http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/ A global network of systems thinkers 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 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 - ._ 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 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 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 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. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:14:59 GMT Kent Myers http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/55 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/55 Review of: Rafael Ramirez, John W. Selsky, Kees van der Heijden, Business Planning for Turbulent Times: New Methods for Applying Scenarios, Earthscan, 2008. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:39:59 GMT Kent Myers http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/54 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/54 Tom Cuddy writes: The Greenspan quote has intrigued me since he made it, and I find the phenomenon an interesting one to ponder and to plumb for social causes Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:59:43 GMT Kent Myers http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/53 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/53 Position Announcement The position is based at ESR (a government research institute in New Zealand), working with my team. We are looking for a systems thinker Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:41:22 GMT Midgley, Gerald http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/52 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/52 Hi. Please would you mind circulating this job opportunity (see attached) to people on your mailing list who might be interested. The position is based at ESR Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:57:26 GMT Kent Myers http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/51 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/51 Two responses to this Po: "The people's understanding of our collective global situation is already far ahead of current institutions, their leaders, and Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:14:48 GMT Kent Myers http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/50 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/50 Frank Voehl suggests "conflicting practices" as an improvement over "misguided practices." That's better, but I don't think it escapes Ken's criticism. A Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:38:27 GMT Kent Myers http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/49 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/49 1st comment from Ken Wing: Some ideas related to the list of application chapters: Maybe "health care" should be broadened to "health" Education seems like it Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:35:38 GMT Kent Myers http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/48 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/48 1st comment from Ken Wing: Some ideas related to the list of application chapters: Maybe "health care" should be broadened to "health" Education seems like it Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:39:05 GMT Kent Myers http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/47 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SystemsThinkers/message/47 From Ken Wing: Per de Bono, a provocation is an obviously false statement whose possibilities are explored as if it were true. So here's a provocation: Po: