Using The Concept of Attractors To Facilitate Change
Attractors might be the most useful concept within complexity science for understanding practical change-making. By looking at how an attractor
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complexity science
Systems Thinking About Action: Complexity
The global pandemic situation has provided us with a lesson in complexity by giving us much to see, learn, and
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The Complexity Cop-out
Complexity introduces significant challenges for humans. One of the unexpected ones is that it’s been used to hide from difficult
Read moreDevelopmental Evaluation and Design
Innovation is about channeling new ideas into useful products and services, which is really about design. Thus, if developmental
Read moreCreating the Future Through Systems-Design Thinking
A recent World Bank post on the future of governments in design thinking spurred some of my own thoughts on how it links with systems thinking.
Read moreContemplative Inquiry
The CENSEmaking blog is on vacation for the next few days as I take in a five-day course on contemplative
Read moreChange as a Social Movement: Lessons for Mental Health?
Tackling HIV/AIDS has been made easier and more successful not by individual change, but by a social movement. A similar movement is needed for mental health and taking a systems approach to it is one way to get the ball rolling.
Read moreBenchmarking Success in Times of Change
Beyond Google Wave, the metaphor of waves sloshing around in a sea of influence provides a useful metaphor for those interested in doing evaluation in an eHealth environment where there is no one cause and many consequences.
Read morePublic eHealth & Collaboration Networks Talk
Public eHealth and Collaboration Networks — presentation this Thursday
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