Transduction — leading transformation — Issue #65
Having completely messed up the numbering, I’m now just sticking with the fact that this is the 65th Revue newsletter I’ve put out… see all (and better formatting than my blog, linkedin etc) at https://www.getrevue.co/profile/antlerboy
We are going to be recruiting at RedQuarant recently to cover various roles within our operations team:
- bid management and operations team management
- management trainee / junior consultant, reporting directly to me and working closely with me to support client delivery and running the business
- finance support
Drop me a line if interested!
What skills do we need for the future? — chosen-path.org
I’m delivering some serious face-to-face training again this week — hasn’t been a regular event for the last three years! And engaging with a live room full of people — responding to their personal development needs as well as the needs of management — well, it’s a thrill! What strikes me, again and again, is … Continue reading What skills do we need for the future? →
The PSTA is launching a new Contract Management programme this Autumn
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The Public Service Transformation Academy is launching a new programme on contract management for public service professionals. Learn more by following the link below:
SCiO Ireland: Inaugural Meeting | SCiO Wed 12 October 2022 20:00–21:30 GMT+1 | Systems Community of Inquiry — stream.syscoi.com
Link SCiO Ireland: Inaugural Meeting | SCiO A new SCiO Ireland group is holding an inaugural meeting, so if you live on the island of Ireland, please register and come and join in. Some groups post events quite late, so it is always worth checking the website — also for changes to dates and times.…
SCiO monthly events newsletter — October & November 2022 — Systems and Complexity in Organisation | Systems Community of Inquiry — stream.syscoi.com
This is the end-September monthly events mailing from SCiO. Click on the flags or group titles below to go to the events that interest you. Please remember that you can attend online events organised by any of the SCiO groups if they are held in a language you speak/understand. Further details of events may be…
RSD11: Possibilities and Practices of Systemic Design | RSDX 3–9 Oct (free) | Pre-symposium workshops 12 Oct | RSD11 13–16 Oct 2002 | Systems Community of Inquiry — stream.syscoi.com
We are coming up to the beginning of Relating Systems Thinking and Design (RSD11): Possibilities and Practices of Systemic Design hosted online and in person at the University of Brighton. The overall programme has over 100 papers, over 30 workshops, and a number of other special interactive sessions and threads. Overall, the theme of the event is…
The Hierarchy Is Bullshit (And Bad For Business) — charity.wtf — charity.wtf
My friend Molly has had an impressive career. She got a job as a software engineer after graduating from college, and after kicking ass for a year or so she was offered a promotion to management, which she accepted with relish. Molly was smart, driven, and fiercely ambitious, so she swiftly clambered up the ranks…
Simon Clarke interview: ‘Truss is enjoying her chance to pull Britain out of its fool’s paradise’ | News | The Times — www.thetimes.co.uk
It has been, Simon Clarke admits with a little understatement, an “uncomfortable week” for the government. As part of the “quad” of Liz Truss’s closest political allies, Clarke has had a ringside seat for both the formulation of Kwasi Kwarteng’s ill-fated “pro-growth” budget and the crisis talks to
Four system traps, in undesirable regimes — Coevolving Innovations | Systems Community of Inquiry — stream.syscoi.com
Four system traps, in undesirable regimes September 29, 2022 daviding Four system traps, in undesirable regimes — Coevolving Innovations
Power Bends Light | honkathon — honkathon.com
Some notes about acquiring power that I wish I’d understood years ago.
Sustainably Run and proud, making a difference every day — buff.ly
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Organizations and Subjectivism Pt. 2 | Novi Milenkovic — stream.syscoi.com
Organizations and Subjectivism Pt. 2Published on September 28, 2022 Novi Milenkovic — Navigating Complexity Organizations and Subjectivism Pt. 2 | LinkedIn
Apart from the ‘blind men and the elephant’, and the ‘steersman/kybernetes’ what are some archetypal illustrations of systems thinking | complexity | cybernetics? — stream.syscoi.com
I like eg ‘Eppur si muove’ https://bit.ly/3BLbBw7 and ‘the evening star IS the morning star’ https://bit.ly/3qGh2Gc In this LinkedIn post, I also commented ‘Obviously I should have used ‘flocking’ and ‘that obesity map’ too :-)’ John Siegrist said ‘Does the butterfly effect count? I believe Lorentz used to talk about chaos in weather forecasting? And […]
When pull turns to shove: modeling how tribalism and environmental bias form ideological distributions in large populations — hybrid seminar, David Sabin-Miller Center for the Study of Complex Systems, University of Michigan, Tuesday, October 4, 2022, 11:30EST
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When pull turns to shove: modeling how tribalism and environmental bias form ideological distributions in large populationsThis seminar will be HYBRID David Sabin-MillerCenter for the Study of Complex Systems, University of Michigan Tuesday, October 4, 202211:30 ESTWeiser Hall Room 747 andZOOM https://umich.zoom.us/j/96616169868CSCS (all caps) Link to full event listingAbstract: Modeling the dynamics of political ideology can help us […]
Searching for a Good Regulator. Does a system have its own purpose… | by Aidan Ward | GentlySerious | Sep, 2022 | Medium — stream.syscoi.com
Searching for a Good RegulatorDoes a system have its own purpose, irrespective of what anyone says its purpose is? This a Stafford Beer thing, coined as a description of the parts department of Jaguar, which Stafford claimed was there to keep his car off the road. The Purpose of a System is What it Does: […]
The path of evolution is always through the adjacent possible
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The path of evolution is always through the adjacent possible Gordon Brander The path of evolution is always through the adjacent possible
Reality for a cybernetician: — stream.syscoi.com
Originally posted on Harish’s Notebook — My notes… Lean, Cybernetics, Quality & Data Science.: I am writing this post after a short break. My topic for the post is “reality”. I have always been fascinated with the idea of ontology in philosophy. It is loosely described as the study of existence or reality and…
My ‘Snowden — Seddon’ Venn diagram | Squire to the Giants — stream.syscoi.com
My ‘Snowden — Seddon’ Venn diagramSeptember 28, 2022 My ‘Snowden — Seddon’ Venn diagram | Squire to the Giants
Book Pick: Stafford Beer & The Brain of the Firm — Caminao’s Ways
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Book Pick: Stafford Beer & The Brain of the Firm Book Pick: Stafford Beer & The Brain of the Firm — Caminao’s Ways
Seeking a systems and complexity person to research work on complex systems — see link
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Abigail Freeman Founding Partner at Brink Hello LinkedIn friends. I’d love your recommendations on a person or institute we should link with.We’re on the hunt for a systems person. A complexity nerd, if you will. Ideally a PhD who would relish the opportunity to follow along some of our complex systems work in real time […]
Systems thinking in public policy: Making space to think differently — Catherine Hobbs — Integration and Implementation Insights
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Systems thinking in public policy: Making space to think differentlySeptember 20, 2022By Catherine Hobbs Systems thinking in public policy: Making space to think differently — Integration and Implementation Insights
“Any old map will do” meets “God is in every leaf of every tree” | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
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“Any old map will do” meets “God is in every leaf of every tree” “Any old map will do” meets “God is in every leaf of every tree” | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science “Any old map will do” meets “God is in every leaf of every tree” Posted on April 23, 2012 9:23 […]
Whence Systems Research? — by Ben Reinhardt — ARPA Riffing
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Whence Systems Research?What the the heck is systems research? Why is it important? Why are we bad at it? How could we do better?Ben ReinhardtAug 11 Whence Systems Research? — by Ben Reinhardt — ARPA Riffing
Model-Dependent Realism | Hawking and Mlodinov
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Model-Dependent Realism Model-Dependent Realism | Science4All THE ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE 2005 Stephen Hawking STEPHEN HAWKING ON MODEL-DEPENDENT REALISM Stephen Hawking on model-dependent realism — William Currie STEPHEN HAWKING ON MODEL-DEPENDENT REALISM Stephen Hawking on model-dependent realism — William Currie The Grand Design — Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow (2010)Chapter 3. What Is Reality What Is […]
Emergentism | Chapter 2: From Reduction to Emergence
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Emergentism | Chapter 2: From Reduction to EmergenceBrendan Graham Dempsey7 hr ago52New Laws: Thermodynamics and Evolution Emergentism | Chapter 2: From Reduction to Emergence
Vol. 5 №1 (2022): Creative Writing by and for Systemic Practitioners | Murmurations: Journal of Transformative Systemic Practice
Types of learning, with panarchical change as (i) incremental, (ii) lurching, and (iii) transformational — Coevolving Innovations
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Types of learning, with panarchical change as (i) incremental, (ii) lurching, and (iii) transformational September 26, 2022 daviding Types of learning, with panarchical change as (i) incremental, (ii) lurching, and (iii) transformational — Coevolving Innovations
Workshop: Practicing evaluation with systems thinking in practice (online 14 & 21 October 2022) — Ray Ison, Australian Evaluation Society
Lizzo plays James Madison’s flute at Library of Congress — www.youtube.com
Lizzo played various collectible flutes in the Reading Room and flute vault at the Library of Congress’s Great Hall on Sept. 26, including former president J…