Si Design Hub is back, teaming up with the System Mapping Academy to bring you an intro workshop on the foundations of systemic design methods. This workshop aims to help participants better understand and navigate complex challenges by adopting a systems and design perspective. Through systemic design methods, participants will learn how to uncover relationships, identify underlying dynamics, and develop more holistic and effective interventions.

Mastering the basics of complexity theory is critical to successfully working to influence and guide change in complex systems. This set of concept cards and video explainers is designed to provide you with a comprehensive foundation in systems thinking and complexity theory. You will move beyond looking at isolated parts to understanding the hidden dynamics of the whole. Whether you are a facilitator, a leader, or a change-maker, this course will provide the scaffold you need to understand & influence complex systems.

Why do pilots so often fade instead of changing the whole organisation? And what actually makes change stick? Join John Mortimer and the Si Organisations Hub for a Systems Thinking Café on the successes and failures of systemic change in organisations. During the event, we will dig into systemic design, leadership, behaviours, and the thinking underneath it all.

We often view systemic collapse as a definitive end. But in complex systems, collapse is frequently a necessary precursor to emergence. In systems innovation, we observe the exact same phenomenon: The Crisis: Old institutions, legacy processes, and outdated paradigms begin to stall. The Pivot: Instead of rushing to patch up failing, unsustainable models, we must hold space for the transition. The Emergence: New, resilient, and adaptive structures organically form from the pieces of the old.

How can AI meaningfully support system mapping without replacing human insight? In this event, Si Tech Hub is teaming up with the System Mapping Academy to explore five practical roles AI can play throughout the system mapping process, from generating ideas and organising information to supporting analysis and communication. Using practical examples, we'll examine where AI adds value, where its limitations lie, and how to integrate it thoughtfully into systems practice.

How does one person getting unwell lead to a global pandemic, or a few people losing faith in an asset lead to a global financial crisis, or a Swedish girl not going to school on Fridays lead to a global movement to address climate change? The answer lies in understanding how feedback loops drive tipping points and phase transitions within complex systems, leading to one paradigm giving way to another, as our graphic of the week illustrates.

With love from the whole happy team at info@systemsinnovation.network