A systems approach to systems restoration
A great article in The Guardian about the biggest river restoration project in Europe
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Systems and change
Systems complexity
Wonderful illustration by Virpi Oinonen which made me think about the metaphor of missing the forest by focusing only on a tree
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What does systems thinking mean to you?
As I continue to explore and learn about systems thinking and how to apply it to the research and development work I do, I found quite interesting the question that is posed in the introduction of a course I am doing: What does systems thinking mean to you?
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\”Food policy as doing.\” An example from the 1970s from Finland of how to solve a complex social and economic problem with a system approach.
Thank you to Adam Kremeia for sharing with me this Guardian Long Read about the failing food systems in the UK and for pointing me to the experience from Northern Karelia in Finland. The article is titled We need to break the junk food cycle’: how to fix Britain’s failing food system. It is a very
‘Food policy as doing.’ An example from the 1970s from Finland of how to solve a complex social and economic problem with a system approach.
Thank you to Adam Kremeia for sharing with me this Guardian Long Read about the failing food systems in the UK and for pointing me to the experience from Northern Karelia in Finland. The article is titled We need to break the junk food cycle’: how to fix Britain’s failing food system. It is a very
Exploring complexity and the implications for leadership and decision making in a changing world. In conversation with Marco Valente.
One of the nicer aspects of exploring, reading and learning about systems thinking and complexity is to discover interesting blogs, papers and books and to get in touch with the authors to learn more about their points of view and their journeys into systems. Some months ago, one of my Google searches brought me to
A shift in perception: exploring ways to work with complexity in international development
I really enjoyed to go back this week to this paper from 2016 by ODI’s Anne Buffardi: When Theory Meets Reality. I went back to Anne’s paper because I am doing some work on defining some principle the can help design and set up monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) systems for development project/programmes that tackle
From Cold Data to Warm Data
Warm Data are contextual and relational information about complex systems.In other words, warm data involve transcontextual information about the interrelationships that integrate a complex system, as well as interwoven complex systems.Warm Data Lab I wrote to a colleague yesterday. During a meeting he had asked about a research paper he had written with others. He was
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