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Want to know more? Choose a documentary, watch an interview or explore a case studio from our video library.
Systems in action: An everyday tale of industrial folk
Featuring: video,
OU
Can unions and management find an agreement to a controversial proposal? Read more : Systems in action: An everyday tale of industrial folk
Systems in action: Docklands Light Railway
Featuring: video,
BBC
What does the construction of the Docklands Light Railway demonstrate about successful system practice? Read more : Systems in action: Docklands Light Railway
Systems in action: Trading on uncertainty
Featuring: video,
OU
Systems can cope with changes of all sorts, as Manpower demonstrated. Read more : Systems in action: Trading on uncertainty
Systems in action: Electrolux
Featuring: video,
OU
How did one company cope with falling profits and a takeover? What can we learn from Electrolux? Read more : Systems in action: Electrolux
Systems in action: Modelling a muddle
Featuring: video,
OU
How did the government set about balancing the needs of fish and people? Read more : Systems in action: Modelling a muddle
Systems in action: Coping with queues
Featuring: video,
OU
Success in a production line environment is down to coping with queues. Read more : Systems in action: Coping with queues
Camelford case study
Featuring: video,
Roger A Smith under CC-BY-SA licence
How did clear thought help during the water contamination disaster at Camelford? Read more : Camelford case study
Systems in action: To engineer is human
Featuring: video,
OU
The weakness with even the best run systems is they require fallible people to make them work. Read more : Systems in action: To engineer is human
Systems in action: Hard questions, soft answers
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OU
Systems thinking can help give some soft answers to hard questions Read more : Systems in action: Hard questions, soft answers
Systems in action: Avoiding the traps
Featuring: video,
OU
How can systems practice help you to avoid falling into common business traps? Read more : Systems in action: Avoiding the traps
What is a system? Boundaries and Biases
Featuring: video,
OU
What do we actually mean by a system? A group of objects with their own boundaries and biases. Read more : What is a system? Boundaries and Biases
Systems explained: Diagramming
Featuring: video,
OU
Visualising problems can make them vanish - why not try diagramming? Read more : Systems explained: Diagramming
The Secret of Sporting Success
Featuring: video,
OU
Feedback - through videoed performances - can be the secret of sporting success. Read more : The Secret of Sporting Success
Systems explained by Humberto Maturana
Featuring: video,
OU
Humberto Maturana explains the differences between information transfer within biological and non-biological systems. Read more : Systems explained by Humberto Maturana









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