Despite many efforts to deal with the various complex issues facing our societies, plans and problem solutions are seldom long lasting, because we, as individuals, and our leaders are most likely to fall into the trap of using traditional linear thinking. It is natural and easy, but does not usually deliver long-term solutions in the context of highly complex modern communities. There is an urg...

Successful financial risk management requires constant grappling with the known, the unknown and the unknowable (“KuU”). But think of KuU as more than simply an acronym for “the known, the unknown, and the unknowable”; indeed, we think of it as a conceptual framework. We believe that “KuU thinking” can promote improved decision making—helping us to recognize situations of K and u and U and thei...

The term ‘systemic innovation’ is increasing in use, but there no consensus on its meaning: five understandings of the can be identified, each based a different view what word ‘systemic’ should refer to. first understanding focuses technologies, where innovation focus synergistically integrated with other complementary innovations, going beyond boundaries single organization. Therefore, refers ...

Great works of literary fiction seem to mirror life and its complexity. This paper claims that engaging in reading can be beneficial for OR practitioners as it enhances systems thinking understanding complex human affairs. Using the experience a book, we applied Causal Mapping (CM) Reading Labs, where participants read share their views literature appreciate complexity multiple differing perspe...

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