2024 Conference announced: 16 – 17 September Berlin
The Metaphorum 2024 Conference is set to take place in Berlin, Germany, at the end of September. Optional pre/post-conference events and/or VSM trainings are under consideration. Nevertheless, one thing is already clear: It will be a highly interactive event! Additionally, the Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place on Wednesday, September 18th. The main theme […]
Webinar Series for the 1st Semester of 2024
We are very pleased to announce the forthcoming Webinar Series for the 1st Semester of 2024. In 2024 we will have two types of webinars: a) webinars to share ongoing developments of the Metaphorum community – in the format of an online workshop. We will start the year with two of this type of webinar: 10thJanuary: […]
Wolfgang Lassl: My concept study on the VSM 2.0
Dear all, I hope you had relaxing and enjoyable holidays, and that you refilled your personal energy for your great program 24! I just wanted to let you know that I have now finished my concept study on the VSM 2.0 in the form of a paper and that you (and everyone else interested) can […]
New Webinar Series Announced
https://metaphorum.org/webinars-2023-september-december
Video recordings of Metaphorum 2023
The video recordings of the Metaphorum 2023 Conference in Manchester, England are now linked from the conference webpage https://metaphorum.org/conference-2023 . The video recordings were made by the College of Exploration video production service as a pro bono contribution to Metaphorum. Peter Tuddenham assisted by Gail Franklin recorded all the sessions that the presenters had agreed […]
How an eccentric English tech guru helped guide Allende’s socialist Chile
An article in todays UK Guardian newspaper https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/22/stafford-beer-chile-allende-technology-cybernetics?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Book Launch Wednesday 31st May, 3.30 – 5pm (GMT) Sustainable Self-Governance in Business and Societies: The Viable System Model in Action
Centre for Systems book launch Wednesday 31st May, 3.30 – 5pm (GMT) Sustainable Self-Governance in Business and Societies: The Viable System Model in Action Dr Angela Espinosa Centre for Systems Studies, University of Hull, UK Online event. Please register here Please distribute flyer: Angela Espinosa (GM) May 31st 2023
From Metaphorum Conference 2015 – Intro to Stafford Beer and VSM
At the Metaphorum Conference in Hull in 2015 Dr. Angela Espinosa presented Managing complexity with VSM: New developments in theory, methodologies and applications. Watch the video recording on the College of Exploration Vimeo account.
Raul Gonzalez’s webinar – change of date – April 19
Due to Easter’s holidays, our next speaker, Raul Gonzalez has requested a change in the date for his webinar (originally planned for April the 4th 2023). His webinar, ‘How to enhance business platforms using the Viable System Model (VSM) to face the current and future complexity business challenges’ will be on April the 19th, from […]
Cybersyn audio recordings
Dear all: Jacob and Jannis, who attended the Metaphorum Conference in Huizen, The Netherlands in November 2019, have now completes their radio documentary „Project Cybersyn – Chile’s cybernetic dream of justice“ . It was finally aired recently on the national public radio in Germany. The final edit is 110 minutes and split in two parts. […]