What is conversation? How can we design for effective conversation?January 2009Hugh DubberlyPaul Pangaro
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A view or perspective on the world
Publications from John Raven (including Raven’s Progressive Matrices and some other material by other authors)
http://www.eyeonsociety.co.uk/resources/fulllist.html
http://www.johnraven.co.uk/pubs/pubs.html
Governance in the Relative When – Leonard (2011)
2011, Systems Research and Behavioral Science
Governance in the Relative WhenAllenna Leonard2011, Systems Research and Behavioral Science
(99+) Governance in the Relative When | Allenna Leonard – Academia.edu
Systems thinking is old hat – Vandenbroeck (2022)
Don’t be mistaken. It was there before 1945.

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Systems thinking is old hatDon’t be mistaken. It was there before 1945.Philippe Vandenbroeck·Following6 min read·Aug 14, 2022
Systems thinking is old hat. Don’t be mistaken. It was there before… | by Philippe Vandenbroeck | Medium
CyberSystemic landscape
CyberSystemic landscape
History
Following list illustrates the origin and updates from the map.Originated in 1996 by Dr. Eric Schwarz, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Extended in 1998, including items from the “The Story of Philosophy” by Will Durant (1933). Elaborated in 2000-2001 from many sources for the International Institute for General Systems Studies.
Extended in 2016 by Benjamin Hadorn, Fribourg, Switzerland.shared from https://uranos.ch/images/2019/09/23/systemic_evolution.jpg
CyberSystemic landscape | World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics
All Methods Are Wrong. Some Methods Are Useful – Williams (2011)
h/t Roger James on LinkedIn (in a discussion about groupings and inclusion and exclusion in systems thinking | complexity | cybernetics prompted by Joss Colchester sharing the groupings diagram from the first Ramage and Shipp book, given to him by Sally Bean at the Systems Innovation conference https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7242481230212927489?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A7242481230212927489%2C7242656367612755969%29&dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287242656367612755969%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7242481230212927489%29
By Bob Williams
ALL METHODS ARE WRONG. SOME METHODS ARE USEFUL.BYBOB WILLIAMS
The Systems Thinker – All Methods Are Wrong. Some Methods Are Useful. – The Systems Thinker
Anatoliy Arsen’ev, Evald Ilyenkov & Vasily Davydov: The Machine and the Human, Cybernetics and Philosophy. Translated by Iurii Maksymets (2024)
Via Örsan Şenalp in The Ecology of Systems Thinking on Facebook
“This article is a translation of a 1966 text by Evald Ilyenkov, Anatoliy Arsen′ev and Vasily Davydov on the science of cybernetics and the belief of many cyberneticians that they can create a “thinking machine” by modelling the human brain. The authors argue against such belief while not denying the benefits of cybernetics. The article examines concepts such as “thinking,” “the machine,” and “the human” from the perspective of Marxist philosophy. The authors criticize the ideological influence of cybernetics on Soviet thought about social organisaiton.”
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ecologyofsystemsthinking/posts/8276792502399821/
https://marxismandsciences.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Maksymets_ms_240803209.pdf?fbclid=IwY2xjawFZYcNleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHTGMwG0X9b7kqkr-SpaQaWWconOU6XbuSJEWYMj-k_eMA16CAMDNDla1qw_aem_e_MpxlDX2cKW3TQlosIUDA
opening the box: systems thinking for transformative conversations – De Visch, Pantaleon, Arora, Korycki (2024)
[Not free, but affordable]
by Jan De Visch (Author), Miguel Pantaleón (Author), Namrata Arora (Author), Tony Korycki (Author)
”opening the box” invites you to delve into the realms of systems thinking, by exploring four layers of ‘systems’: parts and wholes, nascent development, coherence, and metamorphosis.
This book is for those who may not believe that they use systems thinking, but already consider relationships and connections in situations, those who wish to learn who are seeking a place to start, or those already practicing systems thinking looking for a different ‘take’ on the discipline. Our story uncovers the power of critical and systemic thinking, as Pandora and her grandmother challenge surface-level solutions, and advocate for deeper exploration.
You can learn through their dialogue how we can challenge assumptions, embrace interconnectedness, and harness the power of action, to create positive change.
opening the box: systems thinking for transformative conversations Paperback – 16 Sept. 2024by Jan De Visch (Author), Miguel Pantaleón (Author), Namrata Arora (Author), Tony Korycki (Author)3.5 3.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratingsSee all formats and editions”opening the box” invites you to delve into the realms of systems thinking, by exploring four layers of ‘systems’: parts and wholes, nascent development, coherence, and metamorphosis.This book is for those who may not believe that they use systems thinking, but already consider relationships and connections in situations, those who wish to learn who are seeking a place to start, or those already practicing systems thinking looking for a different ‘take’ on the discipline. Our story uncovers the power of critical and systemic thinking, as Pandora and her grandmother challenge surface-level solutions, and advocate for deeper exploration.You can learn through their dialogue how we can challenge assumptions, embrace interconnectedness, and harness the power of action, to create positive change.
opening the box: systems thinking for transformative conversations: Amazon.co.uk: De Visch, Jan, Pantaleón, Miguel, Arora, Namrata, Korycki, Tony: 9798335706605: Books
Business Aglity Conference UK – Leading Through Complexity. September 23 Pre-conference Workshops, September 25 All-Day Conference, at The Open University, Milton Keynes UK
“LEADING THROUGH COMPLEXITY”
September 24 | Pre-conference Workshops
September 25 | All-Day Conference
CONFERENCE AGENDA

“LEADING THROUGH COMPLEXITY”
September 24 | Pre-conference Workshops
September 25 | All-Day Conference
CONFERENCE AGENDA
“LEADING THROUGH COMPLEXITY”September 24 | Pre-conference WorkshopsSeptember 25 | All-Day ConferenceWorkshopsSpeakersAgendaLocationHotelsSponsorshipCONFERENCE AGENDA
Agenda At-a-Glance | BusinessAgility Conf
https://www.businessagilityconference.com/conference-agenda
Practising Possibility in Preston with Warm Data – Preston Warm Data Lab with Roger Duck, 8 October, Preston UK
[via Roger Duck by email]
“There will be no community without first communing” – Nora Bateson
By Preston Warm Data Lab
UCLan Foster BuildingKendal Street #58 Preston PR1 2HEShow map
We will hold 2 events on the 8th of October; Lab 1 from 12:00 to 16:00 and Lab 2 from 17:30 to 20:30.
Please come along to one or both!
Link:
Practising Possibility in Preston with Warm Data Tickets, Preston | Eventbrite
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/practising-possibility-in-preston-with-warm-data-tickets-929149580407?internal_ref=social
Business Agility Conference UK 2024: Leading through Complexity – Wednesday, September 25, 2024, Milton Keynes OU Campus – with workshops the day before and another party of the conference the day after (see earlier post)
Business Agility Conference UK 2024: Leading through ComplexityDatesWednesday, September 25, 2024 – 08:30 to 17:30LocationMilton Keynes OU Campus
Business Agility Conference UK 2024: Leading through Complexity | The Open University Business School
https://business-school.open.ac.uk/events/business-agility-conference-uk-2024-leading-through-complexity-0
What is Entropy? – Baez (2024)
This short book is an elementary course on entropy, leading up to a calculation of the entropy of hydrogen gas at standard temperature and pressure. Topics covered include information, Shannon entropy and Gibbs entropy, the principle of maximum entropy, the Boltzmann distribution, temperature and coolness, the relation between entropy, expected energy and temperature, the equipartition theorem, the partition function, the relation between expected energy, free energy and entropy, the entropy of a classical harmonic oscillator, the entropy of a classical particle in a box, and the entropy of a classical ideal gas.
| Comments: | 129 pages |
| Subjects: | Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech); Mathematical Physics (math-ph) |
| Cite as: | arXiv:2409.09232 [cond-mat.stat-mech] |
| (or arXiv:2409.09232v1 [cond-mat.stat-mech] for this version) |
Link:
[2409.09232] What is Entropy?
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.09232
Book Launch — Seeing: A Field Guide to the Patterns and Processes of Nature, Culture, and Consciousness | Lynn Rasmussen + Laura Civitello | ST-ON | 2024-09-09
September 18, 2024 daviding
Book Launch — Seeing: A Field Guide to the Patterns and Processes of Nature, Culture, and Consciousness | Lynn Rasmussen + Laura Civitello | ST-ON | 2024-09-09 September 18, 2024 daviding
Book Launch — Seeing: A Field Guide to the Patterns and Processes of Nature, Culture, and Consciousness | Lynn Rasmussen + Laura Civitello | ST-ON | 2024-09-09 – Coevolving Innovations
As through a glass darkly: a complex systems approach to futures – Snowden (2024)
- July 2024
DOI:10.4337/9781035301607.00011
- License
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- In book: Handbook of Futures Studies (pp.48-65)
Authors:
As through a glass darkly: a complex systems approach to futuresJuly 2024DOI:10.4337/9781035301607.00011LicenseCC BY-NC-ND 4.0In book: Handbook of Futures Studies (pp.48-65)Authors:
(PDF) As through a glass darkly: a complex systems approach to futures
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/382505958_As_through_a_glass_darkly_a_complex_systems_approach_to_futures
The Complexity of World Order Emergence conference (WCSA), May 26-31, 2025, in Curitiba Brazil, Florence Italy, and online (call for papers and panels)
WCSA PROUDLY PRESENTS
Call for Papers and Panels
XII Intercontinental Conference
The Complexity of World Order Emergence
Dates: May 26-31, 2025
12th WCSA Conference – Curitiba | WCSA
Locations: Curitiba, Florence, and Hybrid (Online)
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