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Systems Thinking

@GovSystems

Exploring the power of systems to solve complex problems and deliver better public services. https://xitter.gq/t.co/VDR23lxdBX

Joined January 2020
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Supporting people across the public sector as they apply systems thinking to complex problems. Visit our blog, subscribe to our YouTube Channel and follow us on Twitter. Links in bio!⭐Thanks @KajalMavji ⭐
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A great piece from @LukeCraven to start the day: 'The Treachery of Images: On the Limits of Systems Maps.' bit.ly/2WzYngM
The Treachery of Images: On the Limits of Systems Maps

The Treachery of Images: On the Limits of Systems Maps

Images are treacherous, or so René Magritte would have us believe. The surrealist painter commonly played with the themes of perception, representation, and reality.

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'Forget the textbooks. Don’t worry too much about the theory. I’m not saying these things aren’t valuable. I’m simply saying that they can wait.' Prof @johnclarksoncam offers a simple route into #systemsthinking for policymakers. bit.ly/31Qy5dw @RAEngNews @Cambridge_Eng
The best policymakers are systems thinkers - here's how to get started

The best policymakers are systems thinkers - here's how to get started

I’m often asked to define a ‘systems approach’ and where to get started with systems thinking. Forget the textbooks. Don’t worry too much about the theory. I’m not saying these things aren’t valuab...

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🌏 A fascinating panel discussion from @ANZSOG and @CPI_foundation on reimagining government with #systemsthinking bit.ly/2ZaewtD 🌏
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'What do we owe to strangers living in the future?' An interview with the BBC's @rifish on a longer-term mindset and systems thinking bit.ly/2UQNCWr #systemsthinking
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Richard Fisher about systems thinking

A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Richard Fisher about systems thinking

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We're using the comments on our most recent post to inform what we write about next. It's quite a good system 🙂 More on the Systems Thinking Interest Group, views of academics and practitioners to follow! bit.ly/2AwpvWb #systemsthinking
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"A sustainable palm industry requires systems thinking – integrating social, economic and natural factors into the design of the industry." Interesting joint interview with Vincent Savolainen and @PolyTilly @imperialcollege bit.ly/2C6A2aJ #systemsthinking #sustainability
Could Africa have a sustainable palm industry? | Imperial News | Imperial College London

Could Africa have a sustainable palm industry? | Imperial News | Imperial College London

Palm plantations are associated with deforestation and ecological harm, but researchers are pointing to ways things can be done differently in Africa.

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A share of £800K is offered for innovative products, services or business models that make plastic use more sustainable. 'Design could include contributions from systems thinking.' Find out more from @innovateuk bit.ly/2B6LdzQ #systemsthinking #sustainability
Designing ways to reduce plastic waste: apply for funding

Designing ways to reduce plastic waste: apply for funding

Businesses can apply for a share of £800,000 to look at innovative designs for products, services or business models that make plastic use more sustainable.

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Have you read The Delivery Book? 📖 Practical steps for making services and policy bit.ly/30HsdCI
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Adam Jones explains why systems thinking isn't just another workplace fad bit.ly/2zTlFGh #systemsthinking
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The User Centred Policy Design team @justice_digital carried out some fascinating work on systems mapping in the prison and probation space. Read the first of 2 blog posts by @heather_madden1, @jallen300 and @isabelle_ohlson bit.ly/3gO6mPC
Systems Mapping - a brief overview of what, why and how (Part 1)

Systems Mapping - a brief overview of what, why and how (Part 1)

This two-part blog post describes a systems mapping process undertaken by the User Centred Policy Design (UCPD) team in MoJ Digital in partnership with several policy teams working in the prison and...

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🌟Part 2 here: bit.ly/2AAFJgs🌟
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A fascinating #international #OpEd in @NST_Online today bit.ly/2WmobNE #systemsthinking
Beware of unintended consequences when searching for solution | New Straits Times

Beware of unintended consequences when searching for solution | New Straits Times

WE ARE living in a highly connected world with a complex socio-economic models and networks that often generate issues for which linear problem solution method do not offer adequate resolutions.

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'Systems thinking looks in detail at complex situations and probes the underlying assumptions and structures behind decisions.' A new blog post by James H bit.ly/3cbVTLj #systemsthinking
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'When it comes to designing systemic policy solutions to complex problems, I believe that collaboration, on its own, is not enough.' Adam Jones explains more bit.ly/2xmssXO #systemsthinking
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'The moment we focus our global attention on one single issue, there is nothing we can’t do.' @MIT @ottoscharmer1 link.medium.com/wBUGkuJ2w5
A New Superpower in the Making: Awareness-Based Collective Action

A New Superpower in the Making: Awareness-Based Collective Action

Every idea needs a Medium

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"Our interwoven global structure demands a respect for its interconnectedness...Right now, more than ever, everyone must commit to becoming stewards of the entire system." Opinion piece in @thehill bit.ly/2VfJIpu
Systems Thinking — the new American idea

Systems Thinking — the new American idea

To combat the coronavirus pandemic faster, the U.S. needs an immediate shift in thinking from asystematic to one that is systems-based.

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'With crises, we might not have certainty in terms of the ‘what’ or ‘when’ - but can find certainty in ‘how’ we deal with them.' Prof Duncan Shaw @HCRInstitute @OfficialUoM & Dr Gary Preece (Gov Operational Research Service) on #systemsthinking in a crisis bit.ly/3bYGLjN
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and apologies for the deletion of earlier incarnations of this tweet, we tagged the wrong University of Manchester 🤦‍♀️ (BTW tips sought for tweeting in a crisis🙃)
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Policymakers can learn a lot from nature. Professor of Ecology @Tom_H_Oliver (@UniofReading and @DefraGovUK) explains in this week's blog post 🦋bit.ly/3410oor #systemsthinking #policy
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'The age of disconnection is over.' @tomhollo in @guardian bit.ly/2UKccYe #systemsthinking
With the climate crisis and coronavirus bearing down on us, the age of disconnection is over | Tim...

With the climate crisis and coronavirus bearing down on us, the age of disconnection is over | Tim...

We can no longer pretend that we’re separate from each other and from the natural world

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Thanks to Ben Coates from @educationgovuk who wrote this week's blog post on #systemsleadership: 'Mastering the Dance' bit.ly/3byAjQ7
Mastering the dance

Mastering the dance

Last autumn, I was part of a small team of volunteers from the Department for Education (DfE), HMRC and the Department for International Development (DfID) who spent some time working with the...

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