Determinist Reductionism Sucks – Yet Again

What, Why & How do we Know ?

Getting to the bottom of reductionism – is it all just physics in the end?

By Kevin Mitchell – August 17, 2022

http://www.wiringthebrain.com/2022/08/getting-to-bottom-of-reductionism-is-it.html

[Shared on the American Cybernetics Society email list by Paul Pangaro]

Eames Office

uploaded 18 Oct 2013

The principle of feedback — the cycle by which performance is measured, evaluated against desired results, and corrected for future performance. Made for IBM, Introduction to Feedback was one of a series of films proposed by the Eames Office to explain computers and the principles underlying their operation. Script by Charles Eames Narrated by Vic Perrin, Music by Elmer Bernstein 10 minutes, 40 seconds.

Other videos on this Eames Office YouTube account are well worth a look:

https://www.youtube.com/@eamesoffice/videos

Edited by Steffen Roth, Jari Kaivo-oja, Kristof van Assche, and Harry F. Dahms

Virtual Special Issue of Futures onSimulation and dissimulationEdited by Steffen Roth, Jari Kaivo-oja, Kristof van Assche, and Harry F. Dahms

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Sonja Blignaut

We tend to talk about complexity as something “out there”. A wicked problem to solve, a mess to order, a source of overwhelm and confusion to eliminate. And while it is all these things, it is also our home territory. Our habitat. And it IS us.

We are complexity walking.Sonja Blignaut·Following4 min read·3 hours ago25Photo by Ryoji Iwata on UnsplashWe tend to talk about complexity as something “out there”. A wicked problem to solve, a mess to order, a source of overwhelm and confusion to eliminate. And while it is all these things, it is also our home territory. Our habitat. And it IS us.

We are complexity walking.. We tend to talk about complexity as… | by Sonja Blignaut | Nov, 2023 | Medium

https://sonjablignaut.medium.com/we-are-complexity-walking-39a5116cfac0

Alexander Beiner

NOV 15 • 1HR 0M

How Reality Learns with Nora BatesonA podcast interview with Nora Bateson about her new book ‘Combining’

How Reality Learns with Nora Bateson – by Alexander Beiner

https://beiner.substack.com/p/how-reality-learns-with-nora-bateson#details

 Table of Contents

1. Step Into It
2. Making the case for System Innovation
3. Seeing the System
4. Working on Three Levels
5. Getting into The Washing Machine
6. The Keys that Unlock Systems
7. Be Part of a Movement
8. Closing the System Innovation Gap
9. Further reading

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Jennie Winhall

lCharles Leadbeater

Building Better Systems orginal — The System Innovation Initiative

https://www.systeminnovation.org/article-building-better-systems

Posted by: vanessalefton and alexfleming, 15 November 2023 – Categories:Policy Lab

This blog launches “Systemic” – a game that simulates how policy-making systems function and possible shifts that can be made to improve policy outcomes. Systemic has been inspired by the world of board games, and was co-created by Policy Lab and Matteo Menapace, the co-author of ‘Daybreak’. It forms part of our learning from a project aiming to shift complex systems around multiple disadvantage with the Changing Futures Programme. Serious games are one of Policy Lab’s new experimental methods, set out in the launch of our experimental innovation strategy last year.   

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[171 comments in 15 hours – that is fasinating. And so. Many. Bad. Takes. (I guess I’m tired tonight)]

I’m creating a systems-thinking starters kit 🌟 What are your favourite systems-thinking tools and resources? Here are some of mine (I actually use) 👇

See more at:

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https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tijntjoelker_systemsthinking-sharingiscaring-collectiveintelligence-activity-7130064373363990528-_dcM/

[Oh my. Ashoka! ‘Clearly defined goals’, ‘milestones’, ‘analyse your systemic root causes’ – really?]

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Welcome to the Systems Change Masterclass!Powerful Tools for Scaling Impact in Any SectorCRAFT YOUR STRATEGY DECK | Free | 10 Weeks | Available in: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, CzechE

What You Will Take AwayThe practice of using tools to reach a clearly defined systems change goalA list of milestones and concrete projects that you want to reach in order to achieve a systems change goalPractical worksheets to start flexing your systems thinking musclesA customized systems change strategy deck within a pre-designed templateTools to engage a broader audience and build a network of allies

Welcome to the Systems Change Masterclass! | Ashoka | Everyone a Changemaker

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Dear LinkedIn community,

I wonder if I can pick your brains on scholars of 🌐 Complexity Leadership Theory 🌐 (or close to) that you may know who are relevant and I should add to my emerging list, which at the minute is rather small in length (not in collective knowledge 🎓 ) and includes the following:

Mary Uhl-Bien
Dave Snowden
Michael Arena
Gervase R. Bushe
Keith Grint
Ralph Stacey
Richard Boyatzis
Deborah Ancona
Chris Mowles
Cynthia McPherson Frantz

Any thoughts are super welcome! 💌

In September 2023, Complexability, in collaboration with The Cynefin Co and The Griffith Centre for Systems Innovation, and 100 others engaged in a series of events over a week to explore contemporary social and organisational challenges and issues through the lens of complexity.

Embracing complexity: Insights for resilience in 2023 and beyond

Embracing complexity: Insights for resilience in 2023 and beyond