Fwd: FW: Critical Systems Thinking and the Management of Complexity

[Stuart Umpleby]

I saw this presentation earlier.  I recommend it.  Stuart

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From: Gerald R Midgley <G.R.M...@hull.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 11:13 AM
Subject: FW: Critical Systems Thinking and the Management of Complexity
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Hi. Recently, Mike Jackson (Emeritus Professor in our Centre for Systems Studies) gave a seminar at Cranfield University on ‘Critical Systems Thinking and the Management of Complexity’ (also the title of his 2019 book with Wiley). I have seen Mike give this sort of seminar before, and I recommend it – four decades of systems research have gone into the development of this work. Here is the recording:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJZDIA5UCxw

 

Best wishes,

Gerald

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Stuart A. Umpleby, Professor Emeritus of Management, George Washington University, Washington, DC; Home: P.O. Box 373, Nellysford, VA 22958, 434-226-4407, http://blogs.gwu.edu/umpleby