This video shows Professor Ray Ison introducing core systems ideas at the Leverage Points conference (2019). Ison is an educator, specialising in climate change and architect of the Open University courses on systems thinking. His work is crucial for services improvement, transformation and change professionals. Watching time: 32:58 minutes … [Read more...] about Professor Ray Ison: Transforming: systems, situations, ourselves?
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Stafford Beer: On Cybernetics and the Viable Systems Model (VSM)
Stafford Beer filmed at the University of Manchester in 1973. Cybernetics and the Viable Systems Model are tremendously important when discussing effectiveness in services organisations. This video provides a useful and basic overview of work he did in Chile. … [Read more...] about Stafford Beer: On Cybernetics and the Viable Systems Model (VSM)
Dave Snowden: The origins and evolutions of the Cynefin framework
In this video Dave Snowden introduces the Cynefin framework, designed to help leaders better understand the complexity of problem situations. Better understanding allows better and more appropriate interventions. … [Read more...] about Dave Snowden: The origins and evolutions of the Cynefin framework
Peter Senge: Introduction to organisational learning
Peter Senge's book The Fifth Sense: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization (1990) is influential and well known. Here he introduces some of the key concepts around his theory. … [Read more...] about Peter Senge: Introduction to organisational learning
Peter Checkland: The origins of Soft Systems Methodology (SSM)
Peter Checkland describes the origins of Soft Systems Methodology in a speech at Lancaster University in 2012. His book Systems Thinking; Systems Practice (1981) was important for a number of reasons, including the use of purpose in organisations as a way for exploring different perspectives of different people involved. … [Read more...] about Peter Checkland: The origins of Soft Systems Methodology (SSM)