Weekly Updates From Si Network

These past weeks we have been working on upgrading our core toolkit for systems innovation and this week we wish to welcome you to an online walk through of how it works. This Systems Innovation Toolkit is designed as an open-source set of modules that can be used for enabling a systems change initiative in the context of addressing a wicked challenge. We welcome you to download the toolkit and use it in your projects or for learning purposes.

Complexity theory is an exciting new area that is offering us a fresh perspective on many important issues, such as understanding our financial system, ecosystems, and large social organizations. This eBook is designed to be an overview to the core concepts within complexity theory, presented in an intuitive form that should be accessible to anyone with an interest in the subject. Download the eBook here:

We have recently compiled our series of 21 guides on all things to do with systems innovation in to a course to help get you get started learning. They are free and Creative Commons so you can learn and help others learn also.

Futuring is the use of a systematic process to think about the future; framing and forming possible scenarios for the future to gain insight into the best actions to take in the present. Futurists use what they see in the present as a view on to the future; they watch trends and try to envision what may happen.?

This course is here to help you learn the basic ideas and methods of futuring - it is particularly for those interested in transformational innovation.?