JJ Ruffell

Oct 2022

Cybernetics of anticolonial war: Organisation, control and communication in nineteenth century Chechnya

Cybernetics of anticolonial war: Organisation, control and communication in nineteenth century Chechnya | by JJ Ruffell | Oct, 2022 | Medium

Leadership and Systems ThinkingBy Zane ScottPosted on October 3, 2022

Leadership and Systems Thinking – Community.Vitechcorp.com

Next Wednesday the 5th October, from 5:00 to 6:30 pm (UK summer time), we have our next webinar by Jan De Visch, on ‘Coherent Action: Linking Role and Work Contributions to Each other Through Real-Time Dialogue’. See below details of this webinar. The webinar will be at our usual zoom link:

Topic: Metaphorum’s Webinar Series
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81943981395

See also below, more details of the forthcoming webinars in 2022.

Looking forward to having you with us in this webinar series.

Also . . . . we have been working on the Metaphorum web site and have uploaded several new resources including: links to the Falcondale collection ( both videos and transcripts); the complete recordings of Designing Freedom; a complete bibliography; and access to various ways to draw the VSM.

We hope this will build continuously, so if you have any ideas on the how the web site should develop please get in touch.

Angela Espinosa, Allenna Leonard , Peter Tuddenham, John Waters and Jon Walker

Jan De Visch
Coherent Action: Linking Role and Work Contributions
to Each other Through Real-Time Dialogue.
October the 5th 2022 (5:00- 6:30 pm UK summertime)

“The session focuses on the dialogical dimension of collaborative action. It is argued that within each of the five systems of Stafford Beer, collaborative coherence is characterised by asymmetry. Every team experience downward momentum, which pushes destabilisation away to the familiar and unambiguous, while upward momentum develops further, tests, and supplements new ideas. An oscillation toward and away from important focal ideas is seen as a constituent of how coherent action arises: there is a continuous dance between upward and downward dynamics. Finally, the session proposes ways to facilitate and enhance dialogue processes to develop real co-intelligence.

The ideas build on the best scientific research on individual, team, and organisational development. The findings reveal the relationship between system design complexity (which differs depending on the stratification level) and how individuals interpret those challenges. Perspective-taking determines how Stafford Beer’s five systems unfold in practice. Differences in perspective-taking determine how collaborative thinking in the designed systems occurs practically and with or without breadth and depth. Jan will illustrate the dynamics with two examples from actual recent organisational development projects.”

Jan is an Exec. Professor Organizational and Human Capital Management at the Entrepreneurial MBA at Flanders Business School (by Catholic University Leuven), since 2004. He does applied research on the relationship between dialogical practices, collaborative structures, and collaborative intelligence in organisations.

His recent publications (books based on research, full overview of 115 articles and 11 books available on demand) include several recent books on Dynamic Collaboration, Self-organisation, and Collaborative Intelligence (2018 -2022).

He is the founder and managing director of Connect & Transform BVBA (Belgium), since 2000 (www.connecttransform.be); Co-founder and managing partner of Making Strategy Deliver (USA, Florida), since 2011 (www.makingstrategydeliver.com); Co-Founder & Chief Ecosystem Officer Dynamic Collaboration App (since 2018) (http://dynamiccollaboration.app/) .

Jan is the President of the Belgian Chapter of the “Systems & Complexity in Organisations” network (since 2019), and Board Member of several international research groups (Canada, USA). He was President of the Board for ‘De Beitel’, social economy company, (2003-2010); Board member of the Flemish Employers Association (region Antwerp-Mechelen) (www.etion.be) (2000-2010); and Honorary Board Member of Metena (Think thank of entrepreneurs in Flanders) (www.etion.be) (2005-2009)

Jan holds a master’s in psychology from the Catholic University in Leuven and other postgraduate degrees in management, corporate governance and Corporate social responsibility (CSR), Executive remuneration (Vlerick Management School, 2002)

• Several certifications in process & change facilitation tools.

Jan De Visch built his career in Human Resources, as Human Resources Director of De Vaderlandsche, the Group Franki-Van Roey and Sanoma Magazines. In each case he developed a Human Resources strategy that supported and reinforced the growth strategy of the company. He was involved in several integrations and restructuring processes from a corporate role. He has focused recently on Organisational development and complex transition coaching are the main themes through which Jan helps companies to realize their full potential. In particular, in facilitating Business Model transitions, Organisational culture and change, Co-creation, City Transition Projects, Organisation Design, cross cultural issues and diversity, business strategy and education, and coaching complexity.

E-mail : Jan@connecttransform.be

Dr Paul Pangaro
Designing Conversations for Variety
November 4th 2022, noon EST, 4 pm UK (wintertime)

There are countless challenges to managing complex organizations, including the need to design its processes with variety explicitly in mind. Of course, one approach is the VSM.

In this session a complementary approach is proposed, and critique invited. This approach distinguishes the classes of conversation that must reach agreement to coordinate the action of an organization. Of course, these conversations must pay attention to variety.

Pangaro will present this model of “designing conversations for variety” and propose how it maps to the VSM, where it may offer additional resilience. The goal of the presentation is to engage the participation of the attendees and to draw connections between the VSM and this conversation model, in hopes of illuminating both.

Paul Pangaro is president of the American Society for Cybernetics. His career spans research, consulting, startups, and education. Before his current role as Visiting Scholar in the School of Architecture and the School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University, he was Professor of the Practice in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute on the same campus. He has worked with and within startups in New York and Silicon Valley, in product and technology roles. His past consulting clients include Du Pont, Nokia, Samsung, Instituto Itaú Cultural (São Paulo), Ogilvy & Mather, and PoetryFoundation.org. His writing explicates “designing for conversation” from his research and implementations of software and organizational processes. His B.S. in Humanities/Computer Science is from MIT and his Ph.D. in Cybernetics with Gordon Pask is from Brunel University. His work can be found at http://pangaro.com/.

Olaf Brugman
Ten Synergetic Ideas for the VSM and Management Cybernetics Community
Dec 1st, 2022, 5:00- 6:30 pm (UK wintertime)

The leading question for this webinar is: “What can we do to enhance the applicability of the Viable System Model and Management Cybernetics?” Ten ideas will be presented to explore opportunities to take research, education, and application in practice of the VSM and Management Cybernetics a step further. The ideas are inspired by agile software development, pattern language architecture approaches, and from management practice in cooperative organisations. It will address the VSM as a tool, dissemination of knowledge and know-how, and its practical application. The webinar aims to share notions around the VSM and Management Cybernetics that participants can connect to their academic and professional activities.

Dr. Olaf Brugman has been a systems practitioner ever since he first got to know the Viable System Model in 1985. In the systems sciences community, he currently acts as the Vice President Conference on the board of the International Society for the Systems Sciences. His main professional engagement is with Rabobank, at which he serves as the head of sustainability policy & risk. He holds a master’s degree in public administration from Twente University and a doctorate from Radboud University Nijmegen, both in the Netherlands. He currently lives in and works from The Hague.

www.olafbrugman.com

Metaphorum Webinar Series 2022-2023 –
Agenda
September 2022- May 2023
(5:00 -6:30 pm UK unless stated differently)

Sept 7th, 2022, L Lavanderos, A. Malpartida. ‘Ecotomo, Ecopoiesis and No Required Variety’.
October 5th, 2022, Jan De Visch. ‘Coherent Action: Linking Role and Work Contributions to Each other Through Real-Time Dialogue’.
November 4th, 2022, Paul Pangaro. ‘Designing Conversations for Variety’. noon EST, 4 pm UK (wintertime)
December 1st 2022 Olaf Brugman. ‘Ten Synergetic Ideas for the VSM and Management Cybernetics Community’
January 4th, 2023, Vanilla Beer. ‘Interview with Vanilla Beer on her personal learning with Stafford ‘
February 1st, 2023, Katharine Farrell. ‘Holarchies, heterarchies, and hermeneutics: exploring relationships, between Beer and Bateson’
March 1st, 2023, Jose-Carlos Mariategui. ‘CENTRO and the construction of a mathematical model for atin -America’
April 5th, 2023, Raul Gonzalez. ‘How to enhance business platforms using the Viable System Model (VSM) to face the current and future complexity business challenges’
May 3rd, 2023, Joe Truss. ‘The Meta architecture of Team Syntegrity for participatory democracy’

We will announce sooner than later final details of the webinars for the 1st semester 2023.

How We Understand “Complexity” Makes a Difference: Lessons from Critical Systems Thinking and the Covid-19 Pandemic in the UK

by 

Michael C. Jackson

Centre for Systems Studies, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7TS, UK

Systems 2020

Systems | Free Full-Text | How We Understand “Complexity” Makes a Difference: Lessons from Critical Systems Thinking and the Covid-19 Pandemic in the UK

Systems ThinkingThe Systems Thinking Special Interest Group (ST-SIG) is for Systems/OR practitioners who are using, or want to learn about, systems theories, methodologies and methods to prevent or address highly complex organizational, social and environmental problems.We have an inclusive understanding of systems thinking, and value contributions from all the theoretical and methodological traditions using that term. We also welcome insights from the closely-related fields of cybernetics, systems science and complexity.The SIG has a broad aim of fostering interest in, and increasing knowledge of, systems thinking. We provide a forum for practitioners to share their experiences and learn from one another, and also to support academics in their applied research and teaching. We are particularly keen to enable collaborations between practitioners and academics, in the belief that significant, synergistic innovations can arise from open-minded learning between people working in different contexts.We aim to host quarterly sessions with guest speakers, and the production of a newsletter is under discussion. We will also continue to host the Systems Thinking stream at the annual conference of the OR Society. For several years, this has been the largest stream at the conference, with 60+ paper presentations and thriving dialogue and debate. We will make sure these annual get-togethers continue.As this is a new SIG, we are still developing what we want to offer the Systems/OR community, and we welcome ideas for things that you yourself would like to organize (preferably online, as the membership is geographically dispersed). Feel free to contact our Chair, Sadaf Salavati  sadaf.salavati@lnu.se with proposals.Please join us and contribute to the growing community of systems thinkers who are building the necessary capabilities to make our organizations, communities and ecosystems better places to live for current and future generations.

Systems Thinking – The OR Society

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We are coming up to the beginning of Relating Systems Thinking and Design (RSD11): Possibilities and Practices of Systemic Design hosted online and in person at the University of Brighton.

The overall programme has over 100 papers, over 30 workshops, and a number of other special interactive sessions and threads.

Overall, the theme of the event is to question the emerging shape of systemic design as it continues to develop. 

The conference has been designed to be an even balance between online and in-person experiences, with almost all sessions available in both modes.

They have kept online registration fees in particular as low as possible (£85/£40), and there is still time to register. As well as the online ticket there are still a small number of in person tickets available (£330/£230) – please register as soon as possible to secure one of these.

Navigate to this link to register and for details of the programme, and follow the links at the top of the page: https://rsdsymposium.org/ this is also where you can request joining codes for the free sessions – see below.

They have kept this cost to a minimum because they recognise that attending online is often to attend only in part because of time zones and other commitments, and they want to price this so it is good value even if you are only able to attend particular sessions (and of course you can attend everything!). They have also made selected sessions available for free, without registering (see below).

There are several parts of the programme – 

RSDX 3-9 October (Free)

Starting next week we have selected online sessions available for free, without registering for the whole event. Navigate to this Eventbrite collection: RSDX Relating Systems Thinking & Design Symposium | Eventbrite

In particular there are a number of online sessions available for free next week (times are British Summer Time):

• Panel: Gregory Bateson and the Political , Tue, 4 Oct 2022 at 4:00 PM BST | Eventbrite 
• Panel: Playing within Systems for Change (The Art Panel) , Thu, 6 Oct 2022 at 12:00 PM BST | Eventbrite 
• Interactive session: Cybernetic Picnic, Sat, 8 Oct 2022 at 12:00 PM BST | Eventbrite (ask for access code on the RSD11 website listed above)

There are several other events in this series – browse these here: RSDX Relating Systems Thinking & Design Symposium | Eventbrite (ask for access code on the RSD11 website listed above)

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RSD11 13-16 Oct

Keynotes: 

• Mathilda Tham –  Falling in Love with Complex Systems – RSD Symposium
• Fran Edgerley and Sofia Deria (Assemble and House of Annetta)- New Old Architectures: Interdisciplinary spatial practice (rsdsymposium.org)
• Tony Fry –  Tony Fry – Seeing RSD11’s Seven Foci Relationally – (rsdsymposium.org)
• Lesley-Ann Noel –  Critical and pluriversal design for a world in crisis (rsdsymposium.org)
• Danah Abdulla –  On the Contradictions of Sustainability (rsdsymposium.org)

Featured sessions organised by ASC

• Featured: NewMacy – a collection of online and hybrid sessions organised by the American Society for Cybernetics

SDA Address: Silvia Barbero – The designer’s role in planetary health – RSD Symposium

Focuses: 

• Confronting legacies of oppression (rsdsymposium.org) 
• Design over time: the long now (rsdsymposium.org)
• Different stories in design: Provocations from the work of Gregory Bateson (rsdsymposium.org) 
• Methods and the worlds they make (rsdsymposium.org) 
• Products are systemic objects (rsdsymposium.org)
• Radical shifts in planetary health (rsdsymposium.org) 
• Reimagining the intentionality of architecture (rsdsymposium.org) 

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RSD11 Pre-symposium workshops 12 Oct 

Pre-symposium online workshops: RSD11 Online Workshop Registration | Eventbrite

Pre-sympoisum in person workshops (If you are local to Brighton, it is also possible to attend just these in person pre-symposium workshop day on Wednesday 12 October for a small fee (£20)):

• Powers Of Ten: Mapping systems-level gaps using the SX Canvas (rsdsymposium.org)
• Seeing Urban Food Futures in Brighton: A physical and virtual exploration in the city (rsdsymposium.org)
• The Book of Iteration: Workshop and introduction to the method (rsdsymposium.org)
• From Discord to Effective Innovation Cycles: Mitigating project team hierarchies (rsdsymposium.org)
• Indigenising & Decolonising Social Innovation (rsdsymposium.org)
• Investigating new scenarios in food preservation (rsdsymposium.org) (Hybrid)

And much more…

https://rsdsymposium.org/

Link

SCiO Ireland: Inaugural Meeting | SCiO

A new SCiO Ireland group is holding an inaugural meeting, so if you live on the island of Ireland, please register and come and join in. Some groups post events quite late, so it is always worth checking the website – also for changes to dates and times. Please click here to see all the events in a browser.

SCiO Ireland: Inaugural Meeting

Wed 12 October 2022 20:00–21:30 GMT+1

The development of an Irish branch marks a significant partnership with SCiO. We are delighted to bring together practitioners from across the island of Ireland to create a network and a common resource to develop our systems practice. SCiO Ireland offers an opportunity for everyone with an interest and commitment to working systemically with organisational and social issues in an uncertain and complex environment to learn alongside our international colleagues. By doing so, we aim to amplify the positive impact that a systems approach can have on Irish society, institutions and organisations.

We plan to come together in a supportive community and develop our systems practice through mutual learning and networking events at regular intervals throughout the year. Practitioners are welcome from all sectors including organisational development, policy, research and industry.

All welcome; FREE; Online event; English  Book now

This is the end-September monthly events mailing from SCiO. Click on the flags or group titles below to go to the events that interest you. Please remember that you can attend online events organised by any of the SCiO groups if they are held in a language you speak/understand. Further details of events may be available by clicking on the event titles below and you can also book each event directly from the Book now text. See also directly below for the first AGM notification for members.

A new SCiO Ireland group is holding an inaugural meeting, so if you live on the island of Ireland, please register and come and join in. Some groups post events quite late, so it is always worth checking the website – also for changes to dates and times. Please click here to see all the events in a browser.

SCiO Ireland: Inaugural Meeting

Wed 12 October 2022 20:00–21:30 GMT+1

The development of an Irish branch marks a significant partnership with SCiO. We are delighted to bring together practitioners from across the island of Ireland to create a network and a common resource to develop our systems practice. SCiO Ireland offers an opportunity for everyone with an interest and commitment to working systemically with organisational and social issues in an uncertain and complex environment to learn alongside our international colleagues. By doing so, we aim to amplify the positive impact that a systems approach can have on Irish society, institutions and organisations.

We plan to come together in a supportive community and develop our systems practice through mutual learning and networking events at regular intervals throughout the year. Practitioners are welcome from all sectors including organisational development, policy, research and industry.

All welcome; FREE; Online event; English  Book now

SCiO Belgium		SCiO DACH
SCiO Espana		SCiO Nederland
SCiO UK

The Cherith Simmons/SCiO Apprenticeship has now started, but another tranche will be joining in a few months’ time so please continue to register expressions of interest. For more information click here.

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  SCiO UK

SCiO UK Virtual Development Event – October 2022

Tue 18 October 2022 19:00–21:00 GMT+1

SCiO’s Development Days offer an opportunity to draw upon the collective expertise of SCiO members in a friendly and supportive atmosphere. By taking Development Events online, using the Zoom meeting platform, we aim to make them accessible to more SCiO members Development Events are both for members who are just starting out on a journey to explore Systems Thinking approaches, and for those who have many years of exploration and practice…. Read more

Members only; FREE; Online event; English; Book now

SCiO UK Virtual Open Meeting – November 2022

Mon 14 November 2022 18:30–20:30 GMT

Virtual Open Meeting: A series of presentations of general interest to Systems and Complexity in Organisation’s members and others.

Moving beyond Value Conflicts: Systems Thinking in Action – Gerald Midgley

Human Aspects of Systems – Map of Meaningful Work – Patrick Andrews

All welcome; FREE; Online event; English Book now

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  SCiO Belgium

SCiO Belgium – VSM deep dive sessie 1 – Strategisch management: twee VSM ontwerppincipes uitgelicht.

Tue 11 October 2022 18:00–20:00 CET+1
In de deep dive cylcus nemen we het Viable System Model in-depth onder de loep en toetsen we dit aan de praktijk.
De cyclus zoomt in op het praktisch maken van het werk van Stafford Beer, aan de hand van de publicaties van één van zijn belangrijkste leerlingen, nl.  Fredmund Malik.Strategisch managment wordt door Stafford Beer beschreven als een meta-ststemisch controlemechanisme voor complexe systemen. Eén van de cybernetische uitgangspunten hierbij is dat je nooit het volledige detail kan beschrijven van hoe complexe systemen werken. Vanuit deze hypothese maakt het dan ook geen zin om een zekere authoriteit de verantwoordelijkheid te geven voor het management van informatiestromen en kennisprocessen. Effectieve controle bereik je door in te zetten op een hoger niveau, namelijk via principes die zelfsturing en zelfregulatie mogelijk maken. De principes laten een indirecte sturing van complexe systemen toe. We bespreken er twee, namelijk (1) het principe van compleetheid van structuren, en (2) het principe van relatieve autonomie. Vervolgens bespreken we hoe deze in eigen cases een rol spelen.
Members only; FREE; Online event; Dutch; Book now

SCiO Belgium – spreker sessie – Kristel Van Ael – Ontwerp trajecten om met complexe systemen om te gaan

Tue 8 November 2022 18:00–20:00 CET+1
SCiO is een netwerk van professionals in organisatie ontwikkeling en organisatie design, binnen en buiten het bedrijfsleven. De centrale doelstellingen zijn (1) het ontwikkelen van systeem praktijken, (2) kennis delen en schalen, (3) voorzien van ondersteuning.
Deze sessie zal doorgaan van 19 tot 21u00.
Aan het woord voor deze sessie is Kristel Van Ael
Leiders en veranderkundigen worden geconfronteerd met toenemende complexiteit. Ze dienen om te gaan met uiteenlopende belanghebbenden, conflicterende eisen, evoluerende politieke en beleidsmatige zaken en ondoorzichtige processen. Traditionele veranderkundige methodieken laten niet toe om transities te bewerkstelligen. Kristel Van Ael heeft samen met Peter Jones een waaier van ontluikende systeemmethodieken samengebracht in het boek ‘Design Journeys through Complex Systems’. De methodieken zijn er per interventiefase gegroepeerd: het opzetten van co-creatie, het in kaart brengen van het systeem, het luisteren naar het systeem, het begrijpen van het systeem, het verbeelden van gewenste toekomst, het verkennen van de mogelijkheidsruimtes, het plannen van het veranderkundige proces en het ondersteunen van transities. In deze sessie staan we stil bij drie fasen waarbij Kristel de methodieken illustreert aan de hand van concrete gevalsstudies.
Members only; FREE; Online event; Dutch; Book now

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   SCiO DACH (Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz)

SCiO DACH – Einführung in das Viable System Model

Thu 15 September 2022 19:00–20:00 CET+1

Einführung in das Viable System Model durch Carola Roll. Der Termin richtet sich an „VSM-Neulinge“, aber auch an alle Interessierten, welche sich eingehend mit den Basics des Models beschäftigen wollen. Nach der Präsentation und einigen Beispielen aus der Praxis besteht die Möglichkeit, Fragen zu stellen und zur allgemeinen Diskussion.

All welcome; FREE; Online event; German; Book now

SCiO DACH – Entwicklungs-Meeting: Gleichgewichtszustände / System Laws

Thu 24 November 2022 19:00–21:00 CET

Entwicklungsmeeting zu den Themen Gleichgewichtszustände in Systemen und Systems Laws durch Michael Frahm und Carola Roll. Der Termin richtet sich an fortgeschrittene Systempraktiker, aber auch an alle Interessierten, die es werden wollen. Nach der Präsentation und einigen Beispielen, besteht die Möglichkeit, Fragen zu stellen und zur allgemeinen Diskussion…. Read more

Members only FREE; Online event; German; Book now

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  SCiO Espana

SCiO Espana – La dinámica del diálogo trabajando con el Modelo de Sistema Viable

Tue 4 October 2022 19:00–21:00 CET
In English: Ponente: Jan De Visch. Executive Professor Human Capital Management at Flanders Business School, and Managing Director at  Connect & Transform.
En esta conferencia, Jan revisará el proceso por el que los empleados dan sentido a los sistemas en los que trabajan y cómo este influye el diálogo entre ellos. La pregunta central es si los empleados, trabajando como un equipo, serán capaces de integrar las distintas perspectivas para una mejor toma de decisiones.
El trabajo de Staford Beer ilustra la naturaleza fractal de los sistemas organizados (como las organizaciones), esto significa que la estratificación del trabajo puede ser distinguida desde los niveles más sencillos hasta los más complejos. Sin embargo, nadie trabaja a un solo nivel, y suelen sentirse más o menos cómodos dependiendo del nivel en el que están, generando tensión en las personas y los equipos. Jan nos mostrará que la consciencia y la gestión de esta tensión es el centro del proceso de desarrollo organizacional que ilustrará con un caso de estudio. Así mismo, nos mostrará una serie de herramientas para el proceso de co-diseño de la nueva organización.
La dinámica del diálogo trabajando con el Modelo de Sistema Viable – Jan De Visch

All welcome; FREE; Online event; English / Spanish; Book now

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  SCiO Nederland

SCIO-NL monthly meeting (live in Vianen and in Dutch)

Fri 14 October 2022 11:00–15:00 CET+1

SCIO-NL komt elke 2e vrijdag van de maand live bijeen in Vianen (Hagenweg 3c). Er staan geen vaste onderwerpen op de agenda (daarvoor organiseren we specifieke andere meetings), maar de ervaring leert dat er altijd wel een interessant gesprek op gang komt over een systemisch onderwerp.

Hagenweg 3c, Vianen, Netherlands

All welcome; FREE; Dutch; Book now

SCIO-NL monthly meeting (live in Vianen and in Dutch)

Fri 11 November 2022 11:00–15:00 CET+1

SCIO-NL komt elke 2e vrijdag van de maand live bijeen in Vianen (Hagenweg 3c). Er staan geen vaste onderwerpen op de agenda (daarvoor organiseren we specifieke andere meetings), maar de ervaring leert dat er altijd wel een interessant gesprek op gang komt over een systemisch onderwerp.

Hagenweg 3c, Vianen, Netherlands

All welcome; FREE; Dutch; Book now

Four system traps, in undesirable regimes September 29, 2022 daviding

Four system traps, in undesirable regimes – Coevolving Innovations

Systems Thinking Approach to Change Management (online)

Course details

CodeO22C049N1YFees£895.00DatesTue 15 Nov 2022 – Fri 18 Nov 2022Time10:00-11:45 and 12:45-14:30

Systems Thinking Approach to Change Management (online) | Oxford University Department for Continuing Education

Abigail Freeman Founding Partner at Brink

Hello LinkedIn friends.

I’d love your recommendations on a person or institute we should link with.We’re on the hunt for a systems person. A complexity nerd, if you will. Ideally a PhD who would relish the opportunity to follow along some of our complex systems work in real time and mine it for insights relevant to their research. Who should we be speaking with?

The complex systems we’re working with include global oxygen supplies and vaccine data, but we don’t need health specialists per se, the important thing is complexity and global systems. We’re working across India, Philippines, and parts of Africa including Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania.We’ll have more fidelity soon on some of the themes a PhD might want to follow (e.g behaviour change, or data capture, in complex systems)For a flavour of this brilliant work:

https://lnkd.in/esMkyAEa#data

#phdresearch #collaboration #complexity #systems

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