Human Learning Systems: The Role of National Government in Systems Innovation

Human Learning Systems: The Role of National Government in Systems Innovation – YouTube

Peter Checkland on the origins of SSM

Peter Checkland on the origins of SSM – YouTube

Via Liam Mahon, from Kenneth Tyler who said:

peter checkland
“in the human world you are constantly in a heremeutic cycle between ideas and the experience of using them.”
the the church say amen
https://lnkd.in/g9Cg_wa7

Psychedelics for systems change: could drugs help us save the planet? After being forced underground in the 1960s, today psychedelic drugs are having a renaissance. Scientists are only beginning to understand their transformative potential. Jules Peck 15 February 2020, 10.16am

Psychedelics for systems change: could drugs help us save the planet? | openDemocracy

via Systems Change Finland and Mikael Seppala

#35: System Effects update

#35: System Effects update – by Luke Craven – Pig on the Tracks

Luke says:

It has been a while since I have talked about System Effects—my pet system mapping methodology/software—and the impact that it has been making in the world. I fondly refer to System Effects as my side hustle, but I have not been giving it anywhere as much attention recently as it deserves, despite some very exciting developments.

For newer readers, this is also an opportunity to learn a bit more about the methodology, experiment with the software, and see what both are capable of.

…

Over the weekend, we’ve clocked 50 use-cases of the methodology since I started actively proselytising about it in late 2016. I’m tremendously proud of that reach in a relatively short time. While a good chunk of those use cases stay hidden away in internal documentation, it’s heartening to see that many others are being shared publicly, including…

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Principles For Ecosystem Governance FREE The principles articulated in this resource aim to provide a framework for thinking about infusing societal values into governance. offered by Societal Platform & Aapti Institute 

Principles for Ecosystem Governance – NetworkWeaver

Principles For Ecosystem Governance

FREE

The principles articulated in this resource aim to provide a framework for thinking about infusing societal values into governance.

offered by Societal Platform & Aapti Institute 

Government Economists for New Economics and Systems Science

GENESYS – New Approaches for Economic Challenges

via Dr Sharon Zivkovic on LinkedIn

The OECD Government Economists for New Economics and Systems Science (GENESYS) is being launched on the 4th November. “It is now widely recognised that reductionist, sectoral, ad hoc and short-term policies are inadequate to face the systemic structural issues which threaten the future. New analytical and systems-oriented approaches are required both to understand and to manage the connected systemic issues of the modern world.”
https://lnkd.in/gv2nBNBC

Building community health – through systems convening and supporting staff self-awareness (5pm London time)

Building community health – through systems convening and supporting staff self-awareness (5pm London time) | Q Community

Building community health – through systems convening and supporting staff self-awareness (5pm London time)

Learn about the role of Systems Convening in a pioneering community health project in Yorkshire – which used Mindfulness and more to support changes in behaviour and awareness.

14 Oct 2021
17:00 – 18:00

Following on from the book launch of ‘Systems Convening – a crucial form of leadership for the 21st century‘ (free download here), we’re bringing to Q a series of follow-up Zooms delving deeper into the case studies featured in the book.

** Register here to receive your personal Zoom login **

This first one features Q member Esther Hall, who will share her work on a Sport England-funded community health development programme in Withernsea, Yorkshire, that used a Mindfulness/adult development programme to help staff be more self-aware, hold more complex views of the world, hear past their own agendas, especially in a community setting. All the things that one would associate with waking up to our later stages of adult development. (Is this the ‘inner journey’ of systems convener?).

Esther ran a programme developed by University of Aberystwyth Mindfulness researcher Dr Rachel Lilley to help with this inner shift. She will share details about the real impact it created, and the interesting dynamics that emerged.

Esther will also highlight the role of ‘Systems Convening’ in the project – and we hope to be able to briefly compare her experience with the ‘Systems Convening’ efforts in another Sport England-funded pilot project in the same series (in Greater Manchester).

This one hour Zoom will explore:
1) Why we brought adult development into this community development project
2) Participant discussion: an opportunity to discuss our experience around building staff self-awareness
3) Dr Lilley’s programme and and the effects it generated in participants
4) Changes to the project resulting from Covid

Esther is the convener of the Q group Closing the gap: developing improvers for a complex world.

Homeotely Whole-maintaining systems and organisations John Dobbin

Homeotely – by John Dobbin – Post Bureaucracy

Homeotely

Whole-maintaining systems and organisations

“One cannot help being struck by the way in which the cells in an organism not only cooperate but cooperate in a specific direction towards the fulfilment and maintenance of the type of the particular organism which they constitute.” — Jan Smuts

One of the most remarkable aspects of natural systems is their ability to work together autonomously to maintain the critical order of the larger systems to which they belong. Components appear to share the common goal of maintaining the stability of their encompassing system, and in doing so maintain their own stability. 

We see this phenomenon occurring at every level. Organelles work together autonomously to maintain the critical order of a cell. Cells work together autonomously to maintain the critical order of an organ. Organs work together autonomously to maintain the critical order of a body. Many different species work together autonomously to maintain the critical order of an ecosystem. And the Earth’s ecosystems work together autonomously to maintain the critical order of the biosphere.

Because there was no adequate word in English to describe this whole-maintaining characteristic of systems, environmentalist and philosopher Teddy Goldsmith coined the term Homeotely — from the greek homo (same) and telos (goal) — to describe this fundamental principle that underlies all healthy natural systems.1

continues in source:

Homeotely – by John Dobbin – Post Bureaucracy

A friend on facebook wrote:

A very smart friend of mine once co-wrote a paper simulating various things to do with petrol shortages and looking at policy options and an interesting thing they came up with was the idea of having a MINIMUM ration – eg if you have to take at least £30 of petrol in one go then it stops the “topping off” behaviour which can lead to queues at forecourts. Basically a fuel panic transfers fuel stocks from garage tanks to the tanks of “lucky” motorists and there is a huge national capacity in fuel tanks which aren’t normally filled. This leads to problems downstream when many people are using up the stock in their car and so there is a dip in demand at the filling stations and delivery schedules get disrupted.

Pdf: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org.sci-hub.se/document/6746154?fbclid=IwAR3ZKBUyR6mcfi0NLOHGQW8MPUilpe5WGF12hzO8P6BJdg0lEpHDFYm90tA

Fuel Panics: Insights From Spatial Agent-Based Simulation Publisher: IEEE Cite This PDF Eben Upton; William James Nuttall All Authors 6 Paper Citations 517 Full Text Views Abstract Document Sections I. Introduction II. Fuel Panics: The U.K. Experience III. Agent-Based Simulation Authors Figures References Citations Keywords Metrics Footnotes Abstract: The United Kingdom has twice suffered major disruptions as a result of fuel panics, first in September 2000, coincident with a wave of fuel protests, and, more recently, in March 2012, following political warnings of a possible future supply chain disruption. In each case, the disruption and economic consequences were serious. In this paper, we demonstrate that agent-based techniques offer a powerful framework for simulation of supply chains and consumers under conditions of transient demand. In the case of fuel panic crisis, we show that even a highly abstract model can reproduce a range of transient phenomena seen in the real world and present a set of practical recommendations for policymakers faced with panic buying. Published in: IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems ( Volume: 15, Issue: 4, Aug. 2014)

Fuel Panics: Insights From Spatial Agent-Based Simulation | IEEE Journals & Magazine | IEEE Xplore

Fuel Panics: Insights From Spatial Agent-Based Simulation

Publisher: IEEECite This

PDF

Eben Upton; William James Nuttall

AbstractDocument Sections

• I.Introduction
• II.Fuel Panics: The U.K. Experience
• III.Agent-Based Simulation

AuthorsFiguresReferencesCitationsKeywordsMetricsFootnotesAbstract:The United Kingdom has twice suffered major disruptions as a result of fuel panics, first in September 2000, coincident with a wave of fuel protests, and, more recently, in March 2012, following political warnings of a possible future supply chain disruption. In each case, the disruption and economic consequences were serious. In this paper, we demonstrate that agent-based techniques offer a powerful framework for simulation of supply chains and consumers under conditions of transient demand. In the case of fuel panic crisis, we show that even a highly abstract model can reproduce a range of transient phenomena seen in the real world and present a set of practical recommendations for policymakers faced with panic buying.Published in: IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems ( Volume: 15, Issue: 4, Aug. 2014)

Building community health – through systems convening and supporting staff self-awareness (5pm London time) Learn about the role of Systems Convening in a pioneering community health project in Yorkshire – which used Mindfulness and more to support changes in behaviour and awareness. Get Involved Communities of Practice Leadership Development Programme Q Visits Q Exchange Network Weaving: learning series Journals and Learning Resources QI Connect WebEx series Upcoming events Past events Your events Add your event Live streaming and webinar tools Resources Your resources Add your resource Report: The role of improvement during the response to COVID-19 Supporting local learning 14 Oct 2021 17:00 – 18:00 London Zoom Sharethis content Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Following on from the book launch of ‘Systems Convening – a crucial form of leadership for the 21st century‘ (free download here), we’re bringing to Q a series of follow-up Zooms delving deeper into the case studies featured in the book. ** Register here to receive your personal Zoom login ** This first one features Q member Esther Hall, who will share her work on a Sport England-funded community health development programme in Withernsea, Yorkshire, that used a Mindfulness/adult development programme to help staff be more self-aware, hold more complex views of the world, hear past their own agendas, especially in a community setting. All the things that one would associate with waking up to our later stages of adult development. (Is this the ‘inner journey’ of systems convener?). Esther ran a programme developed by University of Aberystwyth Mindfulness researcher Dr Rachel Lilley to help with this inner shift. She will share details about the real impact it created, and the interesting dynamics that emerged. Esther will also highlight the role of ‘Systems Convening’ in the project – and we hope to be able to briefly compare her experience with the ‘Systems Convening’ efforts in another Sport England-funded pilot project in the same series (in Greater Manchester). This one hour Zoom will explore: 1) Why we brought adult development into this community development project 2) Participant discussion: an opportunity to discuss our experience around building staff self-awareness 3) Dr Lilley’s programme and and the effects it generated in participants 4) Changes to the project resulting from Covid Esther is the convener of the Q group Closing the gap: developing improvers for a complex world.

Building community health – through systems convening and supporting staff self-awareness (5pm London time) | Q Community

To the Systems Convening mailing group, Matthew Mezey of the Q Community said:

Next month: all welcome to join the Q Community’s ‘Systems Convening’ Zoom on Oct 14th – building community health

Esther Hall, who is featured in the book, will also share her research on the ‘inner journey’ of Systems Conveners.

More info/to register: https://q.health.org.uk/event/building-community-health-through-systems-convening-and-supporting-staff-self-awareness-5pm-london-time/

Snippet from the event page:
This first one features Q member Esther Hall, who will share her work on a Sport England-funded community health development programme in Withernsea, Yorkshire, that used a Mindfulness/adult development programme to help staff be more self-aware, hold more complex views of the world, hear past their own agendas, especially in a community setting. All the things that one would associate with waking up to our later stages of adult development. (Is this the ‘inner journey’ of systems convener?).

Esther ran a programme developed by University of Aberystwyth Mindfulness researcher Dr Rachel Lilley to help with this inner shift. She will share details about the real impact it created, and the interesting dynamics that emerged.

Esther will also highlight the role of ‘Systems Convening’ in the project – and we hope to be able to briefly compare her experience with the ‘Systems Convening’ efforts in another Sport England-funded pilot project in the same series (in Greater Manchester).

Human Learning Systems: The Role of National Government in Systems Innovation

Human Learning Systems: The Role of National Government in Systems Innovation | Si Network

Human Learning Systems is a complexity-inspired approach to public services. It is an alternative approach to public management which embraces the complexity of the real world, and enables us to work effectively in that complexity.

This approach offers an alternative to the “Markets, Managers and Metrics” approach of New Public Management. It outlines a way of making social action and public service more responsive to the bespoke needs of each person that it serves, and creates an environment in which performance improvement is driven by continuous learning and adaptation. It fosters in leaders a sense of responsibility for looking after the health of the systems, and it is these systems which create positive outcomes in people’s lives.

In this event we will be talking with Toby Lowe – Visiting Prof of Public Management at the Centre for Public Impact – we will explore how the Human Learning Systems offers an alternative paradigm for public management which enables national government to support and enable local systems innovation. 

Anneli Rautiainen and Paula Tyrväinen will also join to speak on their experience implementing such an approach with the Innovation Centre of the Finnish National Agency for Education (EDUFI).

This event will be run by Si London hub and hosted by Mark McCoy and John Mortimer

How partners mediate platform power: Mapping business and data partnerships in the social media ecosystem Fernando N van der Vlist, Anne HelmondFirst Published June 14, 2021 Research Article https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517211025061

How partners mediate platform power: Mapping business and data partnerships in the social media ecosystem – Fernando N van der Vlist, Anne Helmond, 2021

A mind-boggling bit of network mapping work

See also (on adtech):

https://warzel.substack.com/p/the-internets-original-sin

Systems Thinking in the Public Sector: Practical Examples

Systems Thinking in the Public Sector: Practical Examples | Meetup

Alidad Hamidi says:

In the next Systems At Play Community Meetup, we will hear from Luke Craven,  a Canberra-based systems consultant and researcher with over a decade of experience in Australian public sector who is also known for developing the System Effects methodology.

*** The Topic ***
There is growing excitement in the power and possibility of systems thinking as a tool to drive real, transformative change in the public sector and beyond.

But do the results live up to the hype?

In this talk, Luke will reflect on his experiences as a systems thinking practitioner to argue that despite our best intentions, most organisations still apply the concept of “systems” as a loose metaphor—a systems gloss—that adopts the language but not the fundamental logic or principles of systems thinking.

With case studies and war stories, Luke will share a number of practical examples of how he has responded to his challenge to position systems thinking as a tool that can make a difference.

Linguistic relativity From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search The hypothesis of linguistic relativity, also known as the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis /səˌpɪər ˈwɔːrf/, the Whorf hypothesis, or Whorfianism, is a principle suggesting that the structure of a language affects its speakers’ worldview or cognition, and thus people’s perceptions are relative to their spoken language.

Linguistic relativity – Wikipedia

Was looking for a nice intro/overview piece to ‘phenomenological ontology’ but ran out of time.

A cogent response from John McWhorter:

Inspired by this Twitter exchange: