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Upcoming events:

Two new commissioning academies: coming this winter!

Exciting News! Introducing two Commissioning Academies.

We will be offering a new?Virtual Commissioning Academy, launching in October, facilitated entirely online
and an?In-Person Commissioning Academy?launching in January, with in-person sessions held in Nottingham.

Both offer the same great content, accredited by the PSTA and Cabinet Office.

Join our flagship development program to transform outcomes for the communities we serve!

Be part of a national network of commissioning practitioners.
Learn to initiate and lead change across complex systems.
Develop capabilities to drive real transformation.
Access expert insights and collaborative learning.
Apply innovative ideas and approaches to your work.

Here’s what’s in store for you at the National Commissioning Academy:

Foundation concepts: Working as a system, outcomes thinking, collaborative working.
Commissioning for outcomes as a system: Systems thinking, asset-based commissioning, trauma-informed practice, prevention and early intervention.
Creating conditions for change: Systems leadership, coproduction, innovation, and promoting social value.

Expect a transformative experience with masterclass workshops, action learning, expert speakers, peer challenges, practical action planning, and membership in our nationwide alumni community.

Ready to make a difference? Apply now to secure your spot at the Academy! Contact David Mason [email protected]

Systems Thinking Apprenticeship (2023)

We are delighted to share the news that there is now a Level 7 Systems Thinking Practitioner Apprenticeship available in England.

Systems thinking practice was developed specifically to address highly complex, adaptive, and dynamic situations. It helps you to model each situation as a system incorporating many different parts, dependencies and relationships. Systems thinking practitioners are uniquely equipped for achieving large-scale transformational change.

If you live in England, you can benefit from the scheme. The Apprenticeship is a two-and-a-half year, day release, post-graduate qualification with government funding of up to ￡18,000 per person. It is fully supported by expert tutors, comprehensive learning materials, and ongoing action learning.

This is a practice-based, portfolio assessed programme which draws on core systems approaches and practice skills. You’ll be supported in your job to actually put the learning to work right away, and you will be evaluated on how you incorporate your continual learning into your practice.

It’s been designed by practitioners for practitioners?—?the people who have not just read the books, but have written them. More importantly, these are people who have been there, done it, know about all (or at least most) of the pitfalls, and can guide you away from them.

The professional body for systems practice, SCiO, is providing world-class systems practitioner-tutors, and is supporting the curriculum development and overall approach of the programme. They are acting in collaboration with Cherith Simmons Learning and Development, who provide the apprenticeship. Further details are available here.

If you’re not in England, you can still sign up to individual modules here.

And if you are interested in developing your transformation skills, take a look at the RedQuadrant tool shed. This is a small group action learning journey with Benjamin Taylor, founder of the consultancy RedQuadrant, supported by 24 online modules covering all aspects of organisational transformation. Get a 20% discount by mentioning Enlightened Enterprise Academy.?

Link Collection:

My Weekly Blog?post:

In my experience, simplicity often outshines complexity when it comes to problem-solving and decision-making. While there's no universal solution, certain elegant tools, like the 'Ways in to Partnership' concept, can be invaluable. It helps assess collaborative potential effortlessly and offers a clear path forward. The 'Left Hand Column Exercise' aids in productive conversations by revealing thoughts and emotions. Other favorites include 'Three Box Model for Clarity,' 'CPORT Task Clarity,' 'Four Dynamics for a Robust System,' and 'Five Core Practices for Leadership.' These tools, although diverse, share a common thread of making complex issues more manageable. They form the foundation of my teachings and our RedQuadrant tool shed, offering a lifetime of practical application in just a few minutes of explanation.

What does it all boil down to, for you, in?organisations?

In my organizational exploration, I've delved into the dynamics of segmentation, blending, empowerment, and harmonization. These concepts, inspired by Barry Oshry and Stafford Beer's management cybernetics, play a crucial role in human and organizational effectiveness. Segmenting groups people for specialized capabilities, blending fosters knowledge sharing, empowerment unleashes unique talents, and harmonization aligns efforts around a common mission. When one or two of these dynamics dominate, it becomes evident that there are costs involved. By rebalancing associated rituals and practices over time, an organization can enhance its effectiveness. Reflecting on these four dynamics can provide valuable insights into your organization's functioning.

Four dynamics

Quantum Bayesianism

[I must confess I sniggered when I heard this name. It sounds like a deliberately invented rationalism squared joke… also known as QBism (of course). Not sure about the science myself but / and it feels very cybernetic to me… there are ‘many worlds’ they are just the worlds each of us live in. And with a major antecedent turns out to be Frank Ramsey, therefore a link to Wittgenstein, no wonder! Also there’s a claim that ‘the first quantum Bayesian was von Neumann – truly there were only about 30 people in the 1950s.]

Professional Development for systems practice from SCiO (Systems and Complexity in Organisation – the systems thinking practitioner professional?body)

Sorry for all these SCiO posts- but worth reminding occasionally how much rich material there is!

https://www.systemspractice.org/events/professional-development

SCiO Enhanced Learning Club – for systems practice apprentices and anyone formally studying systems thinking and?practice

Are you an Apprentice studying Systems Thinking?
Would you like to join like-minded people in exploring systems, practice, ideas, feelings and difficulties?

If yes to both, then the Enhanced Learning Club is for you!

SCiO is opening up Cohort 3 (Apprentice Edition) of the Enhanced Learning Club. Here, we have created a safe and accessible space where we can come together to explore systems ideas, concepts and approaches and together, grow our understanding and confidence. This is the place to ask the ‘silly’ questions, to discuss your difficulties, to share your ideas and interpretations whilst helping others do the same. In the ELC, there are no novices, and no experts. Please note: This cohort is open to anyone formally studying Systems Thinking and practice.

SCiO Enhanced Learning ClubAre you an Apprentice studying Systems Thinking?Would you like to join like-minded people in exploring systems, practice, ideas, feelings and difficulties?If yes to both, then the Enhanced Learning Club is for you!ImageSCiO is opening up Cohort 3 (Apprentice Edition) of the Enhanced Learning Club. Here, we have created a safe and accessible space where we can come together to explore systems ideas, concepts and approaches and together, grow our understanding and confidence.This is the place to ask the ‘silly’ questions, to discuss your difficulties, to share your ideas and interpretations whilst helping others do the same. In the ELC, there are no novices, and no experts.Please note: This cohort is open to anyone formally studying Systems Thinking and practice.

SCiO Competency Framework & Professional Qualification in systems practice (Systems and Complexity in Organisation – the systems practice professional?body)

SCiO has created a framework of competencies for members who are practitioners of systems thinking, based on our?Systems Thinking Body of Knowledge (SysBoK) , the systems laws regularly explored in Development Days, and this is aligned to the Institute for Apprenticeship (IfA)?Systems Thinking Practice L7 accreditation ?and their framework of Knowledge, Skills & Behaviours.

This framework details competencies, along with a method for members to self-assess their skill ability, mapping of extent of practice, and evidence, against …

Systems Knowledge and Skills
Systems Thinking Knowledge and Skills
Intervention Skills

The SCiO Competency Framework portfolio form can be downloaded by?clicking?here ?and is used to commence the self-assessment process. If you require an editable form of the portfolio form?please contact:?[email protected] . The CF resource guide that provides references for each item in the portfolio?form?can be downloaded by?clicking here .?

Professional Qualification?in Systems Practice To apply for a professional qualification, please download and complete the?Competency Framework (CF) portfolio form , then return it to:?[email protected] ?

The fee for undertaking the assessment is ￡95. Once qualified, you may be invited by SCiO or SPA to carry out assessments of other members of SCiO applying for a professional qualification. SCiO CF assessment is carried out by?Systems Practitioner Assessment Ltd (SPA) ?for SCiO, and uses a four-step process:

You begin by reviewing your capabilities as a practitioner against the?CF criteria , using the?CF Resources ?as needed. You can obtain advice about these documents from:?[email protected]
If you would like a practitioner grading awarded, you may submit your CF self-assessment to?[email protected] , and we will contact you within 20 working days, to arrange a CF assessment interview.?
Self-assessment review and competency grading is supported by an assessment interview with two Systems Thinking practitioners, using a method based on exploration of a number of practice situations, using standard criteria: Situation, Objectives/Goals, Actions, Results and Aftermath/Learning, the?SOARA method .?
On completion of this 2-hour assessment interview, we will award you a practitioner grade.?

If you submit your CF for review and grading, this will be based on the following criteria:?

Practitioner

Able to use one or?more systems methodologies or methods with support, with at least a skill level of ‘2’ in your primary approach.
Able to use one or more of the intervention approaches that are consistent with and required for their chosen systems methodology or method.?
May have practiced on systemic issues in only one sector or organisation, and may have only practiced in a part of an organisation that they control or manage.?

Certified Practitioner

Able to use one or?more systems methodologies or methods without support, with at least a skill level of ‘3’ in your primary approach.
Can use several intervention approaches that are consistent with and required for their chosen systems methods or methodologies, and has applied a range of options for how to plan, manage and execute an intervention.
May have practiced on systemic issues in only one organisation, and may have only practiced within their own organisation, but will have worked in or on organisations outside their immediate control.?

Advanced Practitioner

Able to use and supervise others in at least three systems methodologies or methods, and can apply systems laws and principles directly to situations.
Can use several intervention approaches that are consistent with and required for their chosen systems methods or methodologies, and has applied a range of options for how to plan, manage and execute an intervention.
Will have practiced on systemic outside of their own organisation. This does not mean being contracted out of a “home” organisation, but must have worked on situations wider than just contained within the home organisation.?

Fellow

Has developed one or more new systems methodologies or methods that others can use, and can apply systems laws and principles directly to situations.
Can use several intervention approaches that are consistent with and required for their chosen systems methods or methodologies, and has applied a range of options for how to plan, manage and execute an intervention.
Will have practiced in multiple sectors, and/or on systemic issues outside of their organisation. Will have worked on multi-organisational problems.?

In addition to the above gradings, SCiO may also award a supplementary title of?Technical Expert?in specific fields to applicants who are able to show that they:

Can supervise others in the use of one or more systems thinking methods or methodologies.
Can train others in the use of one or more systems thinking methods or methodologies.

Classification at skill levels will support mentoring, continual professional development priorities and support for IfA systems thinking practitioner apprenticeship assessment.?

SCiO manages the Competency Framework?criteria and resource guide of references?according to a specific policy and procedure; if you have any issues, concerns or proposals for improvement relating to??the CF items or reference resources, you can access this document by?clicking here .?

What are ‘the laws of biology’? – Mitchell?(2023)

Without tackling the fundamental philosophy of biological complexity, we might never truly understand how living organisms work

Kevin J Mitchell?is associate professor in developmental neurobiology at Trinity College, Dublin. He can be found on Twitter?@WiringtheBrain

The Biologist?64(6) p6

What are ‘the laws of biology’?Without tackling the fundamental philosophy of biological complexity, we might never truly understand how living organisms workThe Biologist 64(6) p6

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology – Miller, Baluska and Reber?(2023)

Volume 182 ,?September 2023, Pages 34-48

A revised central dogma for the 21st century: All biology is cognitive information processing

William B.?Miller?Jr.?a

,?Franti?ek?Balu?ka?b

,?Arthur S.?Reber?c

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2023.05.005 Get rights and content

Abstract

Crick’s Central Dogma has been a foundational aspect of 20th century biology, describing an implicit relationship governing the flow of information in biological systems in biomolecular terms. Accumulating scientific discoveries support the need for a revised Central Dogma to buttress evolutionary biology’s still-fledgling migration from a Neodarwinian canon. A reformulated Central Dogma to meet contemporary biology is proposed: all biology is cognitive information processing. Central to this contention is the recognition that life is the self-referential state, instantiated within the cellular form. Self-referential cells act to sustain themselves and to do so, cells must be in consistent harmony with their environment. That consonance is achieved by the continuous assimilation of environmental cues and stresses as information to self-referential observers. All received cellular information must be analyzed to be deployed as cellular problem-solving to maintain homeorhetic equipoise. However, the effective implementation of information is definitively a function of orderly information management. Consequently, effective cellular problem-solving is information processing and management. The epicenter of that cellular information processing is its self-referential internal measurement. All further biological self-organization initiates from this obligate activity. As the internal measurement by cells of information is self-referential by definition, self-reference is biological self-organization, underpinning 21st century Cognition-Based Biology.

A revised central dogma for the 21st century: All biology is cognitive information processingAuthor links open overlay panelWilliam B. Miller Jr. a, Franti?ek Balu?ka b, Arthur S. Reber c

Some upcoming systems | complexity | cybernetics evens from ‘The Prometheus?Project’

The project:

Cybernetics and the Digital Transition – Beckford?(2023)

On his website, John Beckford writes:

I was invited by ‘Metaphorum’, a community of practice developing and applying the work of Stafford Beer, to share some thoughts and insights in the field of cybernetics.

The slides can be found here:?https://metaphorum.org/webinars-2023-september-december

The video can be found here:?

Cybernetics and the Digital Transition – Beckford Consulting

Forthcoming systems / cybernetics events via ISSS –?LOTS!

SYSTEMIC TEAM COACHING – Peter?Hawkins

[A selection of sources]

PODCAST SHOW NOTES – DR. PETER HAWKINS

SYSTEMIC TEAM COACHING: COACHING THE 5 DISCIPLINES OF SUCCESSFUL TEAM PRACTICEPODCAST SHOW NOTES – DR. PETER HAWKINS

https://teamcoachingzone.com/dr-peterhawkins

The six lenses of systemic team coaching

Achieve Business Agility with the Six Lenses of Systemic Team Coaching

Five disciplines of a highly effective team

https://www.digitalleadership.ltd/blog/2021/2/25/effective-teams

Videos

And a piece that may actually be from Peter

https://www.henley.fi/2019/05/15/how-can-i-coach-my-team/

Mapping healthcare systems: negotiating multiple outcomes (Handbook) – Landa-Avila et al?(2021)

Download (11.29 MB)

?posted on?2021-11-25, 13:24?authored by?Cecilia Landa-AvilaCecilia Landa-Avila ,?Gyuchan Thomas JunGyuchan Thomas Jun ,?Carolina Escobar-Tello,?Rebecca Cain

Mapping healthcare systems: negotiating multiple outcomes (Handbook) CiteDownload (11.29 MB)ShareEmbed+ CollectOnline Resource posted on 2021-11-25, 13:24 authored by Cecilia Landa-AvilaCecilia Landa-Avila, Gyuchan Thomas JunGyuchan Thomas Jun, Carolina Escobar-Tello, Rebecca Cain

The machine for living in the conversational age – van Stralen?(2015)

Mateus van?Stralen ?

Kybernetes

ISSN:?0368-492X

Article publication date: 7 September 2015

The machine for living in the conversational ageMateus van Stralen KybernetesISSN: 0368-492XArticle publication date: 7 September 2015

Complexity Theory: A Science of Cultural Systems? Cham and Johnson?(2007)

Authors

DOI:?

https://doi.org/10.5204/mcj.2672

How to Cite

Cham, K., & Johnson, J. (2007). Complexity Theory: A Science of Cultural Systems?.?M/C Journal,?10(3). https://doi.org/10.5204/mcj.2672

Complexity TheoryA Science of Cultural Systems?AuthorsKaren ChamJeffrey JohnsonDOI: https://doi.org/10.5204/mcj.2672How to CiteCham, K., & Johnson, J. (2007). Complexity Theory: A Science of Cultural Systems?. M/C Journal, 10(3). https://doi.org/10.5204/mcj.2672

https://journal.media-culture.org.au/mcjournal/article/view/2672

Healthcare systems design: A participatory outcome-based approach for multistakeholder negotiation – Landa-Avila?(2022)

Download (28.59 MB)

?posted on?2022-07-14, 15:14?authored by?Cecilia Landa-Avila

Healthcare systems design: A participatory outcome-based approach for multistakeholder negotiation CiteDownload (28.59 MB)ShareEmbed+ CollectThesis posted on 2022-07-14, 15:14 authored by Cecilia Landa-Avila

Powering Productivity | Exploring links between energy, wellbeing and the UK’s productivity puzzle – Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable?Prosperity

Productivity growth means getting more output from fewer inputs. It is a key goal of conventional economic policy. But ‘productivity growth’ is a vague concept and there are large gaps in our understanding of it. This ESRC funded project explores links between the different types of productivity and two major gaps: the relationship between energy and producanoctivity, and wellbeing and productivity. The aim is to map the existing evidence base and guide future ESRC productivity research.

School of Design and Creative Arts, Loughborough University – Complex?Systems

Addressing the interactions between people, products, technologies, services, procedures, policies and culture which, when combined, form complex socio-technical systems.

Complex Systems

Key systems thinking lessons from Donella?Meadows

Key systems thinking lessons from Donella Meadows – Integration and Implementation Insights

A Reading of ‘Combining’ with Nora Bateson – London, October 23 2023,?6pm

Join us at a special event to celebrate the publication of Nora Bateson’s new book

GINGAmapping: Conversational strategies in technical advisory meta-learning for socio-spatial groups – van Stralen et al (2022,?RSD11)

GINGAmapping: Conversational strategies in technical advisory meta-learning for socio-spatial groups

The Myth of The Algorithm: A System-Level View of Algorithmic Amplification – Lum and Lazovich?(2023)

The Myth of The Algorithm: A System-Level View of Algorithmic Amplification – Lum and Lazovich (2023)

Systems Theory Framework of Career Development – Wendy Patton & Mary?McMahon

[An interesting chat about systems thinking and coaching surfaced this new-to-me systems approach (and remember, I’ve been at this a while now!) – a new spiral arm of the galaxy, indeed. It was mentioned because I was speculating on identity and boundary-crossing as coachable issues, and indeed…]

Presentation by the authors, 2016

Paper, 2006

The Systems Theory Framework of Career Development and Counseling: Connecting Theory and Practice

January 2006
International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling ?28(2):153-166

DOI:10.1007/s10447-005-9010-1

Source
OAI

Authors: Wendy Patton Mary McMahon

The University of Queensland

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/226536274_The_Systems_Theory_Framework_of_Career_Development_and_Counseling_Connecting_Theory_and_Practice

Book, 2021

Career Development and Systems Theory

Connecting Theory and Practice (4th Edition)

Series:?Career Development Series , Volume: 10

Authors:?Wendy Patton ?and? Mary McMahon

https://brill.com/display/title/60419

The Neurology of Business: Implementing the Viable System Model – Pfiffner (2022,?book)

Authors:

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-14260-4

Leading by Weak Signals: Using Small Data to Master Complexity – Gomez and Lambertz (2023,?book)

Published by?De Gruyter ?2023

Leading by Weak Signals

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110797886/html#overview

The smarter state: Between the ‘magic money tree’ and the ‘reform fairy’ https://www.ippr.org/research/publications/the-smarter-state

Cultural evolutionary behavioural science in public policy | Behavioural Public Policy | Cambridge Core https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/be

SCiO Enhanced Learning Club – for systems practice apprentices and anyone formally studying systems thinking and practice https://stream.syscoi.com/2023/10/10/scio-enhanced-learning-club-for-systems-practice-apprentices-and-anyone-formally-studying-systems-thinking-and-practice/

Some really fantastic systems | cybernetics | complexity material from SCiO (Systems and Complexity in Organisation) – the systems practitioner body https://www.dhirubhai.net/mynetwork/

The Pithead Baths of Great Britain https://modernisttourists.com/2017/01/01/the-pithead-baths-of-great-britain/

Assembly Theory is Cool ... https://www.johannesjaeger.eu/blog/assembly-theory-is-cool

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The Golden Moment https://squiretothegiants.com/2023/10/06/the-golden-moment/

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OII | Geographies of Digital Exclusion: Data and Inequality https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/publications/geographies-of-digital-exclusion-data-and-inequality/

www.oii.ox.ac.uk OII | Geographies of Digital Exclusion: Data and Inequality Today's urban environments are layered with data and algorithms that shape how we perceive and move through space. But are our digitally dense environments continuing to amplify inequalities rather than alleviate them?

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