Teaching Smart People How to Learn by Chris Argyris The article explores the concept of double-loop learning and its crucial importance for organizations, particularly in the business environment. Audio Overview: https://lnkd.in/esY9-UU8 Kumu Model: https://kumu.io/-/983367 Note all the connections and loops in the Kumu model have descriptions attached which you can read if you mouse over them. This is an element of WKID: https://lnkd.in/eDyFu4Uk
Ison, R. L. (2024). Exploring the conceptual and practical affordances of duality and dualism. In: Reyes, A. and Perko, I. eds. Addressing challenges of an uncertain world: A CyberSystemic approach. Ibagué, Colombia: Ediciones Unibagué, pp. 335–364.
The concepts of dualism and duality concern the nature and/or quality of relationship at the heart of ‘either/or’ or ‘both/and’ distinctions, in any pairing such as predator/prey, mind/body or subjective/objective. This chapter, framed as a systemic inquiry, is written to celebrate the contributions of Raul Espejo to cybersystemic praxis. This inquiry arises because of the overinvestment in the pursuit and use of dualisms at the expense of dualities; it concerns how two key concepts within the cybersystemic lexicon are used (and perhaps abused) in the conduct of situated, embodied practice. As a cybersystemic educator and a designer of learning systems, there is a need to appreciate how each concept is performable as in a performer living their choreography. The main inquiry question is: How does an aware STiP (systems thinking in practice) practitioner practice to deframe dualisms and offer or enact reframings as dualities? In response the case for a cybersystemic praxeology is made, drawing on the design and enactment of learning systems within the stip postgraduate program (for mature students) at the Open University (UK).
The Cornell Systems Summit will be held at the four-diamond Statler Hotel on the Cornell Campus, and packed with renowned speakers, informative sessions, roundtable discussions, and ample time to network and meet new collegues from around the globe.
Saturday 26th October 2024 9 AM New York/ Eastern US time, 2pm UK, 1pm UTC How can we engage positive dynamics of differentiation and integration in developing systems / cybernetics / complexity?
Benjamin will introduce the four organisational dynamics (and their systems | cybernetics | complexity roots), their pathologies, diagnosis, and associated prescriptions:
• Segment – separating out into teams and specialisms • Blend – coming together to work effectively as one unit • Empower – each person to use their specific skills and talents • Harmonise – bringing everyone together to focus on a common goal
He will then discuss how we might apply these to our own extended field, and invite discussion on whether and how we can use these concepts to positively influence more effective organisation.
Benjamin Taylor, is a dedicated amateur in the systems | cybernetics | complexity space. He is on the board of SCiO (systems and complexity in organisation), the systems practice professional body, teaches on the level 7 systems thinking practice apprenticeship, and at times has been the noodle in every soup in the field… he runs a network consultancy in the UK, RedQuadrant, and a social enterprise, the Public Service Transformation Academy. He regularly blogs and writes in the space – all links at antlerboy.com
If you’re thinking, “Complexity and systems thinking, what are you talking about?”, our guest has some thoughts. In this wide-ranging talk, Dr. Michael C. Jackson will discuss the history of systems thinking, how systems thinking addresses complexity, some valuable ways of looking at systems translated into forms of practical action, and current examples of systems thinking in action in different sectors.
And if that’s not enough for you, we’ll open the floor for a conversation about the intersection of complexity and systems thinking. We are fortunate to be joined by Dr. Jackson, the leading figure in the development of critical systems thinking and practice. So get ready!
Bio Michael is Emeritus Professor at the University of Hull and MD of Systems Research Ltd. He graduated from Oxford University, gained an MA from Lancaster University and a PhD from Hull, and has worked in the civil service, in academia and as a consultant. Between 1999 and 2011, Mike was Dean of Hull University Business School, leading it to triple-crown accreditation. Mike has been President of the International Federation for Systems Research and the International Society for the Systems Sciences. In 2011 Mike was awarded an OBE for services to higher education and business.
In 2017 he received the Beale Medal of the UK Operational Research Society for ‘a sustained contribution over many years to the theory, practice, and philosophy of Operational Research’. In 2022, he received the Pioneer Award of the International Council on Systems Engineering for ‘the development of the foundations of systems engineering as author, educator and intellectual leader in systems thinking’. Mike is known as the leading figure in the development of ‘Critical Systems Thinking’ – a topic on which he has published ten books and over 150 articles. His latest book, Critical Systems Thinking: A Practitioner’s Guide was published by Wiley in July 2024. He is Co-Chair of the UK Government Office for Science/SCiO ‘Systems Thinking Working Group’.
Philip E. Agre Department of Information Studies University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California 90095-1520 USApagre@ucla.edu http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/pagre/This paper appeared in a slightly different form in a special issue of the Stanford Humanities Review, entitled “Constructions of the Mind: Artificial Intelligence and the Humanities“, edited by Guven Guzeldere and Stefano Franchi. The official citation is Stanford Humanities Review 4(2), 1995, pages 1-19.
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