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This one day course will provide learners with an overview of the Viable System Model covering: Overview of VSM Basic modelling using VSM We will work in groups on a case example to model a hospital using VSM. The case is drawn from real life. If you don’t know how to design an organisation to deliver your strategy, or how structural change happens in organisations, how effective can you be in...

These two courses can be taken together or separately. They provide learners with a working knowledge of the Viable System Model and the ability to use it for understanding, diagnosing and designing organisational systems covering: 2 approaches for diagnosing systems using VSM; Use of system archetypes; 3 approaches for system design using VSM. If you don’t know how to design an organisation to...

These two courses can be taken together or separately. They are designed for more advanced practitioners and will cover: Modelling complexity using variety balances Organisational dynamics in VSM; Underlying systems principles and laws in VSM; Using VSM with other systems approaches. If you don’t know how to design an organisation to deliver your strategy, or how structural change happens in...

This course provides learners with an introduction to the Critical Systems Heuristics (CSH) method. The course offers a grounding in the thinking behind the method, its concepts and terms, its practical application in understanding boundary issues, and how it helps to identify what’s important in driving change in a problematic situation. Trainer The training is presented by Tony Korycki, a...

The Critical Systems Heuristics (CSH) core modules are designed for those relatively new to systems thinking and provides training in modelling organisational or institutional situations using CSH. You’ll develop an understanding of problematic situations, following a structured approach, with a series of steps to take you through required concepts and modelling. Examples and case study materials...

The advanced course provides learners with the knowledge and skills required for integrating the use of CSH. It covers: application of CSH at different scales from a single team to a multi-organisation or institutional system, how the underlying Systems Laws and Concepts are embodied in the CSH method, handling participation issues and multiple perspectives when engaging with stakeholders, ways to...

This one-day course will provide learners with an overview of the Patterns of Strategy approach. Patterns of Strategy is a revolutionary approach to developing business strategy. It’s effective and simple to use, yet extremely powerful. Conventional approaches to strategy fail to deliver than 70% of the time (and more than 90%, according to some surveys) because they don’t take into account the...

These workshops are the two core modules of PoS and build on the learning from Patterns of Strategy foundation (PoS1). Patterns of Strategy is a systemic approach to strategy that reveals and utilises the hidden drivers of emergent strategy. In PoS2, we’ll continue building skill in its use by exploring strategy in different relationships and from different perspectives. You might be interested in...

These workshops are the two advanced modules of PoS and build on the learning from Patterns of Strategy foundation (PoS1) and core (PoS2&3). Patterns of Strategy is a systemic approach to strategy which integrates seamlessly with other core systems approaches for modelling the ecosystem of which your organisation is a part, designing transformation and understanding the capabilities of an...