The Systems Community of Inquiry is an open, worldwide network of individuals interested in systems thinking, the systems sciences and/or systems practice.
Inquiry is “an activity which produces knowledge” (Churchman, 1971). We’re more than a community of interest, but less than a community of practice (Wenger, 1999). Our interactions as a community will (i) foster interactions contributing knowledge and wisdom to the online world, and (ii) cultivate social relationships between systemicists.
Phi Beta Iota: With the publication of Reflexive Practice–Professional Thinking for a Turbulent World, Dr. Kent Myers has emerged as a trail-blazer reconnecting those active in this area with a larger body of thinkers focused on Collective Intelligence and Public Intelligence. Their most recent intellectual forebearers are Russell Ackoff of Penn State University and John N. Warfield of George Mason University. The latest post focuses on the role of negative feedback loops in creating social dysfunction. Red light camaras, for example, have increased rear-end collisions at stop lights.
See Also:
Journal: Design Thinking for Government
Reference: Strategic Asymmetry–with Comment
