Systems & complexity
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Harnessing the collision of four ways of knowing
How can solving today’s most complex challenges reckon with four fundamentally different ways of knowing?
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Heart of the problems with Boeing, Takata, & Toyota (part 5): Boeing’s continued knowledge mismanagement
Five years ago, knowledge management (KM) failures contributed to Boeing's fatal 737 MAX crashes. Has anything changed?
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Dealing with imperfection in tackling complex problems
Imperfection is inevitable both in attempting to develop a comprehensive understanding of complex societal and environmental problems and in acting…
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From networks to systems of influence: The role of emergence in change
How can people turn a common cause and vision of what’s possible into change? Can networks and communities of practice…
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Insights into the science of complexity
The science of complexity conveys a view of the world as dynamic, richly interdependent and full of variety.
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Crashes, blackouts and climate tipping points: how can we tell when a system is close to the edge?
New research predicts when noisy systems are approaching precarious “critical points” – and finds that some parts of the brain…
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Competencies for systems thinking practitioners. Part 2: Skills and behaviours
A systems thinking practitioner should have these skills and behavioural attributes.
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Competencies for systems thinking practitioners. Part 1: Overall expectations and knowledge
What systems thinking practitioners should be able to, and the five areas of knowledge they require.
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The Strategic Choice Approach in shaping public policies
How to work together to move rapidly towards commitments to action or to changes of policy on difficult issues of…
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Para problemas complejos, intervenciones sistémicas: el Proceso de Diseño de Intervención
El Proceso de Diseño de Intervención (PDI) es un enfoque no lineal que integra diferentes modelos, métodos, técnicas y herramientas…
