June 22, 2023   

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA) is pleased to announce the release of the evaluation report for its groundbreaking Shifting Systems Initiative (SSI). This work, conducted over the past seven months, aims to inform strategic discussions for the next phase of the initiative while sharing its findings to inform the broader philanthropic community working on systems change.

The evaluation report pursued five central strands of inquiry, examining the impact and effectiveness of the Shifting Systems Initiative and the sector more broadly. The primary objectives were to assess the extent to which the philanthropy sector has embraced the concept of systems change; explore the influence of the initiative on discourse and practices within philanthropy; analyze critical successes and challenges encountered by the initiative; understand effective strategies to influence philanthropic behavior; and identify opportunities for operational and governance improvements.

link https://www.rockpa.org/new-report-evaluation-of-the-shifting-systems-initiative/

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See also:

Shifting the funding paradigm

https://socialchangeinnovators.com/enable/donors/shifting-the-funding-paradigm/

https://www.ibspan.waw.pl/~paprzyck/mp/cvr/research/agent_platforms_site/agent_platforms.html?fbclid=IwAR1VYL-wU_fI_2IfOYP2jui5gLZICQY2hORnuwfiKUJcEGhzutd1t7-Y8oc

BY MARIA POPOVA

link https://www.themarginalian.org/2022/03/22/the-extended-mind/

Posted on July 25, 2023 by steve blank

PUBLICATIONS 04 MAR 2020

Systems thinking and systemic design – are a way of collaboratively talking about and designing real-world solutions

Contents

1. Introduction – Why decision-makers are moving towards a systems thinking approach to better deal with complex situations in health, environment, education, etc.
2. Basics – Basics of systems thinking
3. Systemic design – linking systems thinking and design
4. Support systems – Introduction to range of tools/methods that support systems thinking and systemic design in practice
5. Nurturing – Nurturing & supporting systems thinking in your practice

https://rri-tools.eu/es/-/an-introduction-to-systems-thinking-and-systemic-design-amp-x2013-concepts-and-tools

Alex Ryan

September 2006

https://www.arxiv-vanity.com/papers/nlin/0609011/

Main Arxiv link

https://arxiv.org/abs/nlin/0609011

About Large Language Models

APR 3, 2023  11 MIN READ

Jacob Steinhardt

https://bounded-regret.ghost.io/complex-systems-are-hard-to-control/

Carlos Sedano

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GmLu4xVelw

More at: https://www.youtube.com/@7ghja

Notas, artículos y reflexiones sobre cuestiones vinculadas a los problemas de la educación y la sociedad destinadas a profesores y estudiantes de filosofía y ciencias sociales

Osvaldo Dallera

lunes, agosto 07, 2023

Los sistemas psíquicos en la teoría de Niklas Luhmann

https://sociedadyeducacion.blogspot.com/2023/08/los-sistemas-psiquicos-en-la-teoria-de.html?fbclid=IwAR2v2s2l1OfTmnIaD9MbjT3IfYqQ9Lgyi-NA56vzbJzSDawC6utwcQh5D3o

https://www.youtube.com/@JayForeman/videos

h/t Jack Martin Leith

6 Aug 2023 This Journey Dialogues

Notes and AI summary:

Diversity in Greatness

Sep 06, 2022

Systems thinking is this generation’s lifebuoy. It’s the only way to accurately observe our world, assess its complexity, and design and implement sustainable solutions. Our long-term survival depends upon it.

This article is part one of a two-part series that explores some of the world’s greatest systems thinkers of modern times. It highlights what makes them so good and how they continue to inspire us in our work as system analysts and to improve our systems dynamics tools in the SiD omnibus book.

By Tom Bosschaert and Mark Ratcliff

https://except.eco/knowledge/the-worlds-best-systems-thinkers-part-one/

Hyperreality, Accelerationism, and the Technics of Spirit

I think this is an introductory video:

[For some reason, Johannes A. Niederhauser has blocked me on Twitter – hey ho. Perhaps it’s because I don’t understand this.]

https://halkyonacademy.teachable.com/p/spiritual-cybernetics

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Other related videos:

https://www.youtube.com/@JohannesNiederhauser/search?query=cybernetics

The Special Issue – Volume 20 – Number 7 – Year 2022

The Special Issue announced in the past years is published and public! The project was carried out by our CSRP Editorial Team: Marie Davidová, Susu Nousala and Thomas J. Marlowe. The contributing Authors are David Ing, Yannis Zavoleas, Xiao (Bella) Hu, Magda Sibley and Ana Zimbarg. The process was warmly supported by Dr Nagib Callaos and Jelena Sucic.

Follows the abstract of the editorial introduction and the full document with the links to the papers.

Abstract: Sustainability as related to the environment is now just over 50 years old. In that time, especially in regard to human artifacts such as architecture, it has largely focused on human priorities, and how they need to be modified to address or rectify environmental and ecological challenges. A new, post-anthropocene view suggests that it is also important to consider the environment as more than a backdrop whose state and appearance must be maintained, but rather as an actor in its own right, with its own interests, including the interests of the living non-human actors in the local ecology. This special issue seeks to explore this wider notion, and the editors view our introduction as an opportunity to present the journal theme, to introduce the authors and place its papers in context, and to welcome researchers and practitioners to explore this topic further.