2013-07-18

July 18 is the seventh meeting for Systems Thinking Ontario. The registration has been enabled on Eventbrite at http://st-on-2013-07.eventbrite.com/ .

Theme: Systems Thinking and Systems Theory

The focus question for the evening is:

• Where have you found systems theory applicable in practice?

Suggested pre-reading: 

To provide a minimal shared context, a foundational (i.e. really old!) article can be helpful.

• Alexander Laszlo and Stanley Krippner, "Systems Theories: Their Origins, Foundations, and Development", Systems Theories and A Priori Aspects of Perception, J.S. Jordan (Ed.). Amsterdam: Elsevier Science, 1998. Ch. 3, pp. 47-74

  • • 1997 pre-publication manuscript available at http://archive.syntonyquest.org/elcTree/resourcesPDFs/SystemsTheory.pdf .

For this summertime meeting, the discussion will focus on how people are actually applying systems thinking in their lives and work.  After a brief review of the Laszlo and Krippner article, some seed questions could include:

• 1. Do you think there could be more opportunities for you to apply systems thinking today or in the future?

• 2. What are some of the challenges in doing so? What barriers do you face in applying systems thinking more fully?

• 3. (In group discussion), what are some promising approaches for overcoming these obstacles, that we can report back?

Participants should not feel limited to this suggested pre-reading, but should recognize that other attendees may have not read, or are reading differently, that article.

Agenda

Post-meeting artifacts

Bloogers are encouraged to write about their learning and experiences at the meeting. Links will be added to this page.