Systems Thinking in Practice (OU)

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Three video courses and eBooks to get you started with systems thinking, change and mapping: systemsinnovation.network/spaces/1184983…

If we want to build learning systems for improvement, we must encourage our teams to be curious. A culture of curiosity leads to psychological safety, experimentation & problem solving. Yet a recent large study found most leaders regard curious people as "insubordinate" & like them less than people who don't question things. However, curious people who are politically skilled are liked & supported by their leaders. Lessons for leaders AND change agents here. Change agents: how do we express our curiosity in constructive ways, asking the right questions at the right time? hbr.org/2023/11/resear… By @OUOBProf

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Next week we will be starting week three in our Systems Innovator Series where we will explore what exactly a "system change" is - what makes a change systemic rather than partial - find the full series info here t.ly/k-bAd

💡By drawing a stock and flow diagram of the system, we can identify the different types of variables in the system and how they affect each other. 🔗 Continue reading via The Systems Thinker: ow.ly/xVuo50Q5UVN #SystemDynamics #systemsthinking

📖Join the informal book chat about Etienne & Bev Wenger-Trayner's influential book 'Systems Convening - A crucial form of leadership for the 21st century' next month. Register here: q.health.org.uk/event/book-cha… Free pdf of book: wenger-trayner.com/systems-conven… #SystemsConvening

Great quote from Peter Senge

Storytelling is a key skill in leadership for change. It enables us to connect with people at the level of values & inspire everyone to take action. Leaders of large scale change need to be able to: 1) Understand our story so well that we can describe it in simple terms 2) Honour the past, building on our existing strengths 3) Articulate a compelling mandate for change 4) Describe a rigorous & optimistic path forward hbr.org/2023/11/storyt… By @FrancesFrei & @annemorriss. I have partnered the article with a compelling graphic from @tnvora

Today we want to share some great resources at Si for you to learn about ecosystems building and systems building. Systems building guide bit.ly/46gIAoH Ecosystem Building bit.ly/3tgK7N9 Innovation & Entrepreneur bit.ly/474bdFO

System Conveners are an emerging group of changemakers who bring people together across sector, organisational & community boundaries, enabling people to share learning across those boundaries & create positive change in systems like public services. For a free eBook on System Convening: wenger-trayner.com/wp-content/upl…. For a report of the experiences of System Convenors: newsystemalliance.org/2023/10/17/sys…. For details of a new community of practice for System Convenors: eventbrite.co.uk/e/system-conve…. Thank you @MatthewMezey @SysConvening #SystemsConvening

Join the Systems Convening community of practice launch on Tues 31 Oct (11-12.30; 1pm optional): a unique opportunity to talk with – and learn from – other Systems Conveners + start to help further develop the practice of Systems Convening. Regist'n link: eventbrite.co.uk/e/system-conve…

We have just made our video course exploring "Examples of Systems Change" in practices publicly available. Take a look bit.ly/3WleKLz

In case you have not discovered them yet this set of Complexity Concept Cards are very useful for both learning and teaching: bit.ly/SiCards

W. Edwards Deming elaborately talked about the fact that it is the responsibility of mangers to work the system. Here is a book about that: redforty2.com/product-page/w… #deming #whatwoulddemingdo #workthesystem

Working on the system in a coherent way is self-reinforcing. Working on people is not. linkedin.com/pulse/transfor… #betacodex #workthesystem @redforty2 @OpenSpaceBeta

The Systems Innovation Guides - We created this series of 20 guides to compile the ideas and methods of system innovation and create a great place for you to start learning: bit.ly/42mxv3h

Working on the system in a coherent way is self-reinforcing. Working on people is not. linkedin.com/pulse/transfor… #betacodex #workthesystem @redforty2

If you focus on sickness, you’re going to end up with doctors as the key actors. If you focus on well-being, you’re going to end up with communities as key actors. #ABCD

We need to think differently about the future if we are interested in transformation and systems change, creating space for emergence. This course will help you learn the basics of future and foresight ideas and methods for systems change bit.ly/3PlHjWe