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Training to The Royal Society on Systems Thinking and Decision-Making

Posted on28th March 2017AuthorSchumacher Institute

The Schumacher Institute’s Martin Sandbrook and Douglas Owen were recently invited by The Royal Society to deliver a training course designed to help policy advisors get a fresh perspective on systems, so they can make more effective recommendations. We brought…

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The problem of using examples to understand Action Experiment

Posted on23rd March 2017AuthorSchumacher Institute

By Martin Sandbrook, Learning programmes Director When I am teaching people about action experiment, they understandably ask me for examples. When I respond, I often sense that the reaction is one of disappointment. I think this may be because trying…

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Smart Living: Social Innovation In The Circular Economy

Posted on14th March 2017AuthorSchumacher Institute

Date: Wednesday 29 March 6.30pm to 8.30pm Venue: Bristol Textile Recyclers, Victoria Terrace, Bristol, BS2 0TD Description: A one-off opportunity to visit Bristol Textile Recyclers, learn how to turn waste into a valuable commodity, and explore your role in the…

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Submission to Labour Party consultation on Industrial Strategy

Posted on16th February 2017AuthorSchumacher Institute

Could a modern industrial strategy provide a vehicle to help achieve the economic transformation needed to address profound eco-system and social challenges? The Institute has submitted evidence to the Labour Party consultation on industrial strategy which sets out key concepts,…

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Post-truth’ 1 : Spiritual leaders should not be too hasty in buying into ‘post-truth’ – it’s toxic

Posted on6th February 2017AuthorSchumacher Institute

By Dr Jenneth Parker FSI Research Director Some spiritual leaders seem to be ready to embrace ‘post-truth’ as an opportunity to awaken people to ‘deeper truths’ of a spiritual nature about our relationships. However, I want to suggest that ‘post-truth’…

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Graceful Collapse – Part 3 : Dynamic Reconfigurability and Resilience in Complex Systems

Posted on31st January 2017AuthorSchumacher Institute

By Douglas Owen FSI In Part 1 and Part 2 of this blog series I have looked at the potential contribution of traditional ‘predict and withstand’ defences in technical systems to resilient performance, even in the face of pernicious common…

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Graceful Collapse – Part 2: Common Mode Failure and Resilient Performance in Complex Systems

Posted on21st December 2016AuthorSchumacher Institute

By Douglas Owen FSI In Part 1 of this blog series I looked at the contribution of traditional ‘predict and withstand’ defences in technical systems on their potential for resilient performance. Now in Part 2, I look at common mode…

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