 2022

Experimenting Towards Liberated Governance – NetworkWeaver

Wicked Problems in Public Policy | Head (2022)

Wicked Problems in Public PolicyUnderstanding and Responding to Complex ChallengesAuthors (view affiliations)Brian W. HeadFirst comprehensive overview of the ‘wicked problems’ fieldWritten by perhaps the best-placed researcher in the field, globallyAppeals to academics researching this hot topic, but also to policy practitioners and those advocating solutionsThis book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access

Wicked Problems in Public Policy | SpringerLink

Accelerating funding for systems change – THE PHILANTHROPIST

Nora Wilhelm and Emilie Romon·Blog·14. March 2022·7 min read·0Acce­le­ra­ting funding for systems changeA Swiss experience

Accelerating funding for systems change – THE PHILANTHROPIST

Design Journeys – A Systemic Design Tourbook – Design Dialogues – Peter Jones (book with Kristel Van Ael)

Design Journeys – A Systemic Design Tourbook PETER JONES FEBRUARY 2, 2022 SERVICE DESIGN, SOCIAL SYSTEMS DESIGN, SYSTEMIC DESIGNKristel Van Ael and I completed a year-long project for this special book, designing the first practitioner handbook for systemic design practice. BIS Publishers is listing the book, and it will be in print by May.We summarize the value proposition as follows:This book presents important new developments in systemic design, guided into practitioner pathways that teach the power of using visual tools in collaborative dialogue to make sense of complexity. As the 21st century becomes ever-more complicated, leaders and changemakers are forced to deal with highly complex issues on a daily basis, with decisions that may have impacts far into the future. 

Design Journeys – A Systemic Design Tourbook – Design Dialogues

Worldviews – From Sustainability to Regeneration | edX

Worldviews – From Sustainability to RegenerationTo deal with sets of environmental and social crises, we need a cultural and mental transformation. This MOOC is the first part of an interconnected series of four MOOCS which bring together science, design and transformative praxis as a fluid, intervention-based and synergistic process for addressing complex challenges. This is explored through broadening worldviews, reframing complexity, designing as nature, activating our minds through physical movement, and connecting with new communities.Estimated 3 weeks2–4 hours per weekInstructor-pacedInstructor-led on a course scheduleFreeOptional upgrade availableThere is one session available:After a course session ends, it will be archivedOpens in a new tab.Starts May 9Ends May 27

Worldviews – From Sustainability to Regeneration | edX

Supporting System Changers: The role of system thinking, leadership and wellbeing | Ashoka Europe Fellowship Program

Supporting System Changers: The role of system thinking, leadership and wellbeing  Together with +20 ecosystem partners, academics, Fellows, and intermediaries, we share our global Ashoka Fellowship Program experience on how we support social innovators to change social structures, co-create cross-sector collaborations, and anchor wellbeing at the center of work.

Supporting System Changers: The role of system thinking, leadership and wellbeing | Ashoka Europe Fellowship Program

A Constructivist’s View of POSIWID:

Harish's avatarHarish's Notebook - My notes... Lean, Cybernetics, Quality & Data Science.

POSWID or “Purpose Of a System Is What It Does” is a famous dictum in Cybernetics. This is attributed to the Management Cybernetician Stafford Beer. Beer noted:

A good observer will impute the purpose of the system from its actions and thus from the resultant state.

Hence the key aphorism:

The purpose of a system is what it does.

There is, after all, no point in claiming that the purpose of a system is to do what it consistently fails to do.

I have written about this before here – https://harishsnotebook.wordpress.com/2019/02/18/purpose-of-a-system-in-light-of-vsm/ and here – https://harishsnotebook.wordpress.com/2020/06/14/hegel-dialectics-and-posiwid/

In cybernetics, the emphasis is on what a “system” does, and not especially what a “system” is, or what the designer or management of the “system” claims what the “system” is doing. Thus, we can see that POSIWID has a special place in every cybernetician’s mind. A “system” is a collection of variables that an…

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Complexity-Informed Evaluation – An Exploration in Understanding Pattern, Predictability, and How Change Happens.

jamorell's avatarEvaluation Uncertainty

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I am presenting a professional development workshop at the upcoming meeting of the European Evaluation Association. The workshop description appears below.

The content of this workshop will be a succession of lectures, group discussions, and breakout exercises to provide participants with the understanding needed to recognize how complex behavior might play a role in the models they develop, the methodologies they devise, and what messages they extract from their data. Without this understanding, evaluators cannot correctly describe what programs are doing, and why. If they get it wrong, so too will evaluation users and stakeholders.

Understanding the application of Complexity Science to Evaluation requires understanding the relationship between specific constructs and general themes. Each specific construct is useful in its own right, but its full value lies in appreciating the epistemology in which that theme is embedded. This workshop will treat both specific constructs that can be applied to…

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