Hey Dave are you a part of the Cornell University's Systems Thinking community? Just thought I'd check as the conference is coming up. Lots of us Systems Thinking nerds, needing out.
Dave , Your Radical Alignment article was an incredible mini-book with ideas to reflect on, and most importantly to share, and now here is another fabulous one. I've often thought of hosting a conversation salon on what you share here, and on your Youtube. Maybe one day there will be compilation of all the System thinking into one book for the general public , hum...unless you have one but I've not found it, although I have found your others ;) Oh- one interesting tidbit- 'It's turtles all the way down' mostly likely originates from First Nation's stories of creation, likely Iroquois; it's "the Woman who feel from the sky" story . How that phrase became part of our society's vernacular I have no idea. But oh how I appreciate your rephrasing : It's people all the way down. Indeed it is.
Thinking... Something I don't see enough people thinking about is an inversion in the core ethos of all of our systems in society. Our systems in society are based on a reactionary ethos. This is efficient and effective. However, this is only sustainable so long as the negative effects society reacts to are localized. As global chains become stronger and the swath of impact technology and infrastructure has increases, the negative effects have a broader and broader impact. How do we transition from a reactionary ethos to one of a more anticipatory nature?
Hey Dave are you a part of the Cornell University's Systems Thinking community? Just thought I'd check as the conference is coming up. Lots of us Systems Thinking nerds, needing out.
I am not, how do I get in touch?
Their website is https://blogs.cornell.edu/systemsthinking/2024-conference/
Dave , Your Radical Alignment article was an incredible mini-book with ideas to reflect on, and most importantly to share, and now here is another fabulous one. I've often thought of hosting a conversation salon on what you share here, and on your Youtube. Maybe one day there will be compilation of all the System thinking into one book for the general public , hum...unless you have one but I've not found it, although I have found your others ;) Oh- one interesting tidbit- 'It's turtles all the way down' mostly likely originates from First Nation's stories of creation, likely Iroquois; it's "the Woman who feel from the sky" story . How that phrase became part of our society's vernacular I have no idea. But oh how I appreciate your rephrasing : It's people all the way down. Indeed it is.
Thinking... Something I don't see enough people thinking about is an inversion in the core ethos of all of our systems in society. Our systems in society are based on a reactionary ethos. This is efficient and effective. However, this is only sustainable so long as the negative effects society reacts to are localized. As global chains become stronger and the swath of impact technology and infrastructure has increases, the negative effects have a broader and broader impact. How do we transition from a reactionary ethos to one of a more anticipatory nature?