Systems & complexity
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Pragmatism and critical systems thinking: Back to the future of systems thinking
Pragmatism can help systems thinking realize its potential and systems thinking can help pragmatism achieve what it set out to…
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Inclusive Systemic Thinking for transformative change
Inclusive Systemic Thinking is an emerging approach that builds on the tradition of systems thinking for problem solving.
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Viable System Model: A theory for designing more responsive organisations
How complex organisations can be more capable of responding to a changing and unpredictable environment.
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Seven methods for mapping systems
Effective approaches for developing causal maps of systems in participatory ways.
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Managing complexity with human learning systems
How can those in public service think more effectively about improving people’s lives, when each person’s life is a unique…
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Why complex problems need abductive reasoning
How does the way we approach complex problems differ from how we approach problems that are familiar or obvious?
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Systems thinking in public policy: Making space to think differently
Why does public policy go wrong? What is required instead?
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Multidisciplinary perspectives on unknown unknowns
How can different disciplines and practitioners enhance the ability to understand and manage unknown unknowns, also referred to as deep…
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How sense-making helped a community reclaim their voice
What if the community assumed total ownership of the project and was responsible for project leadership and design?