The learner's guide for Systems Laws and Principles - part 2

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This course looks at Understanding and using three systems thinking patterns:<ul><li>Boundaries</li><li>Difference</li><li>Ralating</li></ul>...and understanding and using the systems laws and principles around perceptual complexityThis is useful and important because systems laws and principles underpin systems thinking and the systems approaches.In the four parts of the Systems Laws and Principles course we introduce the ways of thinking of a Systems Thinker and 33 systems laws and principles so that these can be built into both a better understanding of systems thinking and also into their practice.&nbsp;Objectives&nbsp;In this part you will cover:<ul><li>Practices for navigating boundaries in a systems intervention</li><li>The effect of boundaries on communication - transduction</li><li>Understanding the relationship of boundaries and difference</li><li>Practices for understanding and using difference in a systems intervention</li><li>The practice of focussing on relating rather than things</li><li>Indicators of slippage</li><li>Relating and DIKW</li><li>Understanding and using the systems laws and principles around perceptual complexity</li></ul>TrainerThis course is delivered by Patrick Hoverstadt, (<a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-hoverstadt-3666b4/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-hoverstadt-3666b4/</a>) author of ‘The Grammar of Systems’. Patrick is a leading consultant and internationally recognised expert in systemic approaches to organisation design, strategy, and transformation, with over 30 years of experience. Founder of Fractal Ltd, he has worked across private, public, and third sectors—delivering complex organisation restructures, national-level diagnoses, and innovative strategic models. He is co-developer of the “Patterns of Strategy” methodology and a specialist in the Viable System Model. Patrick has advised major firms such as BAE Systems, Siemens, and Rolls Royce, as well as government bodies and global NGOs. A prolific thought leader, author, and educator, he has contributed to postgraduate programmes at ten universities worldwide and served as Chair of SCiO, the UK’s largest systems practitioner community.This material is Copyright and should not be used without discussions with the trainer.

Systems Laws and Principles - part 2

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