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Wendy Gregory On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Wendy Gregory On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...systems thinking is about, I told a group of conference goers to think about things like sweet and sour sauce, because it is made from ingredients that don’t usually mix well together. This is true of different systems methodologies, they are often seen as totally separate approaches that cannot be blended with other systems approaches. After completing her PhD in 193...
Jake Chapman On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Jake Chapman On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...System Failure: Why Governments Must Learn to Think Differently (2004) – as well as working with Metropolitan Police: Modernisation Programme (2006- 2008), National School of Government (2006-2012), Leadership centre for Local Government (2008-2009), and again Cabinet Office (2009-2010). Jake now leads a humble life as small holder on the edge of Exmoor. Jake has also...
Martin Holt On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Martin Holt On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...systems approaches...Transcript About Martin Martin remains one of the most long-standing Associate Lecturers at the OU. He started work on systems education courses in 1991 having first come across the concepts as part of his postgraduate OU studies in Manufacturing. Martin describes his approach to STIP as: “A Curious person. I try to follow the adage of learning...
Peter Tuddenham On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Peter Tuddenham On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...systems behaviour...Transcript About Peter Peter David Tuddenham was born in London, England. At 12 years old he sang in Mahler’s 8th symphony under Lenard Bernstein in the Royal Albert Hall. At 15 as an air cadet, he flew to Singapore with the Royal Air Force. He qualified as a glider pilot at 16. He was commissioned as a 2Lt in the British Army Corps of Royal...
Professor John Naughton On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
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Professor John Naughton On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...thinking...Transcript About John John joined the OU as a lecturer in Systems in 1972. Amongst many significant achievements in the 1980s he was a key member of the team that introduced the use of personal computers into the University's teaching and learning system. In the 1990s, John was lead academic creating the University's first major online course (You, your...
Systems thinking in practice heuristic and 5 systems approaches
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems thinking in practice heuristic and 5 systems approaches

...system approaches – system dynamics, viable system model, strategic options development and analysis, soft systems methodology, and critical systems heuristics...STiP heuristic Part 1 A STiP heuristic (learning system) for making strategy, by Martin Reynolds and the TB871 module team. Narrated by Joan O’Donnell. STiP heuristic Part 2 Enacting the ......
STiP@50 Celebrations
Society, Politics & Law

STiP@50 Celebrations

...Systems Thinking. Find out more about systems thinking in practice with these podcasts and videos. ...What is STiP@50? STiP@50 celebrates the unique coupling, in 1971, between the provision of Supported Open and Distance Learning as developed at the OU since 1969, with tertiary level teaching of systems thinking in the UK and beyond. 2021 marked the......
Systems explained by Russell Ackoff
Money & Business

Systems explained by Russell Ackoff

...systems thinking and operational research...Russell Ackoff is a multifaceted academic and business thinker. Born in Philadelphia in 1919, he has been characterised as an architect, a philosopher, a city planner, an operations researcher and a problem solver. He is perhaps best known for making systems thinking understandable and accessible. But his studies began...