RSVP here: https://www.systemsinnovation.network/events/how-might-we-transform-civil-service-with-systems-thinking-cocreation We are pleased to announce this co-creation to explore and envision how systems thinking could transform how we do civil service at different levels of government – particularly for local authorities. We believe local authorities have a critical role to play in supporting and creating the new ways of working and collaborating […]

You can find the full set of Complexity Concept Cards here: https://bit.ly/SiCards Evolution is the adaptation of a group of entities that occurs on a macro-level over a period of many life cycles reflecting the response of the collection of agents to changes in their environment. Evolution functions through a process of, variety production, interaction,

Learn more about the Si Series here: https://bit.ly/SiSeries Our Systems Innovator Series is a six-month journey where we bring together all our content and activity types and put them together in a weekly program to help you on your journey into the world of systems innovation. During the series, you will learn new ideas and

You can find the full set of Complexity Concept Cards here: https://bit.ly/SiCards Cybernetics is the study of control, communications and information processing within systems of all kind, biological, technological and social. The word cybernetics comes from the Greek word meaning “governance” or “to steer, navigate or govern”. Cybernetic systems use information and communications processes to

You can find the full set of Complexity Concept Cards here: https://bit.ly/SiCards Adaptation is the capacity for a system to change its state in response to some change within its environment. An adaptive system is a system that can change given some external perturbation, and this is done in order to improve or maintain its

You can find the full set of Complexity Concept Cards here: https://bit.ly/SiCards Understanding and working with complexity requires that we build awareness through the synthesis of multiple perspectives. “A systems approach begins when first you see the world through the eyes of another.” This famous quote from Charles Churchman illustrates the need for us to

You can find the full set of Complexity Concept Cards here: https://bit.ly/SiCards Decentralization is a structural feature of a network that has an even distribution of nodes and connectivity such that there are no elements with a radically higher level of connectivity and capacity that would make them central to the network. Examples include grid

You can find the full set of Complexity Concept Cards here: https://bit.ly/SiCards Due to their high level of connectivity, all complex systems have a network architecture to them and it is a defining feature of how they work. Thus network theory is central to understanding complex systems of all kinds, be that the Internet, a

You can find the full set of Complexity Concept Cards here: https://bit.ly/SiCards The term synergy comes from the word working together. A synergy is an interaction between two or more things that combine to create an effect that is different in some way from the two combined effects acting in isolation. Synergy is a prevalent

You can find the full set of Complexity Concept Cards here: https://bit.ly/SiCards Interdependency is a central concept used to define a system, in that without interdependency between parts there is no system – just a set of independent elements. Interdependence is a type of connection or relation between elements. Relations may be defined as either