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Professor Ray Ison: Transforming: systems, situations, ourselves?

01/02/2019 By Howard Clark Leave a Comment

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?

Systems Practice by Ray Ison

18/01/2019 By Howard Clark Leave a Comment

Systems Practice by Professor Ray Ison is a radical departure from many management or systems practice books (e.g. teaching tools and techniques). Instead Ison's focus is upon building praxis capability within individuals. Helping us to learn what it is to be a systems practitioner. And what it means to do theory-informed practice and practice informed theory. I view this book … [Read more...] about Systems Practice by Ray Ison

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