Innovation in Government – Behavioural Insights and Systems Thinking for Policy Making – an Invitation from the OECD
Stefan Blachfellner, BCSSS Managing Director, followed the personal invitation of The Observatory of Public Sector Innovation (OPSI) to the ‘Innovation in Government: Steps, leaps and bounds’ Conference, on 19th and 20th November 2018 in Paris, France at the headquarters of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). OPSI convened…
Article on the Contribution of the Systems Sciences to the Humanities by BCSSS President Alexander Laszlo is now available online
Alexander Laszlo, BCSSS President, has, together with Ervin Laszlo published an article on “The Contribution of the Systems Sciences to the Humanities”, in 2003. The full article is now availabe online. Summary. The article presents the systems sciences as a field of inquiry and discusses the way in which it…
Mapping the Landscape of Patterns Across Domains – Vol. 1: Overview of Survey Results
Launched in February 2018 by the BCSSS Research Group Systems Science and Pattern Literacy, the Survey Mapping the Landscape of Patterns across Domains generated 140 responses. In general terms, respondents come from a variety of disciplines: systems science, systems thinking, business consulting, computer science and information technologies, design, architecture, permaculture,…
Shaping the Future of the EU Environmental Policy: Expert Workshop hosted by the Austrian Umweltdachverband
BCSSS Managing Director Stefan Blachfellner attended the event “Expert Workshops – Shaping the Future of EU Environmental Policy: From the 7th to the 8th Environment Action Programme”, hosted by the Austrian Umweltdachverband (UWD, Environmental Umbrella Organisation) and the Europen Environment Bureau (EEB) on October 23rd, 2018 in Hainburg, Austria. Systemic…
Systemicum 2018 in Vienna – Systems Thinking 3.0 – time travel to the pioneers of Systemic Consulting
On 4th of October 2018 Stefan Blachfellner, BCSSS Managing Director, followed a personal invitation by the trainconsulting directors, who for the organisations 30th anniversary organized the Systemicum 2018. The Systemicum gathered executives, advisors and stakeholders for systemic thinking, in order to get familiar with the systemic consulting landscape of Vienna…
Origin meets Future Development – Systems Thinking at the 60th Anniversary of the Operational Research Society
BCSSS Managing Director Stefan Blachfellner followed BCSSS Scientific Advisory Board Member Gerald Midgley’s invitation and attended the 60th anniversary (#OR60) of the founding of the Operational Research Society (OR), from 11th to 13th September 2018 at Lancaster University, in UK. Operational Research and Systems Science. OR and Systems Science are…
Do not miss the 10th congress of the European Union for Systemics
From 15th to 17th October 2018 the European Union for Systemics (UES) meets in Brussels, Belgium for the 10th time. Do not miss the unique opportunity to connect with members of the UES and deep dive into the conversations about “A Systemic Vision of the Crises. From optimization to change…
Patterns as Connectors of Multiple Realities – A talk by Helene Finidori at ISSS 2018
Helene Finidori, member at the BCSSS and co-founder of the BCSSS Research Group on Systems Science and Pattern Literacy, gave a talk on “Patterns as Connectors of Multiple Realities” during the “Socio-Ecological Systems and Design” session chaired by Stefan Blachfellner at #ISSS2018 – 62nd Annual Meeting of the International Society…
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