Rowan Conway, Jeff Masters, and Jake Thorold wrote a paper for RSA titled From Design Thinking to Systems Change, July 2017, 33-page PDF. Continue reading “Augmenting design thinking with a systems thinking approach”
The Rise Of Complexity
Joss Colchester wrote an article titled The Rise Of Complexity.
« The reductionist approach has both its achievements and failures, out of it we have created a sophisticated and powerful body of knowledge that is one of humanities greatest achievements. But also by breaking things down and focusing on the parts it systematically de-promotes the relations between these parts and the different levels of organization that can emerge out of them. » Continue reading “The Rise Of Complexity”
Strategy is inherently complex
Donald Sull, Stefano Turconi, Charles Sull, and James Yoder wrote an article for MIT Sloan Management Review titled Turning Strategy Into Results (September 28, 2017). Continue reading “Strategy is inherently complex”
Emergent Strategy Development for Organizations
Alexis Downs, Rita A Durant, and Adrian N. Carr wrote a 20-page article titled Emergent Strategy Development for Organizations, for the journal Emergence, Volume #5, Issue #2, June 2003. Continue reading “Emergent Strategy Development for Organizations”
Marketing strategy can be neither wholly planned nor wholly agile
JP Castlin wrote an article for Marketing Week titled Marketing strategy can be neither wholly planned nor wholly agile. Continue reading “Marketing strategy can be neither wholly planned nor wholly agile”
Systems Thinking and the Cobra Effect
Barry Newell and Christopher Doll of United Nations University wrote an article titled Systems Thinking and the Cobra Effect. Continue reading “Systems Thinking and the Cobra Effect”
Artificial Intelligence and the Barrier of Meaning
Melanie Mitchell summarized a 2018 Santa Fe Institute workshop called Artificial Intelligence and the Barrier of Meaning published in AI Magazine (2020). Continue reading “Artificial Intelligence and the Barrier of Meaning”
7 Differences between complex and complicated
Sonja Blignaut wrote an article titled 7 Differences between complex and complicated. Continue reading “7 Differences between complex and complicated”
Complexity, Turing, Covid and the Financial Analyst
CFA Society Atlantic Canada hosted a webinar titled Complexity, Turing, Covid and the Financial Analyst presented by Rick Nason, associate professor of finance at Dalhousie University. See the end of this post for links to Prof. Nason’s books. Continue reading “Complexity, Turing, Covid and the Financial Analyst”
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