SystemsThinkers at Yahoo! Groups http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/ A global network of systems thinkers Re: Dr. Russell L. Ackoff Obituary Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:20:08 GMT Halal at GW http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/70 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/70 Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Veronique. I feel the same. It was a privilege to know Russell and to have opportunities to engage with his fertile way Dr. Russell L. Ackoff Obituary Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:13:27 GMT BOUCHARD Véronique http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/69 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/69 I would like to express my most felt condolences to all those who are touched by Russell's departure. His family, friends, colleagues and innumerable Ackoff Systems Thinking Library -- Personal Tributes to Russ Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:51:37 GMT Steve Freeman http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/68 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/68 Personal tributes and remembrances are being posted at the Russell Lincoln Ackoff Systems Thinking Library site. Dozen of messages from friends, colleagues and Tribute to Russ Ackoff in The Wall Street Journal Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:19:42 GMT Steve Freeman http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/67 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/67 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125789690177942463.html MANAGEMENT NOVEMBER 11, 2009 Russell Ackoff: 1919-2009A Management Philosopher With Heady Ideas About Economist article on Russ Ackoff Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:28:50 GMT Steve Freeman http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/66 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/66 http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14790477 Business.view Nov 3rd 2009 ======================== How to Change the System Dr. Russell L. Ackoff Obituary Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:47:36 GMT Steve Freeman http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/65 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/65 University of Pennsylvania Almanac - November 10, 2009, Volume 56, No. 11 http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v56/n11/obit.html Dr. Ackoff, Wharton Ackoff Dr. Ackoff Memorial Service set for February 12, 2010 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:26:48 GMT Steve Freeman http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/64 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/64 A Memorial Service for Dr. Russell Ackoff will be held on February 12, 2010, which would have been Dr. Ackoff's 91st birthday. The details are not yet set. The private memorial with Helen from 2-4pm on Sunday Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:45:48 GMT Steve Freeman http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/63 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/63 Dear Friends, Helen would like to have a small get-together on Sunday from 2 - 4pm at her and Russ' old home (Benson House, 930 Montgomery Ave, Apt 101, Bryn Russ Ackoff Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:09:48 GMT Steve Freeman http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/62 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/62 From: Larry Starr [mailto:lstarr@...] Sent: 29 October 2009 23:46 Colleagues, Russ Ackoff died today of a blood clot following hip replacement A NEW BOOK ON DEVELOPMENT! Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:20:22 GMT jaime.jimenez09 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/61 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/61 Dear group members, A new book on Third World development has been just released. Its title: PARTICIPATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN MEXICO. How to involve people in Check out Workshop: the Application of Systems Thinking to the Devel Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:54:52 GMT kennarwing@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/60 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/60 FYI Institute of Medicine _Workshop: the Application of Systems Thinking to the Development and Use of Evidence in Obesity Prevention Decision Making - ._ community vs design practitioners Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:21:29 GMT Kent Myers http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/59 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/59 Kent: What I have begun to increasingly realize in my own work over the past 30 years or so, as is the case with many other people that I work with, is that Practice vs epistemic social science Sat, 06 Dec 2008 22:01:52 GMT Kent Myers http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/58 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/58 Frank Voehl writes: "The U.S. National Science Foundation adopted in 1997 a policy -- as part of a strategic plan developed in 1995 --that research proposals Japan's lost decade, and Niall Ferguson's "The Ascent of Money" Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:38:48 GMT daviding_coevolving http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/57 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/57 In today's Globe & Mail, there's an interesting perspective on the "Is Japan's 'lost decade' a window to the future?" by Marcus Gee, at quote Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:41:14 GMT kennarwing@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/56 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/56 "Every social revolution is preceded by, or brings with it, a change in the perception of the world or a change in the perception of the possible or both.