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Systems practice for everyone – simple, but not easy
Ed (& Vincent) introduce a practical approach to systems practice, emphasizing communication and collaboration as the foundation of organizational life. Moving beyond abstract models, the presentation focuses on three reframed perspectives: Fernando Flores’ Conversations for Action loop, negative feedback as the basis of stability in collaboration, and Stafford Beer’s principle of requisite...
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Systems practice for everyone – simple, but not easy
Ed (& Vincent) introduce a practical approach to systems practice, emphasizing communication and collaboration as the foundation of organizational life. Moving beyond abstract models, the presentation focuses on three reframed perspectives: Fernando Flores’ Conversations for Action loop, negative feedback as the basis of stability in collaboration, and Stafford Beer’s principle of requisite...
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Recursive canvases in management consulting: applied systems thinking or not?
Tim presented an approach to integrating different systems thinking methodologies and tools with business analysis tools into a bespoke inhouse Strategy and Transformation Canvas, building on Osterwalder's business model canvas and his own work at the University of Northampton on a social venture canvas. He showed the the canvas is recursive and helps the practitioner to 'locate' the common...
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Recursive canvases in management consulting: applied systems thinking or not?
Tim presented an approach to integrating different systems thinking methodologies and tools with business analysis tools into a bespoke inhouse Strategy and Transformation Canvas, building on Osterwalder's business model canvas and his own work at the University of Northampton on a social venture canvas. He showed the the canvas is recursive and helps the practitioner to 'locate' the common...
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Systems diagramming: Experiences of inviting people to draw
Kevin Collins, Senior Lecturer at the Open University, explores the value of systems diagramming as a tool for thinking, learning, and communicating about complex issues. Through examples ranging from classroom activities on “drought” to historical cases like Darwin’s tree of life, he shows how diagrams help surface assumptions, emotions, and framings, making mental models visible and open to...
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Systems diagramming: Experiences of inviting people to draw
Kevin Collins, Senior Lecturer at the Open University, explores the value of systems diagramming as a tool for thinking, learning, and communicating about complex issues. Through examples ranging from classroom activities on “drought” to historical cases like Darwin’s tree of life, he shows how diagrams help surface assumptions, emotions, and framings, making mental models visible and open to...
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Understanding the impact of sustainability intermediaries in a complex adaptive system
This presentation outlines an evolving attempt by an organisation working in a densely-populated, complex and dynamic ecosystem to understand the impact of its policy-influencing work. The organisation is exploring impact across numerous dimensions and seeks to understand its contributions to wider systemic change, rather than seek direct attribution.
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Understanding the impact of sustainability intermediaries in a complex adaptive system
This presentation outlines an evolving attempt by an organisation working in a densely-populated, complex and dynamic ecosystem to understand the impact of its policy-influencing work. The organisation is exploring impact across numerous dimensions and seeks to understand its contributions to wider systemic change, rather than seek direct attribution.
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2025 SCiO Annual General Meeting - members only
Recording of the SCiO 2025 Annual General Meeting - for members. Note that the microphone was not working properly for the first half of the meeting and so this part is subtitled. A 'theoretical' slide set is attached as well as the minutes.
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2025 SCiO Annual General Meeting - members only
Recording of the SCiO 2025 Annual General Meeting - for members. Note that the microphone was not working properly for the first half of the meeting and so this part is subtitled. A 'theoretical' slide set is attached as well as the minutes.
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A cybernetic perspective on service provision in medium-sized enterprises – current status of implementation in the company and outlook for the research project
Carola is leading a project at her employer's company that aims to transform the traditional hierarchical organisational structure of the owner-managed business into a cybernetic model based on Stafford Beer's Viable System Model (VSM). The planned contribution to SysPrac will first briefly outline the genesis of the project and the implementation steps achieved so far in the company. The second...
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A cybernetic perspective on service provision in medium-sized enterprises – current status of implementation in the company and outlook for the research project
Carola is leading a project at her employer's company that aims to transform the traditional hierarchical organisational structure of the owner-managed business into a cybernetic model based on Stafford Beer's Viable System Model (VSM). The planned contribution to SysPrac will first briefly outline the genesis of the project and the implementation steps achieved so far in the company. The second...
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Reflections on 50 years of seeing life through a systems thinking lens, covering government organisations and society
Ed Straw reflects on 50 years in systems thinking - political science as an oxymoron and the policy trap, the best is the enemy of the good, 2% of bees experiment, government is structurally determined to fail with IT projects, ‘It’s the System!’, etc. Apologies that the first minute is missing - camera setup issue! [Presented at SysPrac25 - 3-4th September 2025 at the Open University in Milton...
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Reflections on 50 years of seeing life through a systems thinking lens, covering government organisations and society
Ed Straw reflects on 50 years in systems thinking - political science as an oxymoron and the policy trap, the best is the enemy of the good, 2% of bees experiment, government is structurally determined to fail with IT projects, ‘It’s the System!’, etc. Apologies that the first minute is missing - camera setup issue! [Presented at SysPrac25 - 3-4th September 2025 at the Open University in Milton...
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Impacting profits and organisational performance through personnel availability
Using a causal loop diagram for designing points of intervention in the OODA Loop to enhance the competencies for protecting yourself, other around you and your business. Translating this into a non-systems model for designing the training delivery of the competencies for a non-systems thinking participants. (Bringing safety into systems thinking and taking systems thinking into safety).
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Impacting profits and organisational performance through personnel availability
Using a causal loop diagram for designing points of intervention in the OODA Loop to enhance the competencies for protecting yourself, other around you and your business. Translating this into a non-systems model for designing the training delivery of the competencies for a non-systems thinking participants. (Bringing safety into systems thinking and taking systems thinking into safety).
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Navigating problems, revealing systems, and asking beautiful questions in a radically shifting world
James Stauch spoke about his recently published book, The 55 Minutes, the title of which draws inspiration from Albert Einstein's aphorism about spending 55 minutes defining a problem. The book helps fill a gap between scholarly insight - which can be less accessible to practitioners - and the experience-informed practice of systems understanding within a wide range of organizational, industry...
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Navigating problems, revealing systems, and asking beautiful questions in a radically shifting world
James Stauch spoke about his recently published book, The 55 Minutes, the title of which draws inspiration from Albert Einstein's aphorism about spending 55 minutes defining a problem. The book helps fill a gap between scholarly insight - which can be less accessible to practitioners - and the experience-informed practice of systems understanding within a wide range of organizational, industry...
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Building and Sustaining Complexity Capabilities in Public Service Organisations
Chris describes how his research explores means of introducing systems thinking to professionals from diverse disciplines as they begin their learning journeys. The support of community is a vital ingredient as they begin building the capability to help their organisations work more effectively with complex challenges, however this presentation emphasises how learning can be guided by contextual...
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Building and Sustaining Complexity Capabilities in Public Service Organisations
Chris describes how his research explores means of introducing systems thinking to professionals from diverse disciplines as they begin their learning journeys. The support of community is a vital ingredient as they begin building the capability to help their organisations work more effectively with complex challenges, however this presentation emphasises how learning can be guided by contextual...
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The Process of Translating Systems Thinking into Real-World Platforms through Participatory System Dynamics Modelling
Translating Systems Thinking into practical, real-world applications can be challenging. How can we collaboratively create outcomes that are compelling enough to influence policy, or accessible enough for widespread adoption? What process can we follow to form systemic maps and transform these into actionable blueprints? In this session, Teun will guide us through the process of participatory...
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The Process of Translating Systems Thinking into Real-World Platforms through Participatory System Dynamics Modelling
Translating Systems Thinking into practical, real-world applications can be challenging. How can we collaboratively create outcomes that are compelling enough to influence policy, or accessible enough for widespread adoption? What process can we follow to form systemic maps and transform these into actionable blueprints? In this session, Teun will guide us through the process of participatory...
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Finding A New Rhythm: Exploring VSM for Social Change
This talk explores a new interpretation and extends Beer’s VSM model towards the application of social change in times of turbulence and uncertainty. Inspired by music design theory, this talk highlights the importance of creativity and finding your instrument for social innovation. Despair need not flourish. https://www.kim-mclear.com/
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Finding A New Rhythm: Exploring VSM for Social Change
This talk explores a new interpretation and extends Beer’s VSM model towards the application of social change in times of turbulence and uncertainty. Inspired by music design theory, this talk highlights the importance of creativity and finding your instrument for social innovation. Despair need not flourish. https://www.kim-mclear.com/
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Values In Action: A Critical Systems Heuristics Workbook
Values in Action is a hands-on, thought-provoking and practical workbook designed to equip people with tools to explore, question, and strengthen the ethical and practical foundations of their and others' decision-making. The purpose of the workbook is to enable you and others make well-grounded claims that whatever you are doing is the right thing to do. That claim to ‘rightness’ is, individually...
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Values In Action: A Critical Systems Heuristics Workbook
Values in Action is a hands-on, thought-provoking and practical workbook designed to equip people with tools to explore, question, and strengthen the ethical and practical foundations of their and others' decision-making. The purpose of the workbook is to enable you and others make well-grounded claims that whatever you are doing is the right thing to do. That claim to ‘rightness’ is, individually...
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Von Grundbegriffen und sozioökologischen Systemen
Transformationen wirksam begleiten zu können, erfordert inhärente Komplexität anzuerkennen und einen konstruktiven Umgang damit zu finden. In diesem Vortrag beleuchten wir die Prinzipien unserer Wahrnehmung und entdecken gemeinsam ein von C. S. Holling inspiriertes Modell organisatorischer Weiterentwicklung. Wir betrachten wie präzise Sprache und bewusste Perspektivwechsel entscheidend dazu...
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Von Grundbegriffen und sozioökologischen Systemen
Transformationen wirksam begleiten zu können, erfordert inhärente Komplexität anzuerkennen und einen konstruktiven Umgang damit zu finden. In diesem Vortrag beleuchten wir die Prinzipien unserer Wahrnehmung und entdecken gemeinsam ein von C. S. Holling inspiriertes Modell organisatorischer Weiterentwicklung. Wir betrachten wie präzise Sprache und bewusste Perspektivwechsel entscheidend dazu...
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Cultural inquiry and complexity
PROJECT Cultural inquiry and complexity PRACTITIONER Benjamin Taylor, RedQuadrant APPROX. DATE 2017–ongoing SITUATION AND CONTEXT Many clients asked for ‘culture change’—but didn’t know what culture was or how it changed. Existing tools were either superficial or overly rigid. SYSTEM OF INTEREST Organisational culture as a dynamic, emergent system shaped by behaviours, stories, systems, and power...
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Cultural inquiry and complexity
PROJECT Cultural inquiry and complexity PRACTITIONER Benjamin Taylor, RedQuadrant APPROX. DATE 2017–ongoing SITUATION AND CONTEXT Many clients asked for ‘culture change’—but didn’t know what culture was or how it changed. Existing tools were either superficial or overly rigid. SYSTEM OF INTEREST Organisational culture as a dynamic, emergent system shaped by behaviours, stories, systems, and power...
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Konzepte der Komplexität: Eine sehr kurze Einführung
RRP: 18,99€ Paperback: 120 pp Publisher: Verlag; ISBN: 979-8312209617 Dieses Buch bietet eine sehr kurze Einführung in das Themengebiet Komplexität und deren Anwendung in verschiedenen Disziplinen wie Naturwissenschaften, Systemtheorie, Kybernetik, Management und mehr. Es stellt grundlegende Theorien und Modelle vor, die das Verständnis von Dynamiken, Interaktionen und Mustern in komplexen...
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Konzepte der Komplexität: Eine sehr kurze Einführung
RRP: 18,99€ Paperback: 120 pp Publisher: Verlag; ISBN: 979-8312209617 Dieses Buch bietet eine sehr kurze Einführung in das Themengebiet Komplexität und deren Anwendung in verschiedenen Disziplinen wie Naturwissenschaften, Systemtheorie, Kybernetik, Management und mehr. Es stellt grundlegende Theorien und Modelle vor, die das Verständnis von Dynamiken, Interaktionen und Mustern in komplexen...
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The 55 Minutes: An atlas to navigate problems, reveal systems, and ask beautiful questions in a radically shifting world
RRP: £18.41; Paperback: 572 pp; Publisher: Atco Spacelab; ISBN 978-1069483508 - also available as a FREE pdf download, follow link Albert Einstein is credited with saying, "If I had an hour to solve a problem, I'd spend fifty-five minutes thinking about the problem and five minutes thinking about solutions." This book is about how to use those metaphorical first fifty-five minutes wisely. If...
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The 55 Minutes: An atlas to navigate problems, reveal systems, and ask beautiful questions in a radically shifting world
RRP: £18.41; Paperback: 572 pp; Publisher: Atco Spacelab; ISBN 978-1069483508 - also available as a FREE pdf download, follow link Albert Einstein is credited with saying, "If I had an hour to solve a problem, I'd spend fifty-five minutes thinking about the problem and five minutes thinking about solutions." This book is about how to use those metaphorical first fifty-five minutes wisely. If...
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Practical Application of Systems Thinking to Enterprise Design
Organisations are “social activity systems”. People come together and create a system to produce products and services for other people to benefit from, either for the purposes of financial and/or social gain. This talk is about how we design these systems and on the discipline of Business Architecture and Target Operating Model design, or what is often today referred to as “Enterprise Design”...
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Practical Application of Systems Thinking to Enterprise Design
Organisations are “social activity systems”. People come together and create a system to produce products and services for other people to benefit from, either for the purposes of financial and/or social gain. This talk is about how we design these systems and on the discipline of Business Architecture and Target Operating Model design, or what is often today referred to as “Enterprise Design”...
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Viable Service Management - Operational Loops
Steve looks into the operations space of service management systems where the user interfaces with the organisation. The focus is on three particular 'services': IT services, car repairs, and healthcare; and shows the similarities and differences in how they manage the different types of 'repair' (cybernetic) loops. Of particular interest is how the user is drawn into the organisation for these...
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Viable Service Management - Operational Loops
Steve looks into the operations space of service management systems where the user interfaces with the organisation. The focus is on three particular 'services': IT services, car repairs, and healthcare; and shows the similarities and differences in how they manage the different types of 'repair' (cybernetic) loops. Of particular interest is how the user is drawn into the organisation for these...
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How to Co-create Learning Spaces?
Tim Logan is Partner at Good Impact Labs, an education leader, connector and facilitator. Tim moves projects from innovative learning design to effectively executing ideas on the ground, swiftly. Bringing his extensive learnings and insights from a global career in youth work, teaching, school leadership and consultancy, Tim has worked with prominent clients around the world to develop new and...
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How to Co-create Learning Spaces?
Tim Logan is Partner at Good Impact Labs, an education leader, connector and facilitator. Tim moves projects from innovative learning design to effectively executing ideas on the ground, swiftly. Bringing his extensive learnings and insights from a global career in youth work, teaching, school leadership and consultancy, Tim has worked with prominent clients around the world to develop new and...
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Visualizations of the event
The images may be used and shared, provided that the author is credited as Annika Varjonen / Visual Impact and the name of the event – Learning Finland? Systemic Challenges and Opportunities – is mentioned alongside.
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Visualizations of the event
The images may be used and shared, provided that the author is credited as Annika Varjonen / Visual Impact and the name of the event – Learning Finland? Systemic Challenges and Opportunities – is mentioned alongside.
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Opening Address: Public sector innovation capacity: what influences public officials’ ability to learn, innovate and adapt to change?
Dr. Piret Tõnurist is a senior programme manager at the OECD, Observatory of Public Sector Innovation (OPSI), GOV/INDIGO. She leads OECD’s work on government innovation and is the co-founder of the cross-directorate Mission Action Lab. In previous years she managed OPSI’s work programme on systems thinking and created the work stream on anticipatory governance. Piret holds a research fellowship at...
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Opening Address: Public sector innovation capacity: what influences public officials’ ability to learn, innovate and adapt to change?
Dr. Piret Tõnurist is a senior programme manager at the OECD, Observatory of Public Sector Innovation (OPSI), GOV/INDIGO. She leads OECD’s work on government innovation and is the co-founder of the cross-directorate Mission Action Lab. In previous years she managed OPSI’s work programme on systems thinking and created the work stream on anticipatory governance. Piret holds a research fellowship at...
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System of Learning Systems
As systems evolve – whether cognitive, organizational, or societal – they must be organized according to a logic that matches the complexity of their environment, the epistemic capacity of their agents, and the metaphysical stance through which meaning is made. In this presentation, Dr. Janne J. Korhonen introduces the concept of Vertical Multiparadigmatism: a framework that weaves together four...
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System of Learning Systems
As systems evolve – whether cognitive, organizational, or societal – they must be organized according to a logic that matches the complexity of their environment, the epistemic capacity of their agents, and the metaphysical stance through which meaning is made. In this presentation, Dr. Janne J. Korhonen introduces the concept of Vertical Multiparadigmatism: a framework that weaves together four...
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Why Finland seems well placed to enact systemic governance?
Ray Ison is Professor Emeritus of Systems at the UK Open University (OU), where he has contributed to systems thinking and practice since 1994. He played a key role in OU’s Systems Thinking in Practice (STiP) program, leading research, teaching, and the professionalization of Systems Thinking Practitioner Apprenticeships. His research spans sustainability, governance, and learning systems...
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Why Finland seems well placed to enact systemic governance?
Ray Ison is Professor Emeritus of Systems at the UK Open University (OU), where he has contributed to systems thinking and practice since 1994. He played a key role in OU’s Systems Thinking in Practice (STiP) program, leading research, teaching, and the professionalization of Systems Thinking Practitioner Apprenticeships. His research spans sustainability, governance, and learning systems...
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Urban Mill Innovation Platform
Kari Mikkelä, M.Sc (Tech), Executive Producer, Urban Mill Innovation Platform; Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Aalto University Kari Mikkelä has over 30 years of academic, corporate, and NGO experience in learning, innovation, and business services. During his career, he has worked in and for several organizations in a variety of capacities specialized in...
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Urban Mill Innovation Platform
Kari Mikkelä, M.Sc (Tech), Executive Producer, Urban Mill Innovation Platform; Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Aalto University Kari Mikkelä has over 30 years of academic, corporate, and NGO experience in learning, innovation, and business services. During his career, he has worked in and for several organizations in a variety of capacities specialized in...
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Regeneratives Wirtschaften – Hebel und Werkzeuge für Organisationen
Wie können Unternehmen über Nachhaltigkeit hinausgehen und aktiv zur Regeneration ökologischer, sozialer und wirtschaftlicher Systeme beitragen? Und worin liegt überhaupt der Unterschied zwischen Nachhaltigkeit und Regeneration? Dieser Vortrag beleuchtet Grundlagen, aber auch Hebel und Ansätze die Organisationen nutzen können, um diesen Wandel in ihren Strukturen und Prozessen zu verankern. Marcel...
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Regeneratives Wirtschaften – Hebel und Werkzeuge für Organisationen
Wie können Unternehmen über Nachhaltigkeit hinausgehen und aktiv zur Regeneration ökologischer, sozialer und wirtschaftlicher Systeme beitragen? Und worin liegt überhaupt der Unterschied zwischen Nachhaltigkeit und Regeneration? Dieser Vortrag beleuchtet Grundlagen, aber auch Hebel und Ansätze die Organisationen nutzen können, um diesen Wandel in ihren Strukturen und Prozessen zu verankern. Marcel...
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Wholehearted: Engaging with Complexity in the Deliberately Adaptive Organisation
RRP: £18; Paperback: 267 pp; Publisher: Agendashift Press; ISBN 978-1068443602 How do leaders at all scales of organisation create the conditions for innovation, excellence, and performance? Initial clues are to be found in the Wholehearted organisation – one that recognises the leadership of those who find the right challenges to engage with, invite others into that process, and celebrate...
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Wholehearted: Engaging with Complexity in the Deliberately Adaptive Organisation
RRP: £18; Paperback: 267 pp; Publisher: Agendashift Press; ISBN 978-1068443602 How do leaders at all scales of organisation create the conditions for innovation, excellence, and performance? Initial clues are to be found in the Wholehearted organisation – one that recognises the leadership of those who find the right challenges to engage with, invite others into that process, and celebrate...
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Multi-Methodology Approaches in System Thinking
Historically, practitioners have often relied on a single familiar approach based on their training, education, or personal biases. However, systems practitioners possess a variety of systems approaches, leading to the question: which approach should be used for what purpose and why? This session explores various methods for selecting and utilising multiple systems approaches in real-world...
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Multi-Methodology Approaches in System Thinking
Historically, practitioners have often relied on a single familiar approach based on their training, education, or personal biases. However, systems practitioners possess a variety of systems approaches, leading to the question: which approach should be used for what purpose and why? This session explores various methods for selecting and utilising multiple systems approaches in real-world...
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Introduction to Critical Social Learning Systems
Social learning is a set of principles, activities and behaviours, relating to how people collaborate and co-operate to learn in a variety of situations within institutional and organisational structures. This brief introduction explores its principles and methods, as well as providing an illustration of how it has been applied in a micro-enterprise environment, where individuals or small...
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Introduction to Critical Social Learning Systems
Social learning is a set of principles, activities and behaviours, relating to how people collaborate and co-operate to learn in a variety of situations within institutional and organisational structures. This brief introduction explores its principles and methods, as well as providing an illustration of how it has been applied in a micro-enterprise environment, where individuals or small...
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Psychological safety as a systemic construct: implications for social services
Psychological safety—feeling safe to be oneself, take risks, and speak candidly—has been predominantly instrumentalised as a tool for driving innovation and profit in organisations. This presentation argues for a fundamental shift in perspective: feeling safe is a basic human right, not merely a means to an end. The current focus on staff dynamics often overlooks service recipients, creating an...
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Psychological safety as a systemic construct: implications for social services
Psychological safety—feeling safe to be oneself, take risks, and speak candidly—has been predominantly instrumentalised as a tool for driving innovation and profit in organisations. This presentation argues for a fundamental shift in perspective: feeling safe is a basic human right, not merely a means to an end. The current focus on staff dynamics often overlooks service recipients, creating an...
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Fundamentals of System Thinking
Systems thinking is interpreted differently depending on perception and context, yet identifying its fundamentals is crucial. If it has evolved into a “brand name” for a way of thinking—both intuitive and learnable—then certain core elements must be present for it to hold meaning, much like a hoover must clean and store dirt. However, no definitive definition exists, and a universal one is...
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Fundamentals of System Thinking
Systems thinking is interpreted differently depending on perception and context, yet identifying its fundamentals is crucial. If it has evolved into a “brand name” for a way of thinking—both intuitive and learnable—then certain core elements must be present for it to hold meaning, much like a hoover must clean and store dirt. However, no definitive definition exists, and a universal one is...
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To CLD or not, that is the question
Peter shares his experience from over thirty years of systems thinking practice majoring on the use and application of system dynamics modelling in the health and care sector with a focus on the place that Causal Loop Diagrams have played in that work. He will cover its contribution to introducing people to systems thinking as it supports system dynamics modelling and its application in...
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To CLD or not, that is the question
Peter shares his experience from over thirty years of systems thinking practice majoring on the use and application of system dynamics modelling in the health and care sector with a focus on the place that Causal Loop Diagrams have played in that work. He will cover its contribution to introducing people to systems thinking as it supports system dynamics modelling and its application in...
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opening the box - communicating systems thinking (to SCiO DACH)
"Opening the Box: Systems Thinking for Transformative Conversations" delves into the core principles of systems thinking, offering practical insights to help individuals and organizations navigate complexity. Authored by Jan De Visch, Miguel Pantaleon, Namrata Arora and Tony Korycki, this book promises to be an invaluable resource for anyone interested in understanding and applying systems...
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opening the box - communicating systems thinking (to SCiO DACH)
"Opening the Box: Systems Thinking for Transformative Conversations" delves into the core principles of systems thinking, offering practical insights to help individuals and organizations navigate complexity. Authored by Jan De Visch, Miguel Pantaleon, Namrata Arora and Tony Korycki, this book promises to be an invaluable resource for anyone interested in understanding and applying systems...
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Unlocking the Power of Logical Frameworks (LogFrames)
Gavin Roberts and Carla Owen give an enlightening talk on the power of logical frameworks. They explore a range of systems concepts to position logical frameworks – or logframes – within a broader systems context, including PQRs, laddering, and Gregory Bateson's work on logical levels of thinking. They show how logframes can enhance group understanding, communication, and decision-making in...
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Unlocking the Power of Logical Frameworks (LogFrames)
Gavin Roberts and Carla Owen give an enlightening talk on the power of logical frameworks. They explore a range of systems concepts to position logical frameworks – or logframes – within a broader systems context, including PQRs, laddering, and Gregory Bateson's work on logical levels of thinking. They show how logframes can enhance group understanding, communication, and decision-making in...
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Strategic Lessons Through a Systems Thinking Lens
In complex and high-stakes environments, stability is an illusion. Reflecting on my experiences as a soldier in Afghanistan, this talk explores the challenges of adapting strategy and execution in the face of chaos, risk aversion, and an agile adversary. Through the lens of systems thinking, I’ll unpack the principles and dynamics that underpin strategic adaptation, highlighting the need for...
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Strategic Lessons Through a Systems Thinking Lens
In complex and high-stakes environments, stability is an illusion. Reflecting on my experiences as a soldier in Afghanistan, this talk explores the challenges of adapting strategy and execution in the face of chaos, risk aversion, and an agile adversary. Through the lens of systems thinking, I’ll unpack the principles and dynamics that underpin strategic adaptation, highlighting the need for...
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Redefining Leadership: The Power of Systems Thinking in Creating More Equitable Access
Georgina Wilson, [a JGA STiP apprencticeship graduate] Founder and CEO of BUD Leaders, has spent over a decade pioneering systems change initiatives that empower Black and other Global Majority women in business. Through BUD Leaders, a pioneering black-led, female-led social enterprise, Georgina works to disrupt leadership structures and drive equity. Her organisation collaborates with large...
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Redefining Leadership: The Power of Systems Thinking in Creating More Equitable Access
Georgina Wilson, [a JGA STiP apprencticeship graduate] Founder and CEO of BUD Leaders, has spent over a decade pioneering systems change initiatives that empower Black and other Global Majority women in business. Through BUD Leaders, a pioneering black-led, female-led social enterprise, Georgina works to disrupt leadership structures and drive equity. Her organisation collaborates with large...
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Transforming Public Health Provision with Systems Thinking
Nirosha’s leadership and innovative approaches learnt through JGA’s Systems Thinking apprenticeship have transformed how her team tackles public health challenges, inspiring her colleagues to adopt more comprehensive and interconnected strategies. Currently, she has just secured a critical grant for her department off the back of systems thinking methodologies. Nirosha is also co-authoring a...
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Transforming Public Health Provision with Systems Thinking
Nirosha’s leadership and innovative approaches learnt through JGA’s Systems Thinking apprenticeship have transformed how her team tackles public health challenges, inspiring her colleagues to adopt more comprehensive and interconnected strategies. Currently, she has just secured a critical grant for her department off the back of systems thinking methodologies. Nirosha is also co-authoring a...
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"abriendo la caja" Pensamiento sistémico para conversaciones transformadoras
"abriendo la caja" es una introducción a cuatro formas de pensar sobre la realidad que nos rodea que nos ayudan una perspectiva más holistica y facilitan tener conversaciones más profundas y prácticas sobre cómo navegar la complejidad y la incertidumbre. Timecode 0:00 - Intro 0:35 - Capítulo 1: La conversación 3:30 - Los retos de la conversación 10:06 - Capítulo 2: "Abriendo la Caja" 12:10 - La...
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"abriendo la caja" Pensamiento sistémico para conversaciones transformadoras
"abriendo la caja" es una introducción a cuatro formas de pensar sobre la realidad que nos rodea que nos ayudan una perspectiva más holistica y facilitan tener conversaciones más profundas y prácticas sobre cómo navegar la complejidad y la incertidumbre. Timecode 0:00 - Intro 0:35 - Capítulo 1: La conversación 3:30 - Los retos de la conversación 10:06 - Capítulo 2: "Abriendo la Caja" 12:10 - La...
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Helping people to learn about practising Systems Thinking
Practising Systems Thinking can be messy; the situations we inhabit are messy, the language of practise can be messy, the landscape of practitioners, bodies, evangelists, methods, and educational providers is undoubtedly complex. So how do we learn about how to practise, how is that different to 'teaching', and what opportunities are there out there for learning, without become technocractic. This...
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Helping people to learn about practising Systems Thinking
Practising Systems Thinking can be messy; the situations we inhabit are messy, the language of practise can be messy, the landscape of practitioners, bodies, evangelists, methods, and educational providers is undoubtedly complex. So how do we learn about how to practise, how is that different to 'teaching', and what opportunities are there out there for learning, without become technocractic. This...
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English
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Causation seen through a Sociotechnical Lens
Root cause analysis, sometimes known as the 5 Whys, has been seen as a panacea or as a failure depending on how it’s used. One frequent problem with root cause analysis is that it is used to support a blame culture. Once we’ve found the person at the root of the problem (the one that made the ‘mistake’) and know who to blame we can proceed with a clear conscience. However, taking a look at a...
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Causation seen through a Sociotechnical Lens
Root cause analysis, sometimes known as the 5 Whys, has been seen as a panacea or as a failure depending on how it’s used. One frequent problem with root cause analysis is that it is used to support a blame culture. Once we’ve found the person at the root of the problem (the one that made the ‘mistake’) and know who to blame we can proceed with a clear conscience. However, taking a look at a...
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English
0:43
Systemic evaluation in an uncertain world
Evaluation is… "a way of thinking (and acting) that will not only aid your effectiveness, but also improve your capacity to make good decisions in your ordinary life" (based on Wadsworth, 2011). Why bother about 'evaluation'? Many of us are familiar with evaluation as a tool used in public policy to assess policies, programmes, projects and other interventions. Governments and public institutions...
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Systemic evaluation in an uncertain world
Evaluation is… "a way of thinking (and acting) that will not only aid your effectiveness, but also improve your capacity to make good decisions in your ordinary life" (based on Wadsworth, 2011). Why bother about 'evaluation'? Many of us are familiar with evaluation as a tool used in public policy to assess policies, programmes, projects and other interventions. Governments and public institutions...
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English
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Humanizing the Corporation: A regenerative leadership playbook
In an era where the traditional corporate paradigm often views employees merely as cogs in the machinery of profit, Humanizing the Corporation: A Regenerative Leadership Playbook offers a revolutionary perspective. This insightful guide presents seven key principles to help organizations transition toward a more humane and sustainable way of operating. Jan De Visch and Kashmir Birk explain the key...
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Humanizing the Corporation: A regenerative leadership playbook
In an era where the traditional corporate paradigm often views employees merely as cogs in the machinery of profit, Humanizing the Corporation: A Regenerative Leadership Playbook offers a revolutionary perspective. This insightful guide presents seven key principles to help organizations transition toward a more humane and sustainable way of operating. Jan De Visch and Kashmir Birk explain the key...
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Die Wunder der Natur - Geschichten über Komplexität
RRP: 29,99€ Paperback: 24 pp Publisher: Verlag; ISBN: 9783758342936 Begleite die Familie Fuchs dabei, wie sie gemeinsam die Wunder der Natur entdecken. Papa Fuchs, ein verkopfter Tüftler, beschäftigt sich gerne mit ungewöhnlichen Themen wie der Komplexität. Er versucht, diese auch seinen drei Kindern zu erklären, doch sie verstehen einfach nicht, was er damit meint. In sechs kurzen Geschichten...
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Die Wunder der Natur - Geschichten über Komplexität
RRP: 29,99€ Paperback: 24 pp Publisher: Verlag; ISBN: 9783758342936 Begleite die Familie Fuchs dabei, wie sie gemeinsam die Wunder der Natur entdecken. Papa Fuchs, ein verkopfter Tüftler, beschäftigt sich gerne mit ungewöhnlichen Themen wie der Komplexität. Er versucht, diese auch seinen drei Kindern zu erklären, doch sie verstehen einfach nicht, was er damit meint. In sechs kurzen Geschichten...
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1:00
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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1:00
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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English
0:47
2024 SCiO Annual General Meeting - members only
Recording and minutes of the SCiO 2024 Annual General Meeting - for members.
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0:47
2024 SCiO Annual General Meeting - members only
Recording and minutes of the SCiO 2024 Annual General Meeting - for members.
Confidential – Members Only
English
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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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English
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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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English
1:01
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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1:01
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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English
1:01
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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English
1:01
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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