Leading Complexity

Usual kind of stuff, but more expensive 🙂

A weekly series of master classes on the topic of leadership in a volatile world.

Leading Complexity – Leadership in a volatile world

This map will be a snapshot attempting to make sense of the myriad of ways humanity is attempting to save itself. Naryan has compiled this map based on publicly available information, and hopes others may choose to join the network. To include or remove anything, please reach out to Naryan on twitter: @hinaryan

The Flourishing of All Living Things • Flourishing of All Living Things / Master • Kumu

Why We Try To Solve Problems By Adding Complexity

Why We Try To Solve Problems By Adding Complexity – Paul Taylor

The impact of individual perceptual and cognitive factors on collective states in a data-driven fish school modelWeijia Wang,Ramón Escobedo,Stéphane Sanchez,Clément Sire,Zhangang Han,Guy Theraulaz Published: March 2, 2022

The impact of individual perceptual and cognitive factors on collective states in a data-driven fish school model

DISTRIBUTED VS CENTRALIZED: 1) not a binary distinction, 2) both architectures evolve in nature thru bottom up processes 3) both have robustness + evolvability issues. Be empirical not ideological. Lamport’s contributions to CS:https://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/lamport_1205376.cfm…https://lamport.azurewebsites.net/pubs/time-clocks.pdf

Jessica Flack on Twitter: “DISTRIBUTED VS CENTRALIZED: 1) not a binary distinction, 2) both architectures evolve in nature thru bottom up processes 3) both have robustness + evolvability issues. Be empirical not ideological. Lamport’s contributions to CS: https://t.co/JtOIC5HKHt https://t.co/WvNv3Mrm76” / Twitter

Constructivism + Embodied Cognition = Enactivism: Theoretical and Practical Implications for Conceptual Change

(PDF) Constructivism + Embodied Cognition = Enactivism: Theoretical and Practical Implications for Conceptual Change | Doug Holton – Academia.edu

Constructivism + Embodied Cognition = Enactivism: Theoretical and Practical Implications for Conceptual Change

Doug Holton

Published 2010

The objective of this paper is to explore specific theoretical and practical implications of recent research on embodied cognition and enactivism for the design of effective learning environments, especially those targeting conceptual change. The ultimate goal is to illustrate how enactivism and embodied cognition can help meet the criteria that often define scientific progress (Laudan, 1977), for the purpose of advancing educational research and development and constructivist theory. [This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License]

Donald Schon Lecture

Donald Schon Lecture – YouTube

Video recording of Donald Schön lecture (1989)

Discovered by João Ferreira on the PHD-DESIGN discussion list (PHD-DESIGN@jiscmail.ac.uk)

Dear all,

I came across a video recording of a lecture by Donald Schön. It was published by the Iowa State University Library on YouTube.

There isn’t much information about it, but the description mentions the lecture was delivered on 4/28/1989. There is a transcript available as well.

I was delighted to see and hear Schön for the first time; I’m posting the link here because I think it may be helpful for PhD candidates looking to engage with the author’s ideas in an accessible format. During the lecture, Schön explains several of his ideas and insights that have become so influential for design theory.

Best regards,
João

Multiple Systems Thinking methods for resilience research

Wright, Clare 2012.

Cardiff University

Multiple Systems Thinking methods for resilience research -ORCA

What happens when we bring together two great thinkers of Systems Theory and Deep Ecology in emergent conversation?Join us on Saturday, March 5at 9am PST / 12pm EST / 5pm GMT

for Systems View of Life. Fritjof Capra, author of many books including The Systems View of Life and Jeremy Lent, author of The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity’s Search for Meaning and The Web of Meaning will discuss three of the foundations of WTR – patterns, systems and deep ecology – and how we can use these theories to support our practices as activists, facilitators and change-makers. Together we will explore how evolutionary biology, history and spirituality interact and provide answers to the challenges we now face.

March 5: Systems View of Life with Fritjof Capra and Jeremy Lent

very exciting that this is now out!

The Grammar of Systems: From Order to Chaos & Back: Amazon.co.uk: Hoverstadt, Patrick: 9798414307754: Books

You can also see Patrick talking about this at the SCiO UK Virtual Open Meeting – March 2022

Monday 21 March, 18:30UK time

https://systemspractice.org/events/scio-uk-virtual-open-meeting-march-2022

(along with Roger Duck and Jane Searles talking about Designing Freedom Together: https://stream.syscoi.com/2022/02/08/discussion-designing-freedom-together-duck-and-searles-2021/)

The Grammar of Systems: From Order to Chaos & Back Paperback – 22 Feb. 2022

by Patrick Hoverstadt  (Author)

The Grammar of Systems

If you feel as though the world has become more complex, you are not alone. There is a growing realisation of the need to deal with the complexity, uncertainty and speed of change of our world. These systemic factors increase the challenge for all of us and expose some traditional approaches which are unable to handle those challenges. This book sets out the fundamentals of Systems Thinking, a discipline developed specifically to grapple with complexity and uncertainty. It builds a compelling and useable guide to change the way you think about the world around you, for those wanting to understand or change systems, managers, policy makers and systems specialists alike.

Part One illustrates the nine thinking patterns involved in thinking like a systems thinker, which collectively form the core of Systems Thinking. Each pattern is contrasted with conventional thinking and shows the power of thinking differently, alongside practical ways to develop these patterns in yourself and your organisation. If you want a different way to be able to think about the world, the thought patterns in this book will give you that.

Part Two describes 33 Systems Laws and Principles on which Systems Thinking as a discipline was founded. These Systems laws show how both order and chaos are created in systems and the dynamic between them. The Laws and Principles provide the insight on how, when and why systems remain stable and change at the same time, and what happens when they don’t, instead collapsing into new forms or disintegrating. These powerful insights are vital for anyone designing a change or transformation.

The Grammar of Systems presents a very clear, coherent guide to the discipline of Systems Thinking.

Patrick Hoverstadt is a veteran systems practitioner, and chairs the professional body for Systems Practitioners.

Online workshop with Dr Christine Welch – 16th March at 4.00 pm

Soft Systems Methodology – what it is and is not 

UKSS Online workshop – March 16th

Online workshop with Dr Christine Welch – 16th March at 4.00 pmSoft Systems Methodology – what it is and is not  Please book a free place here.

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We know ‘the system’ has long failed Aboriginal people – so why not cyberpunk it?

Communities are systems: What can systems thinking teach us when it comes to communities?

School of Cybernetics February Newsletter

Understanding Complexity & OrganisationsMark Eddleston

Understanding Complexity & Organisations

Designing self-organising enterprises and viable systems / Patrick Hoverstadt / Intersection16

Designing self-organising enterprises and viable systems / Patrick Hoverstadt / Intersection16 – YouTube

A Discussion SeriesThis series of events celebrates and acknowledges the important contribution of women in systems thinking. It is formulated in the spirit of facilitating a greater level of coordination among systems thinkers, as well as recognizing the crucial contributions of those whose work is more about “being” and “doing” as of equal value to “thinking.”

System of Systems Thinkers – Systems Thinking Marin