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| Book now for me at the wonderful Australasian Change Days 2022 – on ‘what are the costs of separating ‘change management’ from delivery of change?A lighter piece from me: are you a cat person or a dog person?Join me in the friendly swamp of Rick Torseth’s 10,000 Swamp Leaders podcast – about Systems Leadership Theory, Barry Oshry, and public service transformationPower, control, communities and health inequalities, and more on systems thinking and public health, from Michele Battle-FisherLots and lots of rich content from David Ing four years into the ten year Systems Changes project – including with Zaid Khan on humbling design and with the wonderful David Hawk on Humanism, the Anthropocene, and Enemies of the Systems ApproachWhat an Essentially Contest Concept is (or isn’t)SFI Community LEcture on Alexander von Humboldt (yeah!) by Andrew WulfHow Capitalism Works via Social Reproduction – Nancy Fraser on The DigWhen Einstein met Tagore in Maria Popova’s The MarginalianA truly brilliant episode of the COMPLEXITY podcast – Michael Garfield interviews Aviv Bergman on The Evolution of Robustness and much moreRichard Veryward on Boundary ObjectsStafford Beer on Cybernetics and Scott Davies is going to do cybernetics at the Interinellect Salon…What young people think about youth justice with Russell WebsterSome radicalism from indi.caAnd amazing tunes from:Ravi Shankar’s wonderful Morning Raga (seriously, do yourself a favour!)Lo Moon’s tingly cover of Prefab Sprout’s BonnyMotorcycle by Tico & the TriumphsAll the birds, relatedIR35 <sigh>Francis Maud hmmmThe maximum group size for productive conversation is four (yes it is, yes it is)and, indeed, if you will, more. |
| What are the costs of separating ‘change management’ from delivery of change?Join the discussion on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_australasian-change-days-2022-shifting-activity-6955405388447911937-nCgD I’m looking forward to speaking at #ACDC22 — Australasian Change Days 2022 — Shifting Balance, Recalibrating Worth It’s an event where I always enjoy the other speakers and the fantastic community — online and for those lucky enough to go to Perth. It provides fantastic opportunities for personal development, creativity, and innovation for anyone involved …chosen-path.org |
| Are you a cat person or a dog person?I don’t mean which pet you favour, and I don’t mean all those surveys where they look at the differences between people who own dogs, and people who serve cats. I mean this: You wake up in the morning, stumble to the kitchen or scullery, and take out a can. To your pet, it doesn’t smell of …chosen-path.org |
| Rick Torseth’s 10000 Swamp Leaders podcast with Benjamin P. TaylorIf you did a podcast, with an old friend, reflecting on your career and last 15 years’ work, what stories would inevitably come up? I was lucky enough to be a guest of Richard J. Torseth — his 10000 Swamp Leaders podcast ‘wades into muddy lowlands in search of people who have built social impact movements’. As so …chosen-path.org |
| The Abundance of Systems, 10,000 Swamp Leaders talks to Benjamin Taylor.Benjamin Taylor recently talked to the 10,000 Swamp Leaders podcast about Systems Leadership, Barry Oshry and his deep commitment to transform public services. Check out their conversation here.www.publicservicetransformation.org |
| When Unfreeze-Move-Refreeze Isn’t Working: Doing, Thinking and Making Via Systems Changes Learning | David Ing, and Systems Leadership, Change, Theory and Practice | Benjamin P Taylor – at SCiOWhen Unfreeze-Move-Refreeze Isn’t Working: Doing, Thinking and Making Via Systems Changes LearningDavid Ing12 July 2022 When Unfreeze-Move-Refreeze Isn’t Working: Doing, Thinking and Making Via Systems Changes Learning | SCiO Systems Leadership, Change, Theory and PracticeBenjamin Taylor11 July 2022 Systems Leadership, Change, Theory and Practice | SCiOstream.syscoi.com |
| Odds are still stacked against social enterprises delivering public services. The Social Enterprise Magazine and E3M.Can social enterprises play a greater role in public services? E3M was created in 2012 to help the growth and impact of UK social enterprises delivering public services. A decade on, commissioning has improved – but culture and attitudes to risk still block progressive public procurement. Check out this post by Jonathan Bland and Julian […]www.publicservicetransformation.org |
| Francis Maude launches civil service governance reviewReview will examine “balance of responsibility and autonomy” between ministers and perm secswww.civilserviceworld.com |
| The maximum group size for productive conversation is fourThis research-based discovery has profound implications for those who design and facilitate meetings, workshops, unconferences and large-scale gatheringsnow-to-new.com |
| Structural problems remain with IR35, says Public Accounts CommitteePublic Accounts Committee report says “widespread non-compliance” with IR35 tax reforms in central government departments is “not acceptable”.www.contractorcalculator.co.uk |
| Government 4-year deliberation on employment status yields nothingAfter 162 responses spent 4-years at the back of a digital cupboard going out of date, the Government finally dusted them off and decided to do nothing. Zilch. Ditto.www.contractorcalculator.co.uk |
| HOW HYBRID WORKING FROM HOME WORKS OUTA scholarly article from a big tech firm.www.nber.org |
| Baby names: why we all choose the same onesHow we name our children follows trends like any other cultural expression. It’s about taste as well as broader societal shifts.theconversation.com |
| Motorcycle Tico & the Triumphs 1961 Amy 45 835Jerry Landis (Paul Simon) leader, charted 1 week in Billboard at #99. Also released on Madison #169 ,TICO & TRIUMPHS – DON’T BELIEVE THEM -1961-Amy – 45-835…www.youtube.com |
| Ravi Shankar – Morning Raga-From the album Three Ragaswww.youtube.com |
| “Positive Vibes Only” is the Maddening Mantra of the Self-CenteredThose who insist on “positive vibes only” are escapists, whose avoidance of pain and tragedy compromises their own humanity and endangers societytimjwise.medium.com |
| The Four White Lies That Led To COVID-Infinity — indi.caCOVID forever, COVID all the timeindi.ca |
| Lo Moon – Bonny (Prefab Sprout Cover)‘Bonny’ by Prefab Sprout has been a band favorite for a long time. It’s taken from their excellent album ‘Steve McQueen’ aka ‘Two Wheels Good’. Those of you …www.youtube.com |
| Schroedinger’s streaming service just died | by Cory Doctorow | Jun, 2022 | MediumWhen you buy a vinyl record, cassette or CD, you own it, thanks to copyright law’s “first sale” principle. I have real criticisms of copyright law, but at least it’s a law, created by a…doctorow.medium.com |
| What young people think about youth justice – Russell WebsterYoung Advocates report focuses on the three priority topics of stereotypes, education and warning signs, and jail.www.russellwebster.com |
| Committee of ‘mostly ageing men’ bans babies from Commons | openDemocracy‘There are very few mothers who are making the big decisions about our laws’www.opendemocracy.net |
| Humans tamed the microbes behind cheese, soy, and more | Science | AAASThe genomes of bacteria and fungi used in food production bear the signs of domestication also seen in crops and livestockwww.science.org |
| Humanism, the Anthropocene, and Enemies of the Systems Approach | David Ing + David L. Hawk | ST-ON 2022-04-11 – Coevolving InnovationsHumanism, the Anthropocene, and Enemies of the Systems Approach | David Ing + David L. Hawk | ST-ON 2022-04-11 July 23, 2022 Humanism, the Anthropocene, and Enemies of the Systems Approach | David Ing + David L. Hawk | ST-ON 2022-04-11 – Coevolving Innovationsstream.syscoi.com |
| Essentially contested concept – WikipediaEssentially contested concept Essentially contested concept – Wikipedia [This was an important ‘threshold concept’ to me (see https://stream.syscoi.com/2019/12/03/the-threshold-concept-an-introduction-and-overview-to-the-concept/ and https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_thinking-change-transformation-activity-6788358013733371904-tza5/) and is a very important idea for systems | complexity | cybernetics as a science, theory, and practice (or sets of same)] Essentially contested concept From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search […]stream.syscoi.com |
| SFI Community Lecture: The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s New World – Andrea Wulf, 2 August 2022, 7:30pm Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA – in person, live stream but no recordingSFI Community Lecture The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s New World Andrea Wulf Santa Fe Institute Miller Scholar Tuesday, August 2, 2022 Book Signing: 6:30 pm Lecture: 7:30 pm The Lensic Performing Arts Center211 W. San Francisco StreetSanta Fe, New Mexico link Also streaming live – but, sadly, ‘on request of the speaker’ the recording will not […]stream.syscoi.com |
| When Unfreeze-Move-Refreeze Isn’t Working: Doing, Thinking and Making via Systems Changes Learning | SCiO 2022-07-11 – Coevolving InnovationsWhen Unfreeze-Move-Refreeze Isn’t Working: Doing, Thinking and Making via Systems Changes Learning | SCiO 2022-07-11 When Unfreeze-Move-Refreeze Isn’t Working: Doing, Thinking and Making via Systems Changes Learning | SCiO 2022-07-11 – Coevolving Innovationsstream.syscoi.com |
| Appreciating Systems Changes via Multiparadigm Inquiry: Architectural Design, Ecological Anthropology, Classical Chinese Medicine, Systems Rhythms | ISSS plenary 2022-07-08 – Coevolving Innovations – David IngAppreciating Systems Changes via Multiparadigm Inquiry: Architectural Design, Ecological Anthropology, Classical Chinese Medicine, Systems Rhythms | ISSS plenary 2022-07-08 Appreciating Systems Changes via Multiparadigm Inquiry: Architectural Design, Ecological Anthropology, Classical Chinese Medicine, Systems Rhythms | ISSS plenary 2022-07-08 – Coevolving Innovationsstream.syscoi.com |
| Self-Assembling Wires – Stanford Complexity GroupSelf-Assembling Wires Stanford Complexity Group Self-Assembling Wires – YouTube See also https://www.youtube.com/user/StanfordComplexitystream.syscoi.com |
| How Capitalism Works w/ Nancy Fraser · The Dig (podcast)How Capitalism Works w/ Nancy Fraser · The Dig A strong, interesting, and deeply systemic analysis. How Capitalism Works w/ Nancy Fraser17 Jul 2022Featuring Nancy Fraser on why a total analysis of capitalism requires taking Marxism beyond a narrowly economistic view: what everyday labor exploitation requires from politics, care work, war-making, borders, appropriation of nature, […]stream.syscoi.com |
| When Einstein Met Tagore: A Remarkable Meeting of Minds on the Edge of Science and Spirituality – The Marginalian – Maria PopovaWhen Einstein Met Tagore: A Remarkable Meeting of Minds on the Edge of Science and SpiritualityCollision and convergence in Truth and Beauty.BY MARIA POPOVA When Einstein Met Tagore: A Remarkable Meeting of Minds on the Edge of Science and Spirituality – The Marginalianstream.syscoi.com |
| Aviv Bergman on The Evolution of Robustness and Integrating The Disciplines | COMPLEXITY podcast from the Santa Fe Institute, hosted by Michael GarfieldAviv Bergman on The Evolution of Robustness and Integrating The Disciplines | COMPLEXITY All in all, one of the richest single episodes of a podcast I’ve ever heard – coherent and fascinating in itself, whole careers and PhDs could develop from many aspects of the conversation… Aviv Bergman on The Evolution of Robustness and Integrating […]stream.syscoi.com |
| Waddington’s canalization revisited: Developmental stability and evolution | Siegal and Bergman (2002)Waddington’s canalization revisited: Developmental stability and evolutionMark L. Siegal and Aviv BergmanAuthors Info & AffiliationsJune 24, 200299 (16) 10528-10532https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.102303999 Waddington’s canalization revisited: Developmental stability and evolution | PNAS Canalisation (genetics) on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canalisation_(genetics)stream.syscoi.com |
| Intention or Attention? Humbling Design through Systems Changes Learning | Zaid Khan | ST-ON 2022-05-09 – Coevolving InnovationsIntention or Attention? Humbling Design through Systems Changes Learning | Zaid Khan | ST-ON 2022-05-09 July 24, 2022 Intention or Attention? Humbling Design through Systems Changes Learning | Zaid Khan | ST-ON 2022-05-09 – Coevolving Innovationsstream.syscoi.com |
| Redefining Leadership in the 21st Century: the view from Cybernetics Tickets, Wed 03/08/2022 at 4:00 pm Australian Eastern Standard Time, ANU School of Cybernetics (in person or online)AUG.03Redefining Leadership in the 21st Century: the view from Cyberneticsby ANU Engineering & Computer ScienceFollow286 followersFreeActions and Detail PanelLike EventRegisterDate and timeWed., 3 August 20224:00 pm – 5:30 pm AESTLocationInnovation Space, Level 2 Birch Building #35, The Australian National University35 Science RoadActon, ACT 2601Australia Redefining Leadership in the 21st Century: the view from Cybernetics Tickets, […]stream.syscoi.com |
| The Architecture of Complexity – Simon (1962)The Architecture of ComplexityHerbert A. SimonProceedings of the American Philosophical SocietyVol. 106, No. 6 (Dec. 12, 1962), pp. 467-482 (16 pages)Published By: American Philosophical Society The Architecture of Complexity on JSTOR pdf:stream.syscoi.com |
| A Maturing of Systems Thinking? Evidence from Three Perspectives – Barton, Emery, Flood, and Selsky 2004A Maturing of Systems Thinking? Evidence from Three PerspectivesFebruary 2004 Systemic Practice and Action Research 17(1):3-36DOI:10.1023/B:SPAA.0000013419.99623.f0Project: The relationship between systemic thinking and action researchAuthors:John BartonRMIT University Melbourne AustraliaMerrelyn EmeryConcordia University MontrealRobert FloodNorwegian University of Science and TechnologyJohn W. SelskyInstitute for Washington’s Future (PDF) A Maturing of Systems Thinking? Evidence from Three Perspectives Both quaintly anachronistic […]stream.syscoi.com |
| Power, control, communities and health inequalities I: theories, concepts and analytical frameworks | Popay et alPower, control, communities and health inequalities I: theories, concepts and analytical frameworks Jennie Popay, Margaret Whitehead, Ruth Ponsford, Matt Egan, Rebecca MeadHealth Promotion International, Volume 36, Issue 5, October 2021, Pages 1253–1263, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaa133Published: 31 December 2020 Power, control, communities and health inequalities I: theories, concepts and analytical frameworks | Health Promotion International | Oxford Academicstream.syscoi.com |
| Architecture, Data and Intelligence: Boundary Objects and Artful Integration – Richard VeryardWednesday, July 20, 2022 Boundary Objects and Artful Integration I once did some data architecture and modelling for NHS Blood and Transplant. This is a UK-wide agency responsible for blood, organs and other body parts, managing transfers from donors to recipients.One of the interesting challenges for this kind of organization is the need for collaboration […]stream.syscoi.com |
| The Theory of Functional Systems General Principles | Sudakov (1997)Sudakov 1997 The Theory of Functional Systems General Principles Sudakov 1997 The Theory of Functional Systems General Principles | PDF | Classical Conditioning | Homeostasisstream.syscoi.com |
| Biological Robots: Perspectives on an Emerging Interdisciplinary FieldOriginally posted on Complexity Digest: Biological Robots: Perspectives on an Emerging Interdisciplinary FieldD. Blackiston, S. Kriegman, J. Bongard, M. LevinAdvances in science and engineering often reveal the limitations of classical approaches initially used to understand, predict, and control phenomena. With progress, conceptual categories must often be re-evaluated to better track recently discovered invariants across disciplines.…stream.syscoi.com |
| On Cybernetics / Stafford Beer – YouTubeOn Cybernetics / Stafford Beer On Cybernetics / Stafford Beer – YouTubestream.syscoi.com |
| Introduction to Cybernetics – Interintellect with Scott Davies, Saturday August 13 10:30am ACSTIntroduction to Cybernetics Saturday August 13 at 10:30 am – 12:30 pm ACST $15 Introduction to Cybernetics – Interintellect Introduction to Cybernetics Saturday August 13 at 10:30 am – 12:30 pm ACST Start time where you are: Saturday August 13 – 2:00 AM $15.00 Join Scott Davies for a salon on cybernetics from its foundations to present. Cybernetics is, according to […]stream.syscoi.com |
| Application of Systems Thinking to Health Policy & Public Health Ethics | Battle-FisherApplication of Systems Thinking to Health Policy & Public Health Ethics Application of Systems Thinking to Health Policy & Public Health Ethics | SpringerLink Application of Systems Thinking to Health Policy & Public Health Ethics Public Health and Private Illness Authors: Michele Battle-Fisher Explores health policy through the lens of public health vs. private health […]stream.syscoi.com |
| Conway’s Game of Life: Mathematics and ConstructionOriginally posted on Complexity Digest: Nathaniel Johnston and Dave Greene This book provides an introduction to Conway’s Game of Life, theinteresting mathematics behind it, and the methods used to constructmany of its most interesting patterns. Lots of small “buildingblock”-style patterns (especially in the first four or so chapters ofthis book) were found via brute-force or…stream.syscoi.com |
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