The SCiO International Community

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SCiO (Systems and Complexity in Organisation) is an international community of systems practitioners who believe that traditional approaches to running organisations are no longer capable of dealing with the complexity and turbulence faced by organisations today and are responsible for many of the problems we see today. We believe that systemic approaches to designing and running organisations offer radically new and better alternatives, regardless of whether those organisations are in industry, commerce, public service or the voluntary sector, or are associated with public institutions active in those social spheres.

SCiO provides opportunities for practitioners to learn and develop new practice, to build relationships and networks. 

Currently there are groups active in the UK, Netherlands, Belgium, DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), Spain, Ireland and Finland. Each group runs its own events and organises its own schedule - see the group pages or the events page for more details.

SCiO groups provide a mixture of presentations, site visits, workshops, discussions and networking. Many of these these meetings are online and you are welcome to attend any open event if you can understand the language used.

If you are interested in setting up a SCiO group in your country or region, please contact us.

Upcoming Events

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Speaker(s)
SCiO UK

SCiO UK Virtual Open Meeting - July 2026

Online event
Mon, Jul 13th, 2026
18:30 - 21:00  GMT+1
FREE
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All welcome
English
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SCiO UK Virtual Open Meeting - July 2026

Speaker(s)
Virtual Open Meeting: A series of presentations of general interest to Systems and Complexity in Organisation's members ...
Online event
Mon, Jul 13th, 2026
18:30 - 21:00  GMT+1
SCiO UK
FREE
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All welcome
English
Development
SCiO UK

SCiO UK Virtual Development Event - August 2026

Online event
Tue, Aug 4th, 2026
13:00 - 15:00  GMT+1
FREE to members
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Members only
English

SCiO UK Virtual Development Event - August 2026

Development
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......
Online event
Tue, Aug 4th, 2026
13:00 - 15:00  GMT+1
SCiO UK
FREE to members
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Members only
English
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Conference
SCiO

SysPrac26

Cranfield, United Kingdom
Mon, Sep 21st, 2026 - Tue, Sep 22nd, 2026
09:00 - 18:30  GMT
£200 early-bird (discounts available)
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SysPrac26

Conference
𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: 𝟮𝟭–𝟮𝟮 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 Building on the energy, insights and connections created at SysPrac25 and the Systems Thinking, Systems Practice Conference at the University of Hull, we are delighted to announce the next step in our......
Cranfield, United Kingdom
Mon, Sep 21st, 2026 - Tue, Sep 22nd, 2026
09:00 - 18:30  GMT
SCiO
£200 early-bird (discounts available)
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All welcome
English
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Speaker(s)
SCiO UK

SCiO UK Virtual Open Meeting - November 2026

Online event
Mon, Nov 16th, 2026
18:30 - 21:00  GMT
FREE
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All welcome
English
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SCiO UK Virtual Open Meeting - November 2026

Speaker(s)
Virtual Open Meeting: A series of presentations of general interest to Systems and Complexity in Organisation's members and others. About this Event SCiO organises Open Meetings to provide opportunities for practitioners to learn and develop new practice, to......
Online event
Mon, Nov 16th, 2026
18:30 - 21:00  GMT
SCiO UK
FREE
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All welcome
German
Kybernetik-Wichtel
Workshop
SCiO DACH

Kybernetik-Stammtisch - Jahresabschluss - offene Beiträge

Online event
Thu, Dec 17th, 2026
19:00 - 20:30  CET
kostenlos
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Members only + Guests
German
Kybernetik-Wichtel

Kybernetik-Stammtisch - Jahresabschluss - offene Beiträge

Workshop
Online-Jahresabschlussfeier für alle Mitglieder. Es besteht die Möglichkeit kurz zusammengefasste Ergebnisse der eigenen Forschung/Arbeit im Bereich Systems Practice des vergangenen Jahres den übrigen Mitgliedern vorzustellen....
Online event
Thu, Dec 17th, 2026
19:00 - 20:30  CET
SCiO DACH
kostenlos
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Members only + Guests

SCiO Global Board Members

  • Chair - Patrick Hoverstadt (UK)*
  • Secretary/Treasurer/Membership/Online - Steve Hales*
  • Jan Beyen (Belgium)
  • Jan de Visch (Belgium)
  • Michael Frahm (DACH)
  • Janne Korhonen (Finland)
  • Tony Korycki (UK)*
  • Joan O'Donnell (Ireland)
  • Piotr Kustra (Poland)
  • Carola Ritzinger-Roll (DACH)
  • Ed van der Winden (Netherlands)

Those indicated by * are directors of SCiO Ltd.