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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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Submission to Inclusive Growth Commission

Posted on19th December 201619th December 2016AuthorSchumacher Institute

By Fred Barker FSI The RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) have issued an interim report: Inclusive Growth Commission – Emerging findings. It is an inquiry to understand and identify practical ways to make…

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Graceful Collapse – Part 1: Traditional Defences and Resilience in Complex Systems

Posted on29th November 201621st December 2016AuthorSchumacher Institute

By Douglas Owen FSI In this blog I want to explore whether the traditional approaches we use to defend systems from harm can contribute to resilient performance as well. I will leave the success side of the coin for another…

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Why do we need resilience anyway?

Posted on21st November 201621st November 2016AuthorSchumacher Institute

By Douglas Owen FSI To understand why we need systems and societies capable of resilient performance, we first have to understand what the problem is. The problem is this: the world is complex. Really, really, mindbogglingly complex. And only getting…

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The Smart Hamlet concept proves exciting

Posted on15th December 2015AuthorSchumacher Institute

Having attended their South West conference, Michael Clinton has written an article for the Housing Learning and Improvement Network (LIN), such was the interest in the Smart Hamlet concept. This prompted us to look up the definition of a hamlet. …

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