What can Gadamer and Wittgenstein teach us about Big Data?

November 13, 2013, 6:03 am

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Firstly I would like to thank all those readers of mine who have been enjoying my series on Hans-Georg Gadamer. As some of you will know, this was quite an adventure in writing for me, since I decided to write an article after finishing each chapter of Gadamer’s classic Truth and Method. I did not […]

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Starlings – Introducing my new short film

January 17, 2014, 4:02 am

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I would like in this post to introduce my new short film Starlings. This short contains footage of starlings at Rigg, Gretna Green shot on 4th January of this year, and even though I say so myself, after five years of capturing the murmurations of these amazing birds, I am extremely happy with the footage, […]

Thoughts on Santa Fe’s new MOOC – Introduction to Dynamical Systems and Chaos

January 20, 2014, 5:31 am

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In case you have not come across the acronym MOOC – it stands for Massive Open On-Line Course. Last year I wrote a review of Santa Fe’s first MOOC – Introduction to Complexity in relation to the future of education. Having taken on board and implemented a large amount of feedback from the first students, […]

Complexity, Flow, Mindfulness and Holonomic Thinking

January 28, 2014, 2:54 am

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I wanted to write a little note to you all to say that our book Holonomics is now fully up and running on Amazon. It can now be pre-ordered on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and also most of the other Amazon sites. It is also available via other booksellers too of course such as Waterstones, and you […]

Intuition, feeling and ethics in organisations

February 5, 2014, 3:26 am

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Yesterday I came across the work of Muel Kaptein who is a partner at the international assurance and advisory firm KPMG and professor in business ethics and integrity management at RSM Erasmus University. Interestingly KPMG have as their corporate motto ‘cutting through complexity’ which I do kind of like, but then on the other hand, perhaps […]

Exploring Chaos, Fractals and Bifurcation

February 9, 2014, 3:10 am

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As you may have seen, I am currently really enjoying a course on Dynamic Systems and Chaos run by Santa Fe Institute (see Thoughts on Santa Fe’s new MOOC – Introduction to Dynamical Systems and Chaos). The most recent module has been about bifurcation, and this has been explored via a very simple logistics equation: […]

Some notes on Business Design, Customer Experience and Systems Thinking

February 23, 2014, 6:20 am

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Next month I will be giving an international seminar in Blumenau, in Santa Catarina to business students of Sustentare Business School. I am really looking forward to this two day seminar, as I will be teaching to a mixture of MBA students, design students, innovation students and those who are a part of the leadership […]

Guest Article: Fritjof Capra and Pier Luigi Luisi – The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision

April 19, 2014, 12:12 pm

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I am delighted to share this news from Fritjof about his new book, The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision, co-authored with Professor Pier Luigo Luisi. I will be writing a full review of the book in a few week’s time, but for now I wanted to let you know that the book is out now, a book which […]

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Fritjof Capra discusses the Systems View of Life

May 12, 2014, 4:47 am

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Right now I am about half-way through reading Fritjof Capra and Pier Luigi Luisi’s new book The Systems View of Life – A Unifying Vision. In the coming weeks I will be writing both a review, and also how it connects, complements and integrates with our own book Holonomics: Business Where People and Planet Matter […]

Book Review: The Systems View of Life: Part One – An Exploration of Themes

May 17, 2014, 12:18 pm

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Many of you will have seen from a couple of recent posts of mine that The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision by Fritjof Capra and Pier Luigi Luisi has recently been published (e.g. Guest Article: Fritjof Capra and Pier Luigi Luisi – The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision). I am sure […]

How Holonomics integrates with Santa Fe Institute’s Complexity Explorer Programme

July 13, 2014, 12:08 pm

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The Complexity Explorer project is being developed by the Santa Fe Institute and provides online courses and other educational materials related to complex systems science. This week Maria and I were honoured to find that our book Holonomics has been accepted into the on-line resource section of Complexity Explorer and so I thought I would take […]

Contemplating Parts and Wholes with a Walk Down São Paulo’s Most Enchanting Street

August 4, 2014, 5:09 am

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Maria and I were back at Sustentare Business School this weekend teaching MBA students about chaos, complexity, holonomic thinking and strategy. One toy I have that makes a great visual impression is my Hoberman sphere, which starts as a compacted ball, but which you can extend into a large interconnected sphere. It is a fun […]

Beware of Knotworks – Networks with Ego

September 27, 2014, 5:08 am

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I do not know who the artist is who drew this cartoon, so I cannot acknowledge them, but it seems to be quite famous and has been doing the rounds for some time now. I added the ego – eco element myself, and ego is something I would really like to explore as we move […]

Three Videos about The Garden of Cosmic Speculation

February 9, 2015, 1:29 am

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Following on from my previous article, I thought I would post these three videos which explain the garden for those whose curiosity may have been piqued. This first video is […]

Narratives, Knotworks and Authentic Networks

March 11, 2015, 1:59 pm

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It’s not just data, information and knowledge which flows through social networks, but narratives. People motivated by power can therefore control a network through narratives which support their views of […]

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Integrated Reporting and Holonomic Thinking: The Re-envisioning of Organisations

April 10, 2015, 7:06 am

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I am very pleased to announce the publication of a new article written by Mikkel Larsen and myself, which has been published by the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants: Integrated […]

Two Quotes on the Process Theory of Life

April 16, 2015, 9:00 am

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This quote comes from the late Ron Brady in an essay which examines ‘form’ and ’cause’ in relation to plant morphology, a branch of biology which is the study of […]

Guest Article: Alice Junqueira – Complexity, Systems Thinking and Sociology

April 20, 2015, 2:26 pm

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I am very pleased to welcome back to Transition Consciousness my good friend Alice who I have not seen in a while due to her move from São Paulo to […]

Dialogue on Leadership: Generation Flux Say Goodbye to Org Charts

May 27, 2015, 10:44 am

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It has been a while since I last wrote about Generation Flux, and today’s post has been inspired by an extremely interesting web chat between Fast Company’s Robert Safian who […]

Announcement: Fritjof Capra’s The Systems View of Life On-Line Course Brochure Launched

September 9, 2015, 11:14 am

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This is the brochure for Capra Course, the new on-line course from Fritjof Capra which is based on his book The Systems View of Life, co-authored with Pier Luigi Luisi […]