https://socialecologies.wordpress.com/2015/06/01/john-von-neuman-complexity-automata-and-ai/

John Von Neuman: Complexity – From Representation to Performativity

The Extended Mind

The Extended Mind

The Extended Mind

Andy Clark & David J. Chalmers [*]

Department of Philosophy
Washington University
St. Louis, MO 63130

Department of Philosophy
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721

andy@twinearth.wustl.edu
chalmers@arizona.edu

*[[Authors are listed in order of degree of belief in the central thesis.]]

[[Published in Analysis 58:10-23, 1998. Reprinted in (P. Grim, ed) The Philosopher’s Annual, vol XXI, 1998.]]

HOW TO USE CONSCIOUS PURPOSE WITHOUT WRECKING EVERYTHING By John Gall, MS, MD, FAAP A talk prepared for presentation at the annual Gilbfest, London, UK, June 25, 2012

http://concepts.gilb.com/dl539

Systems Change Alliance 249 subscribers SUBSCRIBED Opening address of the Beyond The Great Reset, The Systems Change Summit, by MC, Satya Tanner.

Beyond The Great Reset Opening Address – YouTube

The world according to Humberto Maturana January 1970 Authors: Jay Steven Efran Temple University Michael D. Lukens

(PDF) The world according to Humberto Maturana

An evangelical Roman Catholic perspective on the idea of interconnecteedness of ideas, worldviews, (in)commensurability and development of interpretation over time.

• https://www.nature.com/articles/nature08227
• 03 September 2009

Early-warning signals for critical transitions

• Marten Scheffer, 
• Jordi Bascompte, 
• William A. Brock, 
• Victor Brovkin, 
• Stephen R. Carpenter, 
• Vasilis Dakos, 
• Hermann Held, 
• Egbert H. van Nes, 
• Max Rietkerk & 
• George Sugihara 

Nature volume 461, pages53–59 (2009)

Abstract

Complex dynamical systems, ranging from ecosystems to financial markets and the climate, can have tipping points at which a sudden shift to a contrasting dynamical regime may occur. Although predicting such critical points before they are reached is extremely difficult, work in different scientific fields is now suggesting the existence of generic early-warning signals that may indicate for a wide class of systems if a critical threshold is approaching.

Claude Shannon and creativity

Cautionary Tales – Fritterin’ Away Genius 14th May, 2021

Cautionary Tales – Fritterin’ Away Genius | Tim Harford

Overcast link https://overcast.fm/+U9ZGtVS9g

Seth Godin in a brilliant rant on his home turf; the sociological impact of power laws and the consequent impact on human cretivity and possibilities.

Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin The Magnification of Small Differences May 19, 2021

The Magnification of Small Differences — Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin — Overcast

Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin

The Magnification of Small Differences

May 19, 2021

shownotes:

https://www.akimbo.link/blog/s-9-e-2-the-magnification-of-small-differences

Applied systems thinking: unlocking theory, evidence and practice for health policy and systems research Aku Kwamie, Solip Ha, Abdul Ghaffar Health Policy and Planning, czab062, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czab062 Published: 16 June 2021

Applied systems thinking: unlocking theory, evidence and practice for health policy and systems research | Health Policy and Planning | Oxford Academic

Applied systems thinking: unlocking theory, evidence and practice for health policy and systems research 

Aku Kwamie, Solip Ha, Abdul Ghaffar

Health Policy and Planning, czab062, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czab062

Published: 16 June 2021 

Abstract

While systems thinking has been generally acknowledged as important to the field of health policy and systems research (HPSR), it remains underutilized. In particular, systems thinking has been perceived as predominantly conceptual, with fewer applications of systems thinking documented. This commentary makes three key points, namely that (1) advances in applied systems thinking in HPSR have been hindered by an imprecision in terminology, conflating ‘[health] systems approaches’ with complex adaptive systems theory; (2) limited examples of applied systems thinking have been highlighted and recognized in research, but have not been fully and equally appreciated in policymaking and practice and (3) explicit use of theory, long-term research-policy collaborations and better documentation of evidence can increase the use and usefulness of applied systems thinking in HPSR. By addressing these matters, the potentials of systems thinking in HPSR can be truly unlocked.

16: Contingency Theory – Lawrence and Lorsch

16: Contingency Theory – Lawrence and Lorsch – Talking About Organizations Podcast

76: Comparative Analysis of Organizations – Charles Perrow

76: Comparative Analysis of Organizations – Charles Perrow – Talking About Organizations Podcast

Talking About Organizations is a very nice podcast where a mixed, international group of organisation scholars discuss classic works.

This is a classic and a half – and mindboggling that Perrow died only in 2019 – and links to very contemporary discussions about the ‘drift’ of organisations and elements in organisations.

“

The structure of an organization depends
upon the kind of task it typically performs.
Routine tasks suggest specialization,
formal-ization, hierarchy, and centralized
power; nonroutine tasks are better
performed under the opposite conditions.
Tasks are defined cognitively as search
procedures and excep-tions encountered.

“

Original paper: https://www.tarjomefa.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/5481-English.pdf

Review of it as a classic paper, with critical comments from Perrow himself in 1981:

Click to access A1981LH21200001.pdf

WCSA PROUDLY PRESENTS THE GENERAL CALL FOR PANELS AND PRESENTATIONS FOR THE 10th WCSA WORLWIDE CONFERENCE LISBON, APRIL 20th to 22nd, 2022 online or hybrid (TBA)

10th WCSA Conference – Lisbon | WCSA

WCSA PROUDLY PRESENTS

THE GENERAL CALL FOR PANELS AND PRESENTATIONS FOR THE 10th WCSA WORLWIDE CONFERENCE

LISBON, APRIL 20th to 22nd, 2022

online or hybrid (TBA)