Exploding goals and their myths
Goal-directed language guides much of our social policy, investment and quests for innovation without much thought of what that means
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Foreseeing the Unpossible
Change may be the only constant and, beyond wet babies, few of us welcome it. Foresight is about looking ahead
Read moreLeadership and Systems Thinking Issues
John Wenger has written on the issue of leadership and systems thinking asking some pointed questions about how leaders can
Read moreHave We Turned the Page on Social Science Research for Health?
What will our health landscape look like without the ability to take what we know and translate it into action? Worse yet, what if we simply are unable to even know what to do because the research and evidence isn’t there in the first place to translate into anything? Without another turn towards something more positive, we are about to find out.
Read more(Not) Following the Rules in Complex Social Systems
Complexity science provides many tempting explanations for human behaviour, but often based on rhetoric rather than evidence. If the a social science of complexity is to move ahead, more attention to the science than theory is necessary.
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