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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



06.11.2024

The Great Transformation


Prof Fredmund Malik

The economy and society are going through one of the greatest transformations in history. It is a paradigmatic mega-change which brings about most risky turbulences. It is no less than a shift from an old to a new world. To master it, a revolutionary new management is needed in order to shift resources in the critical decision zone. For this challenge we have the best solutions ever, amplifying the effectiveness of management by 80fold and speed of change by 100fold.



08.10.2024

Organizing success critical tasks in a production plant with the Viable System Model


Judith Hennemann

A Practice Application of VSM …



02.10.2024

VSM & Ethics


Stephen Harwood

Technology is Janus-faced with it having both a good and a dark side, this highlighting the ethics domain. This has implications for the implementation of technology in general. Extending the notion of technology implementation as one form of managed change, these implications extend to how we handle change, especially change in complex situations.

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