The SCiO International Community

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SCiO NL

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

Dutch
SCiO NL
Development
SCiO NL

SCIO-NL monthly meeting March 2025 (live in Woerden and in Dutch)

Woerden, Netherlands
Fri, Mar 6th, 2026
12:30 - 16:00  CET
FREE
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NL Members + Guests
Dutch
SCiO NL

SCIO-NL monthly meeting March 2025 (live in Woerden and in Dutch)

Development
SCIO-NL komt elke 1e of 2e vrijdag van de maand live bijeen, meestal in Woerden (Pelmolenlaan 2). Er staan niet altijd vaste onderwerpen op de agenda (daarvoor organiseren we specifieke andere meetings), maar de ervaring leert dat er altijd wel een interessant......
Woerden, Netherlands
Fri, Mar 6th, 2026
12:30 - 16:00  CET
SCiO NL
FREE
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NL Members + Guests
Dutch
meeting

Saartje Boutsen & Charlotte Vandierendonck - Van keten tot kring: samenwerken aan gedeelde verantwoo...

Speaker(s)
In een tijd waarin bedrijven steeds vaker worden aangesproken op hun sociale en ecologische impact, dringt één vraag zich steeds sterker op: Hoe maak je negatieve impact in je productieketen zichtbaar — en hoe neem je daar samen verantwoordelijkheid voor op......
Mechelen, Belgium
Tue, Mar 10th, 2026
19:00 - 21:00  CET
SCiO Belgium
30 euro
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Members only + Guests
English
Systems thinking Systems Practice
Conference

2026 Conference: Systems Thinking and Systems Practice

Hull, United Kingdom
Tue, Mar 24th, 2026 - Thu, Mar 26th, 2026
11:30 - 14:30  GMT
£150 - £250 depending on status and days
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All welcome
English
Systems thinking Systems Practice

2026 Conference: Systems Thinking and Systems Practice

Conference
Hosted by the University of Hull Centre for Systems Studies (CSS), Systems and Complexity in Organisation (SCiO), The OR Society and IFSR. For the first time ever, leading institutions representing a broad range of systems thinking methods and approaches are......
Hull, United Kingdom
Tue, Mar 24th, 2026 - Thu, Mar 26th, 2026
11:30 - 14:30  GMT
£150 - £250 depending on status and days
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All welcome
Dutch
SCiO NL
Development
SCiO NL

SCIO-NL monthly meeting April 2025 (live in Woerden and in Dutch)

Woerden, Netherlands
Fri, Apr 3rd, 2026
12:30 - 16:00  CET
FREE
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NL Members + Guests
Dutch
SCiO NL

SCIO-NL monthly meeting April 2025 (live in Woerden and in Dutch)

Development
SCIO-NL komt elke 1e of 2e vrijdag van de maand live bijeen, meestal in Woerden (Pelmolenlaan 2). Er staan niet altijd vaste onderwerpen op de agenda (daarvoor organiseren we specifieke andere meetings), maar de ervaring leert dat er altijd wel een interessant......
Woerden, Netherlands
Fri, Apr 3rd, 2026
12:30 - 16:00  CET
SCiO NL
FREE
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NL Members + Guests
English
Development
SCiO UK

SCiO UK Virtual Development Event - April 2026

Online event
Tue, Apr 14th, 2026
13:00 - 15:00  GMT
FREE to members
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Members only
English

SCiO UK Virtual Development Event - April 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, Apr 14th, 2026
13:00 - 15:00  GMT
SCiO UK
FREE to members
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Members only
German
complexity diagram

Entwicklung von Komplexität sowie Arbeits- und Prozessleistung im projektbasierten Maschinenbau

Speaker(s)
Zwischenergebnisse einer laufenden Dissertation zur Messbarkeit organisationaler Komplexität im industriellen Umfeld. Im...
Online event
Thu, Apr 23rd, 2026
19:00 - 20:30  CET+1
SCiO DACH
kostenlos
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Members only + Guests
Dutch
SCiO NL
Development
SCiO NL

SCIO-NL monthly meeting May 2025 (live in Woerden and in Dutch)

Woerden, Netherlands
Fri, May 1st, 2026
12:30 - 16:00  CET
FREE
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NL Members + Guests
Dutch
SCiO NL

SCIO-NL monthly meeting May 2025 (live in Woerden and in Dutch)

Development
SCIO-NL komt elke 1e of 2e vrijdag van de maand live bijeen, meestal in Woerden (Pelmolenlaan 2). Er staan niet altijd vaste onderwerpen op de agenda (daarvoor organiseren we specifieke andere meetings), maar de ervaring leert dat er altijd wel een interessant......
Woerden, Netherlands
Fri, May 1st, 2026
12:30 - 16:00  CET
SCiO NL
FREE
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NL Members + Guests
English
London open day
Speaker(s)
SCiO UK

SCiO UK Virtual Open Meeting - May 2026

Online event
Mon, May 18th, 2026
18:30 - 21:00  GMT+1
FREE
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All welcome
English
London open day

SCiO UK Virtual Open Meeting - May 2026

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

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)*
  • Miguel Pantaleon (Spain)*
  • Carola Roll (DACH)
  • Ed van der Winden (Netherlands)*

Those indicated by * are directors of SCiO Ltd.