The Systems Laws & Principles courses are about two things: how to think like a systems thinker and the systems Laws and Principles that underpin the better known Systems approaches. The interactive courses will take you through both 9 thinking disciplines essential to being a Systems Thinker and 33 Systems Laws and Principles. The course is divided into four parts:
This course looks at Understanding and using three systems thinking patterns:
- Emergence
- Holism
- Modelling
...and understanding and using the systems laws and principles around structural complexity. This is useful and important because systems laws and principles underpin systems thinking and the systems approaches.
Objectives
In this part you will cover:
- Understanding emergence
- 5 practices for understanding emergence in a situation
- Understanding Holism
- 3 practices around using Holism
- Understanding modelling as a discipline
- 2 heuristics for use when modelling
- Understanding and using the systems laws and principles around structural complexity
Trainer
This course is delivered by Patrick Hoverstadt - author of ‘The Grammar of Systems’. Patrick is a leading consultant and internationally recognised expert in systemic approaches to organisation design, strategy, and transformation, with over 30 years of experience. Founder of Fractal Ltd, he has worked across private, public, and third sectors—delivering complex organisation restructures, national-level diagnoses, and innovative strategic models. He is co-developer of the “Patterns of Strategy” methodology and a specialist in the Viable System Model. Patrick has advised major firms such as BAE Systems, Siemens, and Rolls Royce, as well as government bodies and global NGOs. A prolific thought leader, author, and educator, he has contributed to postgraduate programmes at ten universities worldwide and served as Chair of SCiO, the UK’s largest systems practitioner community.