Transduction — leading transformation — Issue #57

Benjamin P. Taylor
10 min readJul 16, 2022

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A two-week special as I was just too busy last week… and also short because I am very busy still… everything will be much quieter in two weeks’ time (as always)…

Have you heard about the dream of Total Football?chosen-path.org
A completely integrated, fluid team. Every player plays in every position. A beautiful pattern of adaptation and agility — the team itself is the active intelligence on the pitch, not the individuals. The dream of ‘agile’ and of teams since time immemorial. I’ve shared before how the systems ‘triangle game’ can give you an experience of being … Continue reading Have you heard about the dream of Total Football? →

What do ‘systems leadership’ and ‘systems change ‘ mean to you? What questions would you like me to answer?chosen-path.org
I’m talking about them at the free SCiO — Systems and Complexity in Organisation evening session tonight (18:30–20:30 UK time), and I’m sharing the session with David Ing who is four years into a ten-year ‘systems changes’ journey. Session info: SCiO Virtual Open Meeting — July 2022Virtual Open Meeting: A series of presentations of general interest to … Continue reading What do ‘systems leadership’ and ‘systems change ‘ mean to you? What questions would you like me to answer? →

18 July, 18:30, Later in the Bar, SCiO — @antlerboy hostingwww.publicservicetransformation.org

18:30–20:00 (GMT+1), Mon 18 July 2022, Online. “Later in the bar” is a SCiO UK networking event where we try to recapture some of the features of meeting in the bar after an open meeting. This is an opportunity to mingle freely (online) and set your own agenda. These social networking events are different from […]

What systems thinking practice would be most useful in your organisation?chosen-path.org
We are now offering the Systems Thinking Practitioner Apprenticeship, with a free Q&A session on Friday 22 July from 11–12:30 — to join go to https://www.systemspractice.org/events/q-and-session-cherith-simmonsscio-systems-thinking-practitioner-apprenticeship This is for those in management, leadership, change, and more — it’s the equivalent of a Masters degree (level 7 UK) but you don’t need a degree, just to be able to put … Continue reading What systems thinking practice would be most useful in your organisation? →

22 July, 11:00, Q&A Session for Systems Thinking Practitioner Apprenticeshiwww.publicservicetransformation.org

11:00, 22 July 2022, Online What #systemsthinking practice would be most useful in your #business or #organisation? SCiO are now offering the Systems Thinking Practitioner Apprenticeship, with a free Q&A session on Friday 22 July from 11–12:30. Find out more here.

A community-powered NHS. New Local.www.publicservicetransformation.org

As the NHS faces ever-rising demand, its founding principles of being free and universal are under threat. But there is a solution: a radical shift towards a healthcare system focused as much on preventing illness as treating it. Working collaboratively with communities as equal partners in the design and delivery of healthcare. By moving towards […]

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23 August, 19:00, SCiO UK Virtual Development Eventwww.publicservicetransformation.org

19:00–21:00 (GMT+1), Tue 23 August 2022, Online. SCiO’s Development Days offer an opportunity to draw upon the collective expertise of SCiO members in a friendly and supportive atmosphere. By taking Development Events online, using the Zoom meeting platform, we aim to make them accessible to more SCiO members Development Events are both for members who […]

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What do YOU want for the future of work? I want to end employment!chosen-path.org
Join the discussion at https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_futureofwork-scotland-benjamin-taylor-activity-6952887038043897856-K92V/ What do you want the future of work to hold? I think we should abolish employment! This evening, I’m talking at The Future of Work Scotland about my ideas. I’m no expert, so I’m not predicting or analysing. I’ll talk about what I don’t like in the way we organise … Continue reading What do YOU want for the future of work? I want to end employment! →

What were the connections between ‘systems thinking’ and Nazism?stream.syscoi.com
See this tweet and replies from Paul Nightingale If I was being really mean, I’d point out that the original systems thinkers were very keen on Buddhist and Hindu symbols… Well one in particular. — Paul Nightingale (@Nightingale_P) July 13, 2022 includes: “The early ones were literally Nazis who were interned after the war. Concepts […]

What do ‘systems leadership’ and ‘systems change ‘ mean to you? What questions would you like me to answer?stream.syscoi.com
Originally posted on chosen path: I’m talking about them at the free SCiO — Systems and Complexity in Organisation evening session tonight (18:30–20:30 UK time), and I’m sharing the session with David Ing who is four years into a ten-year ‘systems changes’ journey. Session info: SCiO Virtual Open Meeting — July 2022Virtual Open Meeting: A series of…

New residential places are now open at Newspeak Housewww.publicservicetransformation.org

Newspeak House, The London College of Political Technology, is an independent residential college founded in 2015. Its mission is to study, nurture and inspire emerging communities of practice across civil society and the public sector in the UK. Its new residential places are now open. Find out more about Newspeak here, and learn about residencies […]

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David Ing, “Systems Changes Learning: Recasting and reifying rhythmic shifts for doing, alongside thinking and making”, The Journal of Sustainable Smart Behavior , August 2022, in press

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David Ing, “Systems Changes Learning: Recasting and reifying rhythmic shifts for doing, alongside thinking and making”, The Journal of Sustaiable Smart Behavior , August 2022, in press 2022/07 Systems Changes Learning: Recasting and reifying rhythmic shifts for doing, alongside thinking and making | Coevolving Innovations 2022/07 Systems Changes Learning: Recasting and reifying rhythmic shifts for […]

Renger — System Evaluation | Justevaluationstream.syscoi.com
SYSTEM EVALUATION System Evaluation | Justevaluation

Identity, Power, and Speech with Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò — The Digstream.syscoi.com
I’m quite taken by this — a very well-observed piece Podcast https://thedig.blubrry.net/podcast/identity-power-and-speech-with-olufemi-taiwo-2/ Article https://www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/being-in-the-room-privilege-elite-capture-and-epistemic-deference

The Hierarchy of Illusions — by Geoff Marlowstream.syscoi.com
The Hierarchy of IllusionsMistaking what you have, or what you do, for who you areGeoff Marlow5 hr ago The Hierarchy of Illusions — by Geoff Marlow

The Viable System Model and Metaphorum as tools for change | by Olaf Brugman | Jul, 2022 | and videos from Metaphorum conferencestream.syscoi.com
The Viable System Model and Metaphorum as tools for change The Viable System Model and Metaphorum as tools for change | by Olaf Brugman | Jul, 2022 | Medium Videos:

Touching the elephantstream.syscoi.com
#TIL than in 1998, some absolute MAD LADS at the BBC organised for some blind people to touch an elephant 😀 BBC Radio 4 Extra — 90 by 90 The Full Set, 1998: Touching The Elephant https://bbc.in/3PqNeYA Also on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3O6bo9J

Insights and future directions for systems and complexity‐informed evaluation — Walton et al (2021)stream.syscoi.com
Insights and future directions for systems and complexity-informed evaluationMat Walton,Emily F. Gates,Pablo VidueiraFirst published: 01 September 2021 Insights and future directions for systems and complexity‐informed evaluation — Walton — 2021 — New Directions for Evaluation — Wiley Online Library Insights and future directions for systems and complexity-informed evaluation Mat Walton,Emily F. Gates,Pablo Vidueira First published: […]

Resurgence • Uniting Mind, Matter and Life — Erlwein-Vicuna (2022)stream.syscoi.com
Uniting Mind, Matter and LifeDONATE NOWIssue 333Jul/Aug 2022What’s in a WordConnected LifeUniting Mind, Matter and Lifeby Alfredo Erlwein-VicuñaCover: Artwork by Carole Hénaff www.carolehenaff.comBuy IssueReprint permissionsAlfredo Erlwein-Vicuña considers the theory of autopoiesis 50 years on. Resurgence • Article — Uniting Mind, Matter and Life

If You Don’t Know You Better Ask Somebody.stream.syscoi.com
Originally posted on Princess Fantastic: Have you ever seen someone freak out at a church? People who couldn’t walk get up out of their chairs. People speak in tongues, they fall shivering to the floor. So when these people talk to someone who doesn’t think there’s a God, there’s a big disconnect. All of those…

The Ecosystem of Wicked Problems by Christian Sarkar — Global Peter Drucker Forum BLOGstream.syscoi.com
The Ecosystem of Wicked Problems by Christian Sarkar The Ecosystem of Wicked Problems by Christian Sarkar — Global Peter Drucker Forum BLOG

Providing sound theoretical roots to sustainability science: systems science and (second-order) cybernetics | Biggiero (2018)stream.syscoi.com
Providing sound theoretical roots to sustainability science: systems science and (second-order) cyberneticsLucio Biggiero (99+) Providing sound theoretical roots to sustainability science: systems science and (second-order) cybernetics | Lucio Biggiero — Academia.edu

STiP Jubilee Seminar: Second-order perspectives on learning and practice under complex conditions — YouTubestream.syscoi.com
STiP Jubilee Seminar: Second-order perspectives on learning and practice under complex conditions Second-order perspectives on learning and practice under complex conditions is presented by Dr Andrew Mitchelle of De Montfort University. STiP Jubilee Seminar: Second-order perspectives on learning and practice under complex conditions — YouTube

CybCon22: Advantages of a Model-Centric Cybernetics Paradigm — Mick Ashby and the Ethical Regulator Theoremstream.syscoi.com
CybCon22: Advantages of a Model-Centric Cybernetics ParadigmThis is the most recent presentation, which was given at the May 2022 Cybernetics Society Cybernetics Conversation Conference.First it demonstrates how the new paradigm can be derived from the first principles of cybernetics and how it naturally extends beyond second-order reflexivity to create a third-order regulator, which is a […]

2022/07/08 Appreciating Systems Changes | Coevolving Innovationsstream.syscoi.com
Is the subject of systems change(s), as a whole, distinct from a reduction into (i) systems and (ii) changes? For practice, theory and methods to be authentically rigourous, the philosophy underlying an approach to systems changes can be explicated. An appreciative systems framework surfaces presumptions of (i) what are and are not systems changes; (ii) […]

What Is The Model of Hierarchical Complexity? — Metamodernastream.syscoi.com
The theory that is today the Model of Hierarchical Complexity was first pres­ented by Michael Lamport Commons and Francis Asbury Richards in the early 1980s. It builds directly upon the Piagetian model and the work of Kohlberg and can be consider­ed as neo-Piagetian (although some call it “post-Piagetian”), bec­ause it large­ly suppo­ses that the Piagetian […]

Kenneth Stanley: Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective — YouTubestream.syscoi.com
Kenneth Stanley: Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective Kenneth O. Stanley, Associate Professor, University of Central Florida In artificial intelligence and elsewhere, it has long been assumed that the best way to achieve an ambitious outcome is to set it as […]

Complexity perspectives on behaviour change interventionsstream.syscoi.com
Originally posted on … And Out Come the Systems | Käyttäytymisarkkitehtuuri: I had the great pleasure to be involved in organising a symposium on the topic of my dissertation. Many if not most societal problems are both behavioural and complex; hence the speakers’ backgrounds varied from systems science, and psychology to social work and physics.…

Home — The Liminal Learning Portalstream.syscoi.com
Our global civilization faces multiple systemic threats.The inevitable deeply disruptive transition will lead…EITHER to untold pain and suffering — via chaosOR (maybe) to a New Era — via conscious evolution.On this site, we curate the content of some of the people and organizations who are consciously working directly or indirectly on Humanity’s Transition.Watch the video […]

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