This week:
- Public Sector Show
- Systems Prospects
- Systems Thinking
- Systems and complexity in organisation
- Pseudoscience
- Neuroscience
Link Collection:
My Weekly Blog post:
As we gather at the Public Sector Show, I reflect on the multitude of challenges faced by the UK’s public sector. From austerity to Brexit, the climate crisis to COVID-19, and the pressing issues of social justice, I wonder how the speakers have navigated these hurdles and what steps we can take towards a brighter future.
I’m looking forward to hosting the Public Sector Show next week – in the midst of the polycrisis
Writing LinkedIn posts has become a regular morning ritual for me, but my feelings about them don’t affect their popularity. I’ve experienced moments of genius, frustration, and even reluctance. While reflecting on past posts and considering changes, I welcome input from those who have groaned or been inspired by my writing.
What have you read, from me, that resonated?
The Jim Rutt Show – Currents 100: Sara Walker and Lee Cronin on Time as an Object
The second issue of ‘Systems Prospects,’ the newsletter of the Centre for Systems Studies (CSS) at the University of Hull, is introduced with gratitude for the positive feedback received for the inaugural issue. The editors emphasize their commitment to sharing diverse work in systems thinking and practice, and they discuss improvements in communication and event promotion. The CSS directors highlight recent conferences they have spoken at, and the Systems Students’ Community is celebrated for its six months of successful operation. The newsletter concludes with announcements and upcoming events. Overall, it presents a comprehensive update on the CSS activities and invites engagement from the systems thinking community.
Centre for Systems Studies Newsletter – July 2023
C. West Churchman on the I Ching – David Ing
July 10: Sciencing and Philosophizing on Threads in #SystemsThinking
Are you a systems convenor? A survey (focused on UK public services)
Two articles on polycentric control – John Flach (2023)
Neil Theise – new book on complexity – podcast interviews etc
Transformations Conference 2023
Systems, Volume 11, Issue 6 (June 2023) – 51 articles
Context Changes Everything – How Constraints Create Coherence – Juarrero (2023) – free book
MAKING SENSE OF MANAGING & DECISION-MAKING & COMPLEXITY – John Mortimer, Impro Consulting
David Chapman comment on Walter Pitts
CLIMATE FEEDBACK LOOPS PROJECT – Alliance of World Scientists, Oregon State University
Explode on Impact – Toby Lowe on Medium
Artificial cells demonstrate that “life finds a way”
Local councils in England at risk of insolvency over £3bn funding black hole
Doesn’t look like King Prince Charles will follow his mum into a big role promoting the RSPB -(
Royal estate linked to many deaths and disappearances of protected birds
Grants for Good: Exploring local authority grant-making to the VCSE sector – Directory of Social Change https://www.dsc.org.uk/publication/grants-for-good-exploring-local-authority-grant-making-to-the-vcse/
Fascinating: across the research period (2018-21) not one UK local authority reported legal proceedings against any grant process.
I very much like this! My distinction is:
– Hamlet services (better it were not done at all, but if it will be done, it should be done quickly)
– customer intimacy services – real personal support
In future I will always make the point very clearly about the need for an escalation route (see HMRC!)
Marina Abramovic: Peeling potatoes at the Museum Folkwang – DW – 06/30/2023 https://www.dw.com/en/marina-abramovic-pee
The annals of break-out groups https://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/the-annals-of-break-out-groups/
The annals of break-out groups
Be Careful What You Wish For: Some Wild Speculation on Goodhart’s Law and its Manifestations in the Brain – 3 Quarks Daily https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2015/08/be-careful-what-you-wish-for-some-wild-speculation-on-goodharts-law-and-its-manifestations-in-the-br.html
Changing planes at Heathrow? Pay £10 and wait three days to see if you get a permit https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-
double hmmm
Pseudoscience’s Infiltration of Coaching and its Impact on Organisations https://oxford-review.com/pseudosciences-infiltration-of-coaching-and-its-impact-on-organisations/
Neuroscience confirms your subconscious shapes your reality
Pseudoscience’s Infiltration of Coaching and its Impact on OrganisationsThe Oxford Review
Hello to Tata: TCS wins back UK pensions body in £1.5B deal https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/22/tcs_pensions_deal/
Dr. Tamsin: Build the BILD!, organized by Pudina Tami https://www.gofundme.com/f/build-the-bild?
chosen path 