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.
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Recent Webinars
02.04.2025
Wicked problem related to climate change adaptation in Venice and its Lagoon and bio-cybernetic principles to address it.
Dr. Christiane Gebhardt
The critical literature review provides a framework for understanding the nature of the wicked problem of the threat of Sea Level Rise arising at the nexus of society and nature. It shows the scope of action for climate change adaptation employing a tentative governance model derived from synthesising literature.
05.03.2025
Exploring a critical organisational praxis – invoking cybernetic thinking, indigenous knowledge and decolonisation
Sujay Dinnalli & Ushma Desai
As India is poised to become the third largest economy, there is a pressing need to look at the state of organisations and people within them. That this constitutes a critical enquiry is evidenced from the low percentage of organised sector workers in the country’s workforce, the dearth of industrial innovation, and other alarming socio-economic indicators. Social research in organisations has looked at the cultural intricacies within organisations, and the challenges hence produced.
05.02.2025
Cybernetics and education: architecture for freedom
Prof. José dos Santos Cabral Filho
This talk will explore the intersection of cybernetics and education, with a specific focus on architectural education.