Review: The Change Handbook–The Definitive Resource on Today’s Best Methods for Engaging Whole Systems
Utterly Phenomenal: *The* Book for Living Life to the Fullest, January 27, 2007
The Open Source Everything Manifesto Chapter 6 Whole-Systems Thinking Extract III
The Open Source Everything Manifesto Chapter 6 Whole-Systems Thinking Extract III Even before the digital information explosion, the rapid expansion of scientific, social scientific, and humanities knowledge led to the fragmentation of academic disciplines, and then increasing fragmentation as sub-disciplines developed. Figure 14 depicts how little of the knowledge can be accessed via online search, …
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The Open Source Everything Manifesto Chapter 6 Whole-Systems Thinking Extract II
The Open Source Everything Manifesto Chapter 6 Whole-Systems Thinking Extract I In The Collapse of Complex Societies, Joseph Tainer concludes that if we are to achieve sustainability and resilience, we must nurture at all levels across all boundaries a culture that elevates “problem-solving” as well as the ability to think strategically–an understanding that everything is …
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The Open Source Everything Manifesto Chapter 6 Whole-Systems Thinking Extract I
The evolution of evolution is a transition from unconscious to conscious choice. – – – – – – – – In order for us to live within this finely balanced constellation of complex systems, in order for the Earth to show resilience and last for centuries into the future as an environment for human life, …
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Yoda: A Systems Law Has Been Discovered
A Systems Law has Been Discovered Two individuals, one an attorney, the other an educator with a masters degree in elementary education, Christopher Dunn, Esq. and Cathy LoGerfo say that they’ve discovered a systems law.
Tom Atlee: Anarchy + Wholeness = Panarchy
Where anarchy meets wholeness – a new vision of “panarchy” Whereas anarchy refers to no one in charge, panarchy can refer to everyone and everything in charge – a kind of self-organized order that arises out of the whole taking care of the whole. There are a number of ways that can happen. Exploring them …
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Yoda: Indigenous Knowledge Systems
Indigenous Knowledge Systems / Alaska Native Ways of Knowing “While western science and educastion tend to emphasize compartmentalized knowledge which is often de-contextualized and taugh in the detached setting of a classroom or laboratory, indigenous people have traditionally acquired their knowledge through direct experience in the natural world. For them, the particulars come to be …
