Harnessing the positive deviance approach to solving social problems
A new paper identifies five stages in the identification and amplification of the tacit knowledge…
Applied Understanding: To Degree or Not [Systems thinking & modelling series]
If ever there was a place for strategic thinking, it is in how someone starts,…
The global state of open data
Findings from the latest version of the Global Open Data Index (GODI) reveal a number…
Applied Understanding: Swamping Insights [Systems thinking & modelling series]
Enhancing one part of a process may ensure the whole process gets worse.
Applied Understanding: Sustainable Capitalism [Systems thinking & modelling series]
The influences leading to short term focus and long term decline.
A systems approach to change in government
A recent paper reminds us of the potential for more systemic change within the public…
Applied Understanding: Increasing Indebtedness to Banks [Systems thinking & modelling series]
This model investigates why we are continually more indebted to banks and provides an option.
Challenges and practices for effective knowledge transfer in globally distributed teams
Knowledge transfer in globally distributed teams (GDTs) in the context of global software development (GSD).
Paper explores the movement of knowledge throughout the EU
The expansion of the EU has facilitated the circulation of high-skilled talent throughout the EU.
Applied Understanding: Control Theory [Systems thinking & modelling series]
The environment and the active system are both engaged in the output, and there is…