Systems Thinking
UK Design Council – Beyond Net Zero
You can learn more about this approach on the Design Council website, here.
Peter Checkland and John Poulter – Learning For Action
The approach to tackling messy real-life situations known as Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) was developed in a 30-year programme of action research led by Peter Checkland. The approach is now used and taught around the world, and its development has been described in depth in four books published between 1981 and 1999, which are now…
Systems Practice: How to act in a climate change world
It is now accepted that humans are changing the climate of the Earth and this is the most compelling amongst a long litany of reasons as to why, collectively, we have to change our ways of thinking and acting. Most people now recognise that we have to be capable of adapting quickly as new and…
Growing Wings on the Way – Rosalind Armson
“You may be: trying to fix the healthcare system in your country; dealing with family break-up; exploring change - and making it happen - in your organization; worrying about how to look after your elderly parents. In any case, you'll know that with some problems it's hard to know where to start - we can't…