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Stafford's Work

Stafford Beer offers a new approach to design organisations that can sustain in chaotic times.

The Viable System Model (VSM) and Team Syntegrity (TS) support more effective and agile organisations, by unlocking the emancipatory potential of its members.

We are a vibrant, global community that develops, and disseminates, his tools and ideas to contribute to build a better world.

Discuss with the academic, nonprofit and business community at our conferences.

Webinars, 
Conferences, 
Special Interest Groups

Metaphorum organizes a monthly webinar, annual conferences and has interesting special interest groups. Get informed:

Recent Webinars



10.09.2025

Navigating Complexity – VSM for Adaptive Organizations


Krishan Mathis

Krishan’s Training Concept The …


ypsomed

11.06.2025

Transformation with the Viable System Model at Ypsomed


Michael Zaugg & Christoph Mahr

Learn first-hand how Ypso …



04.06.2025

The role of the effector in thinking – Revisiting the VSM model of cognition.


Dr. Brunella Antomarini

The cybernetic paradigm of cognition as an alternative to causality thinking, mainly associated to the model of science.

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