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Our Resources include videos and slide sets from speakers at our events; old newsletters, pointers to systems thinking and related books, and a number of articles. Please search or filter the resources to find those of interest to you. Clicking on the small icons will take you directly to the material. If you are not a member and are not signed in you will not be able to see some of the videos and slide sets from past SCiO Open Meetings - the icons will be greyed out.

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SCiO newsletter - 2014 summer (vol.13)

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M & A as strategy; Participatory Innovation Model in Chile; Notes from the open meeting: 7th April 2014; In memoriam - Simon Beer; CIGs (Common Interest Groups); Open meeting - July 2014
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SCiO newsletter - 2014 summer (vol.13)

M & A as strategy; Participatory Innovation Model in Chile; Notes from the open meeting: 7th April 2014; In memoriam - Simon Beer; CIGs (Common Interest Groups); Open meeting - July 2014
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SCiO newsletter - 2014 spring (vol.12)

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Spring 2014; Bookworm: A Journey Through The Systems Landscape, Harold “Bud” Lawson, College Publications 2010 ISBN 9-781848-900103; Open Notes: notes from the open day on 13th January 2014; Open meeting: 7th April 2014; Thinking survey
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SCiO newsletter - 2014 spring (vol.12)

Spring 2014; Bookworm: A Journey Through The Systems Landscape, Harold “Bud” Lawson, College Publications 2010 ISBN 9-781848-900103; Open Notes: notes from the open day on 13th January 2014; Open meeting: 7th April 2014; Thinking survey
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SCiO newsletter - 2013 winter (vol.11)

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OMM for mobile devices; "Innovation"; SCiO open day: 13th January; All-Party Parliamentary Group on Management (APPGM); Open Notes: notes from the open day on 13th October; SCiO Development Day
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SCiO newsletter - 2013 winter (vol.11)

OMM for mobile devices; "Innovation"; SCiO open day: 13th January; All-Party Parliamentary Group on Management (APPGM); Open Notes: notes from the open day on 13th October; SCiO Development Day
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SCiO newsletter - 2012 autumn (vol.10)

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Thinking in Systems – A Primer. Donella Meadows. London: Earthscan (2009) 210pp. ISBN 9781844077267; Modelling SCiO using the Viable Systems Model- Modelling SCiO as a Viable System – Roger Duck; Cwarel Isaf Cottage: The place to BE.- Jan Kuiper; SCiO Development Day Manchester 6th October – Jane Searles; The Human Cost of Control - part 1 - David Bovis; The Perils of Kindness – The first in a...
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SCiO newsletter - 2012 autumn (vol.10)

Thinking in Systems – A Primer. Donella Meadows. London: Earthscan (2009) 210pp. ISBN 9781844077267; Modelling SCiO using the Viable Systems Model- Modelling SCiO as a Viable System – Roger Duck; Cwarel Isaf Cottage: The place to BE.- Jan Kuiper; SCiO Development Day Manchester 6th October – Jane Searles; The Human Cost of Control - part 1 - David Bovis; The Perils of Kindness – The first in a...
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SCiO newsletter - 2012 summer (vol.9)

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The Magical Management Mystery Tour – Gordon Kennedy; Book Review: What Would Drucker Do Now? Solutions to Today's Toughest Challenges from the Father of Modern Management. Rick Wartzmann, McGraw Hill 2012; Debt: the first 5000 years - by David Graeber; Systems Thinking Approaches or Approaches to Systems Thinking? - Geoff Elliott & Roger James; An investigation into the use of a personal VSM –...
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SCiO newsletter - 2012 summer (vol.9)

The Magical Management Mystery Tour – Gordon Kennedy; Book Review: What Would Drucker Do Now? Solutions to Today's Toughest Challenges from the Father of Modern Management. Rick Wartzmann, McGraw Hill 2012; Debt: the first 5000 years - by David Graeber; Systems Thinking Approaches or Approaches to Systems Thinking? - Geoff Elliott & Roger James; An investigation into the use of a personal VSM –...
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SCiO newsletter - 2012 spring (vol.8)

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Reflections on the year ahead – Patrick Hoverstadt; Evolving the Professional Development Programme in SCiO – Roger Duck & Elizabeth McDonnell; Book Review: Learning for Action – A Short Definitive Account of Soft Systems Methodology and its use for Practitioners, Teachers and Students. Peter Checkland and John Poulter; Wiley (2010) – ISBN 0470025549; Learning to eat soup with a knife: John A Nagl...
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SCiO newsletter - 2012 spring (vol.8)

Reflections on the year ahead – Patrick Hoverstadt; Evolving the Professional Development Programme in SCiO – Roger Duck & Elizabeth McDonnell; Book Review: Learning for Action – A Short Definitive Account of Soft Systems Methodology and its use for Practitioners, Teachers and Students. Peter Checkland and John Poulter; Wiley (2010) – ISBN 0470025549; Learning to eat soup with a knife: John A Nagl...
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SCiO newsletter - 2011 winter (vol.7)

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The Unreal Economy – Patrick Hoverstadt; The Systems Thinking Landscape – Geoff Elliott; Stafford Beer and the Course of History- Rod Thomas; Systemic Leadership – William Tate
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SCiO newsletter - 2011 winter (vol.7)

The Unreal Economy – Patrick Hoverstadt; The Systems Thinking Landscape – Geoff Elliott; Stafford Beer and the Course of History- Rod Thomas; Systemic Leadership – William Tate
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SCiO newsletter - 2011 spring (vol.6)

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Three Day Transformation - Reflections on the Third Cwarel Isaf Conference on Management Cybernetics, 30 March – 1 April 2011, St Gallen, Switzerland; The Event in the South: report of the first SCiO Open Meeting in London. Lessons from a sports association study—part 3 Some modelling experiences. Denis Adams
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SCiO newsletter - 2011 spring (vol.6)

Three Day Transformation - Reflections on the Third Cwarel Isaf Conference on Management Cybernetics, 30 March – 1 April 2011, St Gallen, Switzerland; The Event in the South: report of the first SCiO Open Meeting in London. Lessons from a sports association study—part 3 Some modelling experiences. Denis Adams
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SCiO newsletter - 2010 autumn (vol.4)

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The SCiO Professional Development Programme (PDP); The OMM (Organisational Maturity Model); Lessons from a Sports Association Study — Denis Adams; Book Review: Think before you Think: Social Complexity and Knowledge of Knowing‘. Stafford Beer, ed David Whittaker
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SCiO newsletter - 2010 autumn (vol.4)

The SCiO Professional Development Programme (PDP); The OMM (Organisational Maturity Model); Lessons from a Sports Association Study — Denis Adams; Book Review: Think before you Think: Social Complexity and Knowledge of Knowing‘. Stafford Beer, ed David Whittaker
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SCiO newsletter - 2010 spring (vol.2)

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Stories: At Last - The First Meeting with Stafford Beer; An opportunity to develop your systems thinking in practice - a new modular OU MSc: Systems Thinking in Practice; Book Reviews: Systems Thinkers. Magnus Ramage and Karen Shipp. Springer; 316pp. edition (18 Sep 2009) ISBN: 978-1848825246; Systems Approaches to managing change: a practical guide. Ed. Martin Reynolds and Sue Holwell. Springer...
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SCiO newsletter - 2010 spring (vol.2)

Stories: At Last - The First Meeting with Stafford Beer; An opportunity to develop your systems thinking in practice - a new modular OU MSc: Systems Thinking in Practice; Book Reviews: Systems Thinkers. Magnus Ramage and Karen Shipp. Springer; 316pp. edition (18 Sep 2009) ISBN: 978-1848825246; Systems Approaches to managing change: a practical guide. Ed. Martin Reynolds and Sue Holwell. Springer...
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SCiO newsletter - 2009 winter (vol.1)

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Feedback from the SCiO survey; Update on The SCiO Organisational Maturity Model; VSM training; Elections to board; Bookworm: Future Ready How to Master Business forecasting (1st Edition); Website update; Communications; Next open meeting; Development day; Mandelbulbs
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SCiO newsletter - 2009 winter (vol.1)

Feedback from the SCiO survey; Update on The SCiO Organisational Maturity Model; VSM training; Elections to board; Bookworm: Future Ready How to Master Business forecasting (1st Edition); Website update; Communications; Next open meeting; Development day; Mandelbulbs