[The thing about socialists – or should I say communists? – is that they *really* think about things. This episode will provide ample ground for those who detest or love socialism and/or socialists, but is a great example and very systems and cybeneretics focused. And just *look* at those references!]
Jason W. Moore discusses the problematic history of the nature-society divide, his alternative world-ecology approach and the challenges of building socialism.
Both podcasts excellent, this is a good survey of ‘Tiny Todd Conklin joins the No Way Out podcast to explore Human and Organizational Performance (HOP), high-reliability organizing, and how safety emerges from complex systems rather than individual mistakes.
‘They critique traditional investigations, surveys, and risk matrices, and discuss practical ideas for building capacity, worker agency, psychological safety, and resilient operations.’
September 13, 2025
Edited from the Transcript of the Permaculture Design Course The Rural Education Center, Wilton, NH USA
[Introduced to me by Will Carey who manages the excellent PCA Permaculture Climate Action! group on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/2046655862094973/
[Here’s my reaction: I have now [read this], thanks! What an interesting piece. It starts off, to my mind, quite hyberbolic – assertion after assertion after assertion. I get the point, and I agree (though I think it’s not all *correct* – there is such a thing as primeval European forest, I think, from the UK to Bosnia?). And then a lot of lovely sensitive stuff – the ‘what’s killing the trees?’ point – some of it reminiscent, to me, of A Sand County Almanac. And then it gets really powerful, a lot of power packed into a small number of words. And then… it ends! Clearly a transcript, of course.]
https://www.permacultuurnederland.org/permacultuurtk/introduction.pdf
September 10, 2025
Laksh Raghavan
September 07, 2025
urgent opportunity – two versions of the Level 7 (postgraduate level) Systems Thinking Practitioner Apprenticeship – levy-funded for those employed and working >50% of their time in England
I occasionally forget to promote my own systems | complexity | cybernetics relevant things here. I’ve been deeply involved – though as a second-team participant – in the development of the SCiO professional standard, Apprenticeship standard and trailblazer, apprenticeship delivery, end-point assessment etc.
The Systems Thinking Practitioner Apprenticeship provided by Cherith Simmons, with SCiO providing trainers as an agency service, is taking on what could be the final cohort VERY SOON – https://cherithsimmons.co.uk/apprenticeships/leadership-and-management/stp/
At the end of this year, the government is removing the specific funding for this apprenticeship (£18,000 per head) – though the qualification will remain, and you can access many of the modules here – https://www.systemspractice.org/courses
AND NOW, we have developed a specific variation – in collaboration with the Public Service Transformation Acadmey:
Leading and Commissioning for Outcomes in Complexity: Convening Systems Change
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If you are employed and work >50% of your time in England, you can get Levy funding for this version of the Systems Thinking Practitioner Level 7 Apprenticeship, delivered by Cherith Simmons with expertise from the PSTA and SCiO, the professional body.
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We have now uploaded all the slides and content from our recent webinar at https://link.redquadrant.com/thebestapprenticeship and added Q&A.
We are targeting cohort start dates on Friday 10 October and Friday 5 December if there is sufficient demand. The briefing session will take place on Tuesday 30 September.
Contact us directly info@publicservicetransformation.org to have an informal one-to-one chat about content applicability etc, or email enquiries@cherithsimmons.co.uk to ask about levy funding or begin the registration process.
[With apologies for cross-posting]
I’d be grateful if you could spread the word on this – and of course if you might be interested, do sign up 😊
Link to my LinkedIn post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_2025-08-20-commissioning-and-leading-for-activity-7369118675318034433-qH87
Aug 11, 2025
https://thethirdsystem.substack.com/p/about-cybernetics-prelude
Patrick Heizer on Twitter @PatrickHeizer
If you thought biology couldn’t get any weirder, life finds a way: “We term females exhibiting this reproductive mode as xenoparous, meaning they give birth to other species as part of their life cycle.”
Sep 2, 2025 by Dr. Steffen Roth
CFP | IT&P | Coding society. Programmatic encounters between information systems and social theory | Prof Steffen Roth
United Kingdom
Position Details
Birmingham Business School
Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK
Full time starting salary is normally in the range £36,130 to £45,413 with potential progression once in post to £48,149
Grade: 7
Full Time, Fixed Term contract up to August 2026
Closing date: 30th September 2025
Systems Community of Inquiry 
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