The Complex Thinking initiative

The website hosts a collection of projects organised under the umbrella of a broader interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research  programme dedicated to building theoretical, methodological and pragmatic foundations and to promoting the practice of Complex Thinking

The Complex Thinking initiative
https://www.complexthinking.org/home

CONFERENCE ON COMPLEX SYSTEMS 2025, 1-5 September 2025 Siena, Italy


Welcome to CCS 2025, the 21st conference of the Complex Systems Society

Conference on Complex Systems 2025

QUALITATIVE AND MIXED-METHODS  APPROACHES IN SOCIAL COMPLEX SYSTEMS RESEARCH – Methodological challenges and innovations, Satellite meeting at CCS2025, 3 September 2025

SATELLITE MEETING AT CCS2025

3rd of September 2025 

QUALITATIVE AND MIXED-METHODS  APPROACHES IN SOCIAL COMPLEX SYSTEMS RESEARCH
Methodological challenges and innovations
SATELLITE MEETING AT CCS2025

3rd of September 2025 

The Complex Thinking initiative – QUALITATIVE AND MIXED-METHODS APPROACHES IN SOCIAL COMPLEX SYSTEMS RESEARCH
https://www.complexthinking.org/qualitative-and-mixed-methods-approaches-in-social-complex-systems-research#h.l6kbxzhws5ov

Nicholas Gruen vs Rory Sutherland – Simplifying Complexity Podcast Episode 66 – April 14, 2025


Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman of Ogilvy UK, and Nicholas Gruen, CEO of Lateral Economics, have both returned to debate the efficacy and limitations of applying systems thinking to complex problems.

Web Player – Pocket Casts

https://play.pocketcasts.com/podcasts/1c42ee40-3735-013b-efb2-0acc26574db2/45b5d216-b90b-4d71-abfb-7cfb846f8d62

System Thinking Rule Of Thumb For Diagnosing Organisations: Black box, systems dynamics and time frames. Systems Thinking and Strategy – Pantaleon (2025) [Medium members only]

Miguel Pantaleon

SYSTEMS THINKING AND STRATEGY
System Thinking Rule Of Thumb For Diagnosing Organisations
Black box, systems dynamics and time frames.

Miguel Pantaleon

System Thinking Rule Of Thumb For Diagnosing Organisations | by Miguel Pantaleon | Apr, 2025 | Medium

Harish’s Notebook – Being-In-the-System – Heideggerian Insights into Systems Thinking – Part 1 – Jose (2025)

Harish’s Notebook – The Invisibility of Infrastructures – Jose (2025)

Come On, Obviously The Purpose Of A System Is Not What It Does – Alexander (2025)

[sigh]
APR 11, 2025

Come On, Obviously The Purpose Of A System Is Not What It Does
https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/come-on-obviously-the-purpose-of

Stafford Beer’s Viable System Model – Quick Overview – Adam Thompson

Adam Thompson

Stafford Beer’s Viable System Model – Quick Overview

Stafford Beer’s Viable System Model – Quick Overview – YouTube

The Systems Community Alliance (SCA)

For the System Builders

The Systems Community

… people and organizations
who believe in a Systems Approach

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For the System Builders

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The IFSR Quarterly 1_2025 – a window into and mirror of the cybersystemic community. Brought to you by the IFSR.org

International Federation for Systems Research (IFSR)
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March 21, 2025

(1) The IFSR Quarterly 1_2025 – a window into and mirror of the cybersystemic community. Brought to you by the IFSR.org | LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ifsr-quarterly-12025-window-mirror-xeqlf/?trackingId=OM9ZqAyYQj6g2Idfw2OQkw%3D%3D

LABORATORY FOR CYBERNETICS at Carnegie Mellon – Archicture, CMU – Paul Pangaro, Director

Experimental studio offering resources and collaborations 
for engaging wicked challenges

LABORATORY FOR CYBERNETICS
Experimental studio offering resources and collaborations 
for engaging wicked challenges

Laboratory for Cybernetics | CMU School of Architecture
https://www.architecture.cmu.edu/laboratory-cybernetics

INCOSE SySTEAM group – systems thinking in STEAM education

Improving education

for all students,

everywhere.

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Announcing the SySTEAM mini-conference: August 14-15, 2025!

SySTEAM’s free, two-day online mini-conference is back by popular demand! Registration is now open for all who’d like to attend this two-day Zoom event, featuring a mix of conference-style talks and group discussion related to systems education and interdisciplinary STEM/STEAM education. Sign-up today as an attendee, volunteer to be a peer reviewer for the mini-conference, or send in an abstract for consideration!

Learn more & register for free

The SySTEAM Initiative

The Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts/Humanities, & Mathematics Initiative
An open-access, volunteer-run community on systems education

( Est. 2021 )

Better interdisciplinary systems education… for a better world

SySTEAM
https://www.incose.org/communities/working-groups-initiatives/systeam-initiative

System Dynamic Society events – including other systems related events listed by members

https://systemdynamics.org/events/

Re-Braiding Cybernetics & Artificial Intelligence – CMY Posner Center Laboratory for Cybernetics – Lehman, Pangaro, Lemley (2025) – Hugh Dubberly also involved

Exhibit ←→ Conversations ←→ Publications ←→ Symposia ←→ CollaborationsImage by Nathan FeldeDraft v2.0 2025-04-06      Link to this doc: tinyurl.com/Cyber-AI-Rebraid

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uXgkltowcKjmcLOyOQUKtv852gvq0zx1UlhT2zeabKU/edit?tab=t.0