Systems Innovation

Coming up soon - for those interested in systems thinking, sustainability, and finding new ways to address our environmental challenges - Si Environment Hub community launch event, happening in just six weeks 🎉 For this one, they have invited some great guest speakers. Full info and RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/e2kHHBhp This event is designed for all members interested in co-creating a vibrant and impactful hub, with a strong foundation built through shared vision, open ideation, and meaningful collaboration. We will spotlight inspiring members working in this space to share their perspectives on the critical value of adopting the approach this hub brings to addressing environmental challenges. Join the hub here: https://lnkd.in/exuhHqCt Featuring Kim Sellberg Dilyana Mihaylova Jennifer Makar Tobias Luthe Eva Valencia Per Olsson Viliana Dzhartova

We are really looking forward to hosting our first conference in London in just under two months focusing on systems innovation in the public sector in collaboration with Si London Hub. The lineup of speakers is taking shape, take a look at this slide to see who is coming. You can find full event info and booking here: https://lnkd.in/ezzistvx Mariell Juhlin Isaac Reilly Toby Lowe Rowan Conway Maarten Lens-FitzGerald Joss Colchester Florian Schwendinger Benjamin P. Taylor Karen den Hertog Louis Klein Dr Rachel Lilley John Mortimer Tim Hobbs About the event: Systems Innovation Public Sector Conference will be a unique in-person one-day gathering for systems thinkers, innovators, and change-makers in the public sector taking place in London on Feb 14th.     Through a combination of presentations, panel discussions, workshops, and open spaces hosted by people working on systems innovation in the public sector, the event offers the opportunity to connect, discuss, and learn about the state of systems innovation in government today. Who should join     The conference is for anyone working in or around government at all levels from local to national to international and across all departments for you to learn about a new set of ideas and approaches for tackling wicked challenges, while also making valuable new connections.     This event is hosted by the Si Governance and London hub as we believe these "systems approach" now offer huge potential for really changing the way we do things in the public sector at a scale relevant to the most significant challenges we face as civil servants.

"We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely" - Edward Wilson, Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge

A short excerpt from the Si Guide to System Leadership and Systems Awareness. You can find the guides and courses here: https://lnkd.in/esarRDDi

Today we want to spotlight Jeroen Hinfelaar as a great member of the Si Network and Si Netherlands Hub - Jeroen is a systems innovation catalyst working to accelerate green transitions. He previously worked to (co)leading the Dutch circular economy for business program and now specializes in systems innovation, regenerative agriculture, circular economy, renewable energy, business model innovation You can connect with Jeroen and the other members of the Si Network here: https://lnkd.in/gvZ-M3hm

"Tension, paradox, uncertainty, and anxiety are health things in complex adaptive systems" important insights for those working to maintain resilience and security within complex systems. This is just one of the topics we are exploring in our hub: https://lnkd.in/eQ4ER8K4

A short excerpt from the Si Guide to Scaling Systems Change You can find the full guide here: https://lnkd.in/eV-D4WHV A key question in any systems innovation initiative is how to scale to a level where we affect where we may be able to the whole system. Our world is full of many small initiatives, but we have not realized meaningful large-scale system changes in areas where they are most needed. The question of how we go from a system-changing idea to the reorganizing of a whole system is still unanswered. This guide is relevant to anyone who wonders how to get from just changing parts to re-patterning whole systems. You will get new ideas through a nonlinear approach that leverages the power of connectivity, feedback loops, and network effects to work with complexity. The aim is to grow not just in quantity but also in quality.

A short slide excerpt from our guide to Systems Innovation illustrates the difference between a linear and nonlinear systems approach to change. You can find the full guide and course here: https://lnkd.in/egm3Umkm

What are Causal Maps? Causal maps define a set of relationships between entities that affect each other. They are designed to capture the network of relations through which one thing influences another within a system. For example, a map focused on obesity in Mexico would work to draw a set of causal relations between different factors that are relevant in affecting this situation, such as cost of food, amount of advertising, rate of urbanization, etc. Graphic from our Si Concept Cards https://lnkd.in/eAyNkEqg Learn more with our guide to system mapping and causal maps here: https://lnkd.in/e29cC6BC Causal relations describe the changes in the variables of the elements involved. These relations may represent positive correlations where the variables of each node move in the same direction or negative where the variables move in the opposite direction. A causal diagram can thus help us to represent the underlying structure of a complex system for us to better understand its behavior and dynamics.