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SCiO UK Virtual Open Meeting - November 2025
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Mon, Nov 17th, 2025
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SCiO UK Virtual Open Meeting - November 2025
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Virtual Open Meeting: A series of presentations of general interest to Systems and Complexity in Organisation's members ...
New Horizons for VSM
- David Cooper
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Mon, Nov 17th, 2025
18:30 - 21:00 GMT
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Intervisiesessie 2: Systemisch denken voor taaie vraagstukken
Mechelen, Belgium
Tue, Nov 18th, 2025
19:00 - 21:00 CET
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Intervisiesessie 2: Systemisch denken voor taaie vraagstukken
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In een tijd waarin maatschappelijke, ecologische en organisatorische uitdagingen steeds complexer en meer verweven raken, volstaat lineair probleemdenken niet langer. Wat vandaag als oplossing geldt, kan morgen deel worden van het probleem. Het vraagt van ons......
Mechelen, Belgium
Tue, Nov 18th, 2025
19:00 - 21:00 CET
SCiO Belgium
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SCiO UK Virtual Development Event - December 2025
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Tue, Dec 9th, 2025
13:00 - 15:00 GMT
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SCiO UK Virtual Development Event - December 2025
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SCiO’s Development Event offer an opportunity to draw upon the collective expertise of SCiO members in a friendly and supportive atmosphere. By taking Development Events online, using the Zoom meeting platform, we aim to make them accessible to more SCiO......
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Tue, Dec 9th, 2025
13:00 - 15:00 GMT
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SCIO-NL monthly meeting December 2025 (live in Vianen and in Dutch)
Vianen, Netherlands
Fri, Dec 12th, 2025
12:30 - 16:30 CET
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SCIO-NL monthly meeting December 2025 (live in Vianen and in Dutch)
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SCIO-NL komt elke 1e of 2e vrijdag van de maand live bijeen, afwisselend in Vianen (Hagenweg 3c) of in Woerden (Pelmolenlaan 2). Er staan (meestal) geen vaste onderwerpen op de agenda (daarvoor organiseren we specifieke andere meetings), maar de ervaring leert......
Vianen, Netherlands
Fri, Dec 12th, 2025
12:30 - 16:30 CET
SCiO NL
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Selected Courses
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Viable System Model
introduction - VSM1
200ドル pre-recorded Patrick Hoverstadt This pre-recorded course of 1h 49 minutes plus exercises originally took a 6h day to work through. This course provides learners with an overview of the Viable System Model covering: Overview of VSM Basic modelling using VSM If you don’t know how to design an organisation to deliver your strategy, or how structural change happens in organisations, how effective can you be in implementing your
VSM introduction
Viable System Model
introduction - VSM1
This pre-recorded course of 1h 49 minutes plus exercises originally took a 6h day to work through. This course provides learners with an overview of the Viable System Model covering: Overview of VSM Basic modelling using VSM If you don’t know how to design an organisation to deliver your strategy, or how structural change happens in organisations, how effective can you be in implementing your...
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System Dynamics
introduction - SD1
200ドル pre-recorded Peter Lacey This pre-recorded course of 2h 07 minutes plus exercises originally took a 6h day to work through. System dynamics modelling, often referred to as stock-flow modelling, is an accessible approach to understanding change in complex systems. It is based on the principle that system structure determines behaviour over time as system outcomes, or performance, emerges. The approach builds on an
SD intro
System Dynamics
introduction - SD1
This pre-recorded course of 2h 07 minutes plus exercises originally took a 6h day to work through. System dynamics modelling, often referred to as stock-flow modelling, is an accessible approach to understanding change in complex systems. It is based on the principle that system structure determines behaviour over time as system outcomes, or performance, emerges. The approach builds on an...
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Critical Systems Heuristics
introduction - CSH1
100ドル pre-recorded Tony Korycki This pre-recorded course of 1h 19minutes plus exercises originally took a 3h half-day to work through. This course provides learners with an introduction to the Critical Systems Heuristics (CSH) method. Understanding situations using Critical Systems Heuristics (CSH) is an introductory module, designed for those relatively new to systems thinking and provides basic training in modelling
CSH intro
Critical Systems Heuristics
introduction - CSH1
This pre-recorded course of 1h 19minutes plus exercises originally took a 3h half-day to work through. This course provides learners with an introduction to the Critical Systems Heuristics (CSH) method. Understanding situations using Critical Systems Heuristics (CSH) is an introductory module, designed for those relatively new to systems thinking and provides basic training in modelling...
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Soft Systems Methodology
core - SSM2
300ドル pre-recorded Ian Cammack This pre-recorded course of 3h 34minutes plus exercises originally took one and a half 6h days to work through. This is a core training course, designed for those relatively new to systems thinking and provides basic training in modelling organisational or institutional situations using SSM. You’ll develop an understanding of a methodology that offers a pluralistic methodology to your inquiry into
SSM core
Soft Systems Methodology
core - SSM2
This pre-recorded course of 3h 34minutes plus exercises originally took one and a half 6h days to work through. This is a core training course, designed for those relatively new to systems thinking and provides basic training in modelling organisational or institutional situations using SSM. You’ll develop an understanding of a methodology that offers a pluralistic methodology to your inquiry into...
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Why Practice Systems Thinking?
The world around us is full of complexity, from the environment, to our workplaces to our own bodies. Systems thinking equips you with a framework to understand these complexities and navigate them more effectively.
Systems thinking helps you tackle complex problematic situations: Many situations we face have interconnected causes and effects. By seeing the bigger picture and the relationships within a situation, you can identify patterns, causal mechanisms, structures, power, and dynamics. This allows you to design changes that address the system as a whole, rather than just treating symptoms.
German
118pp
Konzepte der Komplexität: Eine sehr kurze Einführung
FREE to download 118 pp Publisher: SCiO Publishing Dieses Buch bietet eine sehr kurze Einführung in das Themengebiet Komplexität und deren Anwendung in verschiedenen Disziplinen wie Naturwissenschaften, Systemtheorie, Kybernetik, Management und mehr. Es stellt grundlegende Theorien und Modelle vor, die das Verständnis von Dynamiken, Interaktionen und Mustern in komplexen Systemen vertiefen...
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German
118pp
Book
Konzepte der Komplexität: Eine sehr kurze Einführung
FREE to download 118 pp Publisher: SCiO Publishing Dieses Buch bietet eine sehr kurze Einführung in das Themengebiet Komplexität und deren Anwendung in verschiedenen Disziplinen wie Naturwissenschaften, Systemtheorie, Kybernetik, Management und mehr. Es stellt grundlegende Theorien und Modelle vor, die das Verständnis von Dynamiken, Interaktionen und Mustern in komplexen Systemen vertiefen...
English
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How can a small charity make a meaningful impact on the entrenched, complex system of animal use in medical research?
Carla Owen and Nicola Reeves of Animal Free Research UK describe their charity’s shift from traditional grant-making towards a systems-thinking approach to ending animal testing. Recognizing a limited impact after decades of funding, the organization adopted tools such as SSM, VSM, and Patterns of Strategy to reframe its role—moving from simply funding research to convening networks, restructuring...
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How can a small charity make a meaningful impact on the entrenched, complex system of animal use in medical research?
Carla Owen and Nicola Reeves of Animal Free Research UK describe their charity’s shift from traditional grant-making towards a systems-thinking approach to ending animal testing. Recognizing a limited impact after decades of funding, the organization adopted tools such as SSM, VSM, and Patterns of Strategy to reframe its role—moving from simply funding research to convening networks, restructuring...
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English
0:22
Overcoming the boundaries between stakeholders for project success
Failure to identify the right stakeholder at the right stage of a project creates a likely risk the project will fail. The stakeholders are the providers of the support needed by the project, be it resources, knowledge, or consent. Not identifying may lead to incorrect assumptions and hidden barriers impacting time, cost and quality. The Stakeholder environment is usually complex and is...
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Overcoming the boundaries between stakeholders for project success
Failure to identify the right stakeholder at the right stage of a project creates a likely risk the project will fail. The stakeholders are the providers of the support needed by the project, be it resources, knowledge, or consent. Not identifying may lead to incorrect assumptions and hidden barriers impacting time, cost and quality. The Stakeholder environment is usually complex and is...
Contact the Author
English
0:23
System Leadership
This presentation explores an emerging approach to systemic leadership, questioning whether current interpretations adequately connect leadership practices to the real-time state of systems. While mainstream systems leadership often emphasizes individual skills and interpersonal behaviours, Gavin argues that such perspectives risk overlooking the structural and dynamic conditions that actually...
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System Leadership
This presentation explores an emerging approach to systemic leadership, questioning whether current interpretations adequately connect leadership practices to the real-time state of systems. While mainstream systems leadership often emphasizes individual skills and interpersonal behaviours, Gavin argues that such perspectives risk overlooking the structural and dynamic conditions that actually...
Confidential – Members Only