<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Getting familiar with the inevitability of unknowns in complex and messy situations within which we practice systemically.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Exploring how systems and strategies are related, and some of the different approaches and perspectives that bring them together.</p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">I designed a learning system as part of my process of learning systems.</p>

This blog post is a bit of a ramble and a rant. I discuss my current struggles as a student. If you would like to only read about the content of my studies, please go ahead to the next post, bearing in mind that my interpretations of that content were produced in the context outlined below. - Since completing my second tutor-marked assignment (TMA), I have lost steam a little, overwhelmed by university work in this final part of the TB872 module. I passed the TMA and was init

In Part 2.5.1 ( Taking a design turn in your practice ) of the TB872 module for Managing Change with Systems Thinking in Practice , we further develop the 'learning contract' that we started working on in Part 1 of the module, amending it to conceptualise our current stage of learning and to demonstrate the 'design turn' we have taken in managing change in a situation of concern. The references in this post to Professor Ray Ison and the module material are either from TB872

While reading Systems Practice: How to Act (in situations of uncertainty and complexity in a climate-change world (Ison, 2017) to accompany my study of TB872 Managing Change with Systems Thinking in Practice , I am simultaneously developing my understanding of Systems Thinking concepts as described in the provided literature, and developing my Systems practice capability by learning how to apply Systems Thinking in practice (STiP). There are limitations to my ability to enga

<p>Exploring the BECM heuristic and the Juggler isophor for understanding my past and present practice with Systems Thinking.</p>

<p>...The transition from ‘being’ systemic to ‘doing’ Systems encompasses all the ‘balls’ juggled by an aware systems practitioner—Being, Engaging, Contextualising, Managing.</p>

<p>Planning my systemic inquiries for developing my Systems Thinking in Practice (STiP) capabilities and the process of managing change in a situation of concern.</p>

<p>Looking for situations in which I could see myself taking purposeful action to manage change using STiP...</p>

<p>Thinking about how to manage change in systems with multiple stakeholders...</p>

In week 3 of TB872 Managing Change with Systems Thinking in Practice , we examine our own systemic sensibility, literacy and capability. We are encouraged to appreciate relational as well as linear cause-and-effect thinking, so that we can become stronger at using both systemic and systematic thinking whenever it is appropriate. In the book Systems Practice: How to Act , Ray Ison (2017) talks about an exercise where participants are asked to describe the process by which walk

In week two of module TB872 Managing Change with Systems Thinking in Practice , we continue to look at our own experiences with managing change, practice identifying features of systems and effective systemic change, and look further into how we can utilise reflexive practice to engage with situations of concern. I thought about a recent personal situation of change and how I managed it, looking for ways that I may have applied systems thinking despite not having the language

<p>This was the first book I read on the topic of systems thinking, and it served as a great introduction to the basics of systems analysis from the viewpoint of a renowned and respected system dynamics practitioner.</p>

<p>My first week of study with the TB872 Managing Change with STiP module involved quite a lot of self-reflection as we considered our roles in systems practice.</p>

This summer, I took a spontaneous leap into the (somewhat) unknown by signing up to study for a degree at The Open University, after having completed a couple of short courses the previous year that left me feeling inspired and intrigued. The first was the Lean Organisation Management course by Learning Curve. I took the course to improve my knowledge of business management and to update my CV. Although the study process itself may not have been the most engaging, I finished