Transduction - leading transformation - Issue #40

For many years, a favourite exercise of our is what we call ‘the Obolensky game’ – because we learned it from Nick Obolensky and his book ‘Complex Adaptive #Leadership‘. It is in fact, I think, a classic of the #systemsthinking | #complexity | #cybernetics genre – various called ‘the triangle game’ and something like ‘assassins and shields’ – you can google Nick or me … Continue reading When is #selforganization… not? And does it matter? →

An analysis of key trends in adult social care confirms wider reform of the sector remains an urgent priority, writes a senior fellow at The King’s Fund.

By Mary Reid | Wed 2nd March 2022 - 6:47 pm

We are delighted to share an interim report from the primary evaluation of the Life Chances Fund (LCF). Click here to read the full report.

Evaluating government spending: Findings and recommendations from the latest National Audit Office report   Tuesday 15th March 2022, 13:00 – 14:00 GMT

Presenter: Phil Bradburn, National Audit Office

Is there a better way to deliver public services? Chris Naylor, the former Chief Executive of Barking and Dagenham Council assesses the need for public service reform, meeting innovators and talking to those who design and use public services. This BBC Radio 4 programme asks, is it time for a radical rethink?

The post Chris Naylor, The case for Public Service reform appeared first on PSTA.

Understanding Complexity & OrganisationsMark Eddleston Understanding Complexity & Organisations

A single-sentence summary of the essence of meta-rationalism. May require rereading and reflection to understand.

Constructivism + Embodied Cognition = Enactivism: Theoretical and Practical Implications for Conceptual Change (PDF) Constructivism + Embodied Cognition = Enactivism: Theoretical and Practical Implications for Conceptual Change | Doug Holton – Academia.edu Constructivism + Embodied Cognition = Enactivism: Theoretical and Practical Implications for Conceptual Change Doug Holton Published 2010 The objective of this paper is to […]

DISTRIBUTED VS CENTRALIZED: 1) not a binary distinction, 2) both architectures evolve in nature thru bottom up processes 3) both have robustness + evolvability issues. Be empirical not ideological.

A meta-rational organization may appear chaotic (although productive and innovative), until you notice how smoothly routine rational work gets done.

In the last great war, some Jews were interned on the Isle of Man, between England and Ireland, and set up their own university.

Find out more with renowned Systems Thinker Gerald Midgley, Wednesday 16th March. More details here:

so good and so, so sad

where #digital takes us

TRANSPARENCY UPDATE

Every page of the Register of MPs Interests is now protected by a captcha.

This makes it even harder for researchers and journalists to report on this data in a meaningful way.

@ParliDigital any chance of changing this?

This is young poor boys dying for old rich men. As always. I’m as sad for the Russian dead as I am for the Ukrainian.

*scared young boy calls devastated mum. Notsuch thing as “a” soldier.

At a certain point, the practice clicks. The yidam embodies you. You’re effortlessly there. At that point it’s a bit like you are played by the yidam - somewhat akin to how Rowan Atkinson describes being played by the part in this passage from @michael_nielsen ‘s notes.