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 Keynes, UK]