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2024 SCiO Annual General Meeting - members only
Recording and minutes of the SCiO 2024 Annual General Meeting - for members.
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2024 SCiO Annual General Meeting - members only
Recording and minutes of the SCiO 2024 Annual General Meeting - for members.
Confidential – Members Only
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Self-organising beings: the art and practice of embodied wisdom
We are by nature complex self-organising beings, situated within a universe organised in the same way. This has profound implications for how we could potentially organise society, our organisations, and our lives. Systemic practice calls us to attend not just to the systems out there, but also to ourselves, so we can effectively leverage our embodied wisdom towards desired change. This session...
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Self-organising beings: the art and practice of embodied wisdom
We are by nature complex self-organising beings, situated within a universe organised in the same way. This has profound implications for how we could potentially organise society, our organisations, and our lives. Systemic practice calls us to attend not just to the systems out there, but also to ourselves, so we can effectively leverage our embodied wisdom towards desired change. This session...
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Perceptual Control Theory - an 'inside-out' approach to systems thinking
This presentation introduces Perceptual Control Theory (PCT) as an 'inside-out' approach to systems thinking, offering a unique perspective for practitioners in the field. PCT posits that control is an internal process, emphasizing the control of perception rather than behaviour. This distinction sets PCT apart from many traditional systems thinking approaches. The talk will elucidate key PCT...
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Perceptual Control Theory - an 'inside-out' approach to systems thinking
This presentation introduces Perceptual Control Theory (PCT) as an 'inside-out' approach to systems thinking, offering a unique perspective for practitioners in the field. PCT posits that control is an internal process, emphasizing the control of perception rather than behaviour. This distinction sets PCT apart from many traditional systems thinking approaches. The talk will elucidate key PCT...
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Exploring a multi-agency system - requisite variety, complexity, systems laws and a bit of a whack
Multiple Disadvantage is a systemic issue - yet the prevailing narrative can be one of individual choice. Multiple disadvantage is also almost an exclusively multi-agency issue. Combine this perceptual and structural complexity and it becomes a little bit tricky to try and sort out. Here we take a heavy dose of requisite variety, add some complexity balancing, blend in some [other] systems laws...
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Exploring a multi-agency system - requisite variety, complexity, systems laws and a bit of a whack
Multiple Disadvantage is a systemic issue - yet the prevailing narrative can be one of individual choice. Multiple disadvantage is also almost an exclusively multi-agency issue. Combine this perceptual and structural complexity and it becomes a little bit tricky to try and sort out. Here we take a heavy dose of requisite variety, add some complexity balancing, blend in some [other] systems laws...
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10 Years of Systems Thinking Practice: Learnings from the Struggle
Ten years ago, I embarked on a mission to help people tackle complex challenges by synthesising them into maps. Over time, I mastered the technique and further developed it. However, only a few of the hundreds of people I worked with developed a deeper interest in improving their understanding of Systems Thinking principles, tools, and methodologies. I would like to share my reflections on my...
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10 Years of Systems Thinking Practice: Learnings from the Struggle
Ten years ago, I embarked on a mission to help people tackle complex challenges by synthesising them into maps. Over time, I mastered the technique and further developed it. However, only a few of the hundreds of people I worked with developed a deeper interest in improving their understanding of Systems Thinking principles, tools, and methodologies. I would like to share my reflections on my...
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Exploring Systems Thinking practices for transformative change
Systems thinking offers a complementary way of working with complexity through a different lens. It taps into our intuitive knowing that all things and beings are interconnected and inter-dependent. The practice of systems thinking lies in understanding patterns between phenomena rather than breaking issues down into constituent parts, in the knowledge that the definition of a problem determines...
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Exploring Systems Thinking practices for transformative change
Systems thinking offers a complementary way of working with complexity through a different lens. It taps into our intuitive knowing that all things and beings are interconnected and inter-dependent. The practice of systems thinking lies in understanding patterns between phenomena rather than breaking issues down into constituent parts, in the knowledge that the definition of a problem determines...
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opening the box: systems thinking for transformative conversations
NOTE: This book should be ordered through your local Amazon site. RRP: £5.00 (£2.00 kindle) Paperback: 56 pp Publisher: SCiO Publications; ASIN: B0DG36M38N ”opening the box" invites you to delve into the realms of systems thinking, by exploring four layers of ‘systems’: parts and wholes, nascent development, coherence, and metamorphosis. This book is for those who may not believe that they use...
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opening the box: systems thinking for transformative conversations
NOTE: This book should be ordered through your local Amazon site. RRP: £5.00 (£2.00 kindle) Paperback: 56 pp Publisher: SCiO Publications; ASIN: B0DG36M38N ”opening the box" invites you to delve into the realms of systems thinking, by exploring four layers of ‘systems’: parts and wholes, nascent development, coherence, and metamorphosis. This book is for those who may not believe that they use...
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opening the box: systems thinking for transformative conversations
This was a special event focusing on learning and communication of systems thinking for practitioners, decision-makers and executives, through the new essay and booklet 'opening the box' and features four SCiO chapter leads: Jan de Visch (Belgium), Miguel Pantaleon (Spain), Namrata Arora (India) and Tony Korycki (UK). The team has been working for several months on an initiative to explore how we...
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opening the box: systems thinking for transformative conversations
This was a special event focusing on learning and communication of systems thinking for practitioners, decision-makers and executives, through the new essay and booklet 'opening the box' and features four SCiO chapter leads: Jan de Visch (Belgium), Miguel Pantaleon (Spain), Namrata Arora (India) and Tony Korycki (UK). The team has been working for several months on an initiative to explore how we...
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New Horizons for VSM
The purpose of this paper is to explore the human dimension of the complex interactions which are a key feature of VSM. It focusses on personal emotions, power, conversations and relationships, and the tensions between personal identity and organisational identity, particularly in periods of organisational and strategic change. It draws on psychology, and the social sciences to provide a...
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New Horizons for VSM
The purpose of this paper is to explore the human dimension of the complex interactions which are a key feature of VSM. It focusses on personal emotions, power, conversations and relationships, and the tensions between personal identity and organisational identity, particularly in periods of organisational and strategic change. It draws on psychology, and the social sciences to provide a...
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Management Cybernetics as a General Framework to Successfully Implement Lean Management in Several Industries: Observations From the Construction Industry, Mechanical Engineering, and Healthcare
in Enacting Cybernetics: (2024) Vol.2 Issue 1, p2 (DOI: 10.58695/ec.12) Numerous lean transformation projects fail or do not achieve the desired performance and/or viability that is necessary for a sustainable implementation of lean management. However, there are some factors that support the successful implementation of lean management in day-to-day business. In the opinion of the authors, these...
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Management Cybernetics as a General Framework to Successfully Implement Lean Management in Several Industries: Observations From the Construction Industry, Mechanical Engineering, and Healthcare
in Enacting Cybernetics: (2024) Vol.2 Issue 1, p2 (DOI: 10.58695/ec.12) Numerous lean transformation projects fail or do not achieve the desired performance and/or viability that is necessary for a sustainable implementation of lean management. However, there are some factors that support the successful implementation of lean management in day-to-day business. In the opinion of the authors, these...
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Disability inequality in the healthcare workforce: how my journey through the systems thinking apprenticeship helped to add a new perspective to the problem
Having passed her Systems Thinking Practitioner apprenticeship, Elisse shares her experiences of the course and how, as her skill set developed, she was able to apply it to work based projects. "Disability inequality in the healthcare workforce is a subject close to my heart and I seized on the opportunity to utilise systems thinking approaches to reveal a new perspective on the problem in order...
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Disability inequality in the healthcare workforce: how my journey through the systems thinking apprenticeship helped to add a new perspective to the problem
Having passed her Systems Thinking Practitioner apprenticeship, Elisse shares her experiences of the course and how, as her skill set developed, she was able to apply it to work based projects. "Disability inequality in the healthcare workforce is a subject close to my heart and I seized on the opportunity to utilise systems thinking approaches to reveal a new perspective on the problem in order...
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Interactive Planning in Action?
In this talk, Dr Tim Curtis considers Ackoff’s Interactive Planning as a model of interorganisational change. He discusses his decade of collaboration with community police officers to identify whether IP was the primary model used, and what other influences were involved.
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Interactive Planning in Action?
In this talk, Dr Tim Curtis considers Ackoff’s Interactive Planning as a model of interorganisational change. He discusses his decade of collaboration with community police officers to identify whether IP was the primary model used, and what other influences were involved.
Confidential – Members Only