Systems & complexity
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US climate change mitigation strategy requires system thinking and defined requirements
Discussions, strategies, and sustainable solutions to mitigate climate change impacts would benefit from a systems approach.
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How systems thinking enhances systems leadership
How can systems leadership, which involves collaboration to address complex issues and achieve systemic transformations, be helped by systems thinking?
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Four building blocks of systems thinking
DSRP theory describes 4 simple rules that dynamically combine to explain the complexity of physical, natural, and social systems.
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A quick guide to post-normal science
Post-normal science comes into play for decision-making on policy issues where facts are uncertain, values in dispute, stakes high and…
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Knowledge management and critical thinking: Congress, legislative outcomes and systems thinking
Knowledge management and critical thinking are requisite fundamentals for legislative success.
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Keys to transformation: Interactions of values, rules, and knowledge
How can decision makers more effectively see the institutional and social water they swim in, in order to better drive…
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Considering uncertainty, awareness and ambiguity as a three-dimensional space
The concept of unknown unknowns highlights the importance of introspection in assessing knowledge.
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Tuning resilience and robustness of complex systems
Understanding that systems tend to be naturally robust but can be made more resilient through conscious system design practices adds…
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Decentralization helps firms weather turbulent times
Local managers usually have access to more accurate and timely information with which to make decisions in times of crisis,…