The 9th International Systemic Practice and Research School is in Edinburgh in October with workshops on Movement in/as Systemic Practice
By Everything is Connected Press CIC
Date and time Wed, 9 Oct 2024 13:00 – Sat, 12 Oct 2024 13:00 BST
Wednesday, 9 OctoberMOVEMENT IN /AS SYSTEMIC PRACTICEThe 9th International Systemic Practice and Research School is in Edinburgh in October with workshops on Movement in/as Systemic PracticeBy Everything is Connected Press CIC277 followers31 events hosted 📈FollowingDate and timeWed, 9 Oct 2024 13:00 – Sat, 12 Oct 2024 13:00 BST
Social Presencing as a way for unsticking ourselves from habitual ways of knowing and being
Accessing that spacious place where new ideas and possibilities can arise is something that is available to all of us, once we turn our attention to our body wisdom.
I have experienced how it turns places where I have felt stuck into rich spacious landscapes that allow for more choice than my habitual ways of being.
From tightly pulled knotted string to a loose structure; I am unpicked, reformed, and can breathe more freely again. No longer needing to be right, or feeling all wrong, but released from the energy that holding tight absorbs and with space for curiosity about what else?
This is the end-August 2024 monthly events mailing from SCiO. Autumn events are now kicking in and there is plenty happening. Click on the flags or group titles below to go to the events that interest you. Please remember that you can attend online events organised by any of the SCiO groups if they are held in a language you speak/understand (and you are a member if it is a member-only meeting). Further details of events may be available by clicking on the event titles below and you can also book each event directly from the Book now text.
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It is time again for the SCiO AGM and again we will again be holding a mini-conference. We will be doing this on a Saturday morning this year, for the first time, in the belief that this may work better for some of you. We are still arranging speakers so watch out for more details on the website. In the meanwhile, you can book now:
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SCiO organises Open Meetings to provide opportunities for practitioners to learn and develop new practice, to build relationships, network, hear about skills, tools, practice and experiences. This virtual session will be held on Zoom.
SCiO’s Development Event offer an opportunity to draw upon the collective expertise of SCiO members in a friendly and supportive atmosphere. By taking Development Events online, using the Zoom meeting platform, we aim to make them accessible to more SCiO members Development Events are both for members who are just starting out on a journey to explore Systems Thinking approaches, and for those who have many years of exploration and practice.
SCIO-NL komt elke 2e vrijdag van de maand live bijeen in Vianen (Hagenweg 3c). Er staan geen vaste onderwerpen op de agenda (daarvoor organiseren we specifieke andere meetings), maar de ervaring leert dat er altijd wel een interessant gesprek op gang komt over een systemisch onderwerp. Toegankelijk voor iedereen die de jaarlijkse fee voor de live-bijeenkomsten (€50,-) hiervoor betaald. En voor gasten. Neem contact op via ed@doitogether.nl als je interesse hebt, maar nog geen lid van de club bent.
NL Members + guests; Free; Hagenweg 3c, Vianen, Netherlands; Dutch Book now
SCIO-NL komt elke 2e vrijdag van de maand live bijeen in Vianen (Hagenweg 3c). Er staan geen vaste onderwerpen op de agenda (daarvoor organiseren we specifieke andere meetings), maar de ervaring leert dat er altijd wel een interessant gesprek op gang komt over een systemisch onderwerp. Toegankelijk voor iedereen die de jaarlijkse fee voor de live-bijeenkomsten (€50,-) hiervoor betaald. En voor gasten. Neem contact op via ed@doitogether.nl als je interesse hebt, maar nog geen lid van de club bent.
NL Members + guests; Free; Hagenweg 3c, Vianen, Netherlands; Dutch BOOK NOW
Stimulated by the digital meta trend, corporations have created the role of Digital Transformation Manager to develop their strategy around this. In this session, we will delve into a practical use case, providing real-world insights and solutions, shedding light on the essential components of a digital transformation journey at Hitachi.
Is there a systemic approach to digital transformation, is there a success formula, and what are best practices?
”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, or 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.
The 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.
We verbreden in deze Deep Dive reeks onze systemische kaders. Waar we in de vorige Deep Dives ons hebben verdiept in het Viable Systems Model laten we nu drie andere benaderingen aan bod komen: De kritische systeembenadering, de systeem dynamische benadering en de strategische optie formuleringsbenadering.
Members only + Guests; 150 euro (werkingskosten), Locn: tbc, Belgium; Dutch BOOK NOW
Paikka: VTT Future Hub Espoon Otaniemessä. Huomaathan, että pääsisäänkäynti sijaitsee FutureHubin rakennustyömaan vuoksi osoitteessa Maarintie 3, vaikka virallinen osoite onkin Tekniikantie 21. Käsiteltävä kirja: Jamshid Gharajedaghi: Systems Thinking: Managing Chaos and Complexity – A Platform for Designing Business Architecture
Tilaisuuden alustaa ja vetää Hannu Lepomäki.
All Welcome; FREE; VTT Future Hub, Espoo, (Maarintie 3), FinnishBOOK NOW
Päätöksentekijä käyttää päätöksenteossa tietoisesti tai tietämättään malleja. Kun mallien käyttö on tietoista, päätöksenteko on sujuvampaa ja päätökset johtavat paremmin haluttuihin tavoitteisiin. Mutta mitä nämä mallit ovat, miten niitä syntyy ja luodaan, ja millaisia malleja pystytään käyttämään päätöksenteossa. Esityksessä käydään läpi mallien käytön perusteita. Puhuja: Professori Matti Vilkko, Automaatio- ja konetekniikan yksikön päällikkö, Tampereen yliopisto Online event
Event Date Thu, Sep 26, 2024 – 18:00 – Thu, Sep 26, 2024 – 19:00 CET
Organisationsweite Kollaboration: DAS Ziel agiler Transformation in Unternehmen – was leider häufig so schwer zu erreichen scheint. Was auf Teamebene, z.B. durch die Nutzung eines agilen Frameworks, häufig gut gelingt, sieht über die Teamgrenzen hinweg nicht selten ganz anders aus. Flight Levels als Denkmodell verspricht hier einen neuen, leichtgewichtigen Zugang zur Lösung von Barrieren und Anbindung sogenannter „agiler Inseln”. Aktuell ist Biedulski als Agile Coach, Flight Levels Coach und Organisationsberater bei der Colenet GmbH tätig.
Members only + Guests, FREE, Online event. German Book now
There is a substantial programme of events for SCiO Ireland, but in order for the group to build attendance inIreland, these are not publicised here or on the website. Please contact SCiO Ireland for events over the next months.
Spontaneity and Control: Friedrich Hayek, Stafford Beer, and the Principles of Self-OrganizationPublished online by Cambridge University Press: 22 April 2024Max Hancock
Emergence and criticality in spatiotemporal synchronization: the complementarity model (to appear)October 2023DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.17550.13121Alessandro Scirè
Many cancers resist therapeutic intervention. This is fundamentally related to intratumor heterogeneity: multiple cell populations, each with different phenotypic signatures, coexist within a tumor and its metastases. Like species in an ecosystem, cancer populations are intertwined in a complex network of ecological interactions. Most mathematical models of tumor ecology, however, cannot account for such phenotypic diversity or predict its consequences. Here, we propose that the generalized Lotka-Volterra model (GLV), a standard tool to describe species-rich ecological communities, provides a suitable framework to model the ecology of heterogeneous tumors. We develop a GLV model of tumor growth and discuss how its emerging properties provide a new understanding of the disease. We discuss potential extensions of the model and their application to phenotypic plasticity, cancer-immune interactions, and metastatic growth. Our work outlines a set of questions and a road map for further research in cancer ecology.
Douglas Hofstadter, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Gödel, Escher, Bach, reflects on how he got interested in the mind and consciousness, how he came to write Gödel, Escher, Bach, and why he is terrified by the current state of AI.
Listen to the podcast episode here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/222312/131… Douglas Hofstadter, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Gödel, Escher, Bach, reflects on how he got interested in the mind and consciousness, how he came to write Gödel, Escher, Bach, and why he is terrified by the current state of AI. CHAPTERS 0:00 Introduction 1:30 How did you first get interested in AI? 5:01 Tell us more about recursion & self-reflection 10:03 How did GEB come to life? 21:21 Which ideas from GEB are most relevant today? 29:23 What about AI terrifies you? 34:35 How have LLMs impacted your view of how human creativity works? 37:14 Is there something analogous in history that terrified people? 38:20 What brings you joy these days? READ GÖDEL, ESCHER, BACH https://amzn.to/3pIxetI DOUG ON GÖDEL, ESCHER, BACH & AI IN THE ATLANTIC https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/arc…
Will a large complex system be stable? Robert May asked in 1972. The answer that he provided to this question kicked off what came to be known as the complexity-stability debate. This video presents a modern review of the original paper and the perspectives that it opens up.
REFERENCES The view that “Complexity begets stability” was first challenged in numerical experiments by Gardner and Ashby [1], which May then supported by the Mathematical argument reviewed here [2]. Numerical evidence that May’s argument extends to non-stationary states was provided by Sinha and Sinha [3] [1] M.R. Gardner and W.R. Ashby: “Connectance of Large Dynamic (Cybernetic) Systems: Critical Values for Stability.” Nature 288, 784 (1970) https://doi.org/10.1038/228784a0 [2] R.M. May: Will a large complex system be stable? Nature 238, 413-414 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1038/238413a0 [3] S. Sinha and S. Sinha: “Evidence of universality for the May-Wigner stability theorem for random networks with local dynamics.” Physical Review E 71, 020902 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.71.0… SOURCES – The photograph “Rainforest surrounded by fog” (1:04) is the work of David Riaño Cortés and is used under a creative commons licence via Pexels. It can be found at: https://www.pexels.com/photo/rainfore… – The photograph “Photo of green field near mountains” is the work of Tim Mossholder and is used under a creative commons license via Pexels. It can be found at: https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of… – May’s paper (shown at 2:14) is owned by Springer Nature publishing, it is reproduced here for the purpose of review and criticism. (see References for link)
A channel on the mathematics of complex systems, featuring dynamics, networks, game theory, and such things. All content is produced by Thilo Gross. Thilo is professor for biodiversity theory at HIFMB. HIFMB is a collaboration of the Alfred-Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, and the Carl-von-Ossietzky University of Oldenburg. All opinions expressed in the videos are Thilo’s alone and don’t reflect positions of the institutions mentioned above.
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