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SUMMARY:The Topologies of Prediction: Management\, Cybernetics\, and Artificial Intelligence
DESCRIPTION:Mark Johnson \nAI’s recent advances mean that it is now a fundamental constituent of the environment for all of us\, and the challenge for organisations is to adapt to it. This entails a deeper understanding of what the technology is\, and this in turn invites a reinspection of cybernetic theory. \nParticipate through this link: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82647039399?pwd=MXzqxv0idzbrLpffaJUObdobL1KGP2.1
URL:https://metaphorum.org/event/the-topologies-of-prediction-management-cybernetics-and-artificial-intelligence
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SUMMARY:Berlin 2024 Conference – Creativity and Viability
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URL:https://metaphorum.org/event/berlin-2024-conference-creativity-and-viability
LOCATION:The Change Hub\, Germany
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SUMMARY:VSM & Ethics
DESCRIPTION:Stephen Harwood \nTechnology 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. More
URL:https://metaphorum.org/event/vsm-ethics
LOCATION:Metaphorum Webinar
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SUMMARY:Organizing success critical tasks in a production plant with the Viable System Model
DESCRIPTION:A Practice Application of VSM \nJudith Hennemann \nThe talk will give insights in process and results of a 2-day-workshop in one of our production plants.\nIn my presentation\, I will focus on the methodology of the workshop in the first place\, especially with regards to alternating VSM teaching and application phases during the workshop.\nI will also explain how we met challenges that occurred during the analysis. \nThe request to the facilitator was  – based on the strategic relevance and a variety of difficult conditions for the plant  – to define crucial roles that ensure a resilient setup of this production plant.\nThe concept needed to be scalable to similar plants in our global setting. A cross functional project had already been launched in order to support the performance of the plant.\nThe plant in focus is embedded in a complex matrix of regional\, technical and functional structures and requirements.\nYou will see how the nesting of the organization made it difficult to identify the boundaries of the System in Focus\, and how flexible usage of recursion levels helped us to avoid paralysis by analysis. \nI will walk you through three major steps of our workshop: \n\nFirst\, the check of organizational setup and manageability of the operations.\nSecond\, the collection of challenges that the operations and their management are facing\, including environmental influences and dependencies between operations.\nThird\, the definition of corresponding roles\, competencies and practices to ensure a stable and resilient operation of the plant.\n\nYou will take away my recommendation for templates from the VSM Coach training and on visualization and communication of the results to the senior management\, and general lessons learned.\nPlease understand that I “blurred” all the specific results. This is about the process\, not the results.\nI am looking forward to our discussion.
URL:https://metaphorum.org/event/organizing-success-critical-tasks-in-a-production-plant-with-the-viable-system-model
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SUMMARY:Beyond Theory: Exploring the Practical Synergy of VSM and AI
DESCRIPTION:Beyond Theory: Exploring the Practical Synergy of VSM and AI” \nPanos Panagiotakopoulos\, PhD \nTuesday November the 12th\, 4:00- 5:30 pm (UK wintertime) \nThis hands-on webinar will introduce the Viable System Model (VSM) as a framework to understand and harness Artificial Intelligence (AI) within organizations.\nWe’ll examine practical use cases across VSM’s five systems through interactive demos and discussions.\nRather than theory\, this session will focus on real-world applications\, showing how VSM can enhance the effective integration of AI in an organization and significantly improve its viability. \,Additionally\, we’ll explore how AI can support VSM training and deepen understanding\, making it easier for participants to apply VSM concepts in business contexts.
URL:https://metaphorum.org/event/10654
LOCATION:Metaphorum Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241115T130000
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SUMMARY:VSM Coach Online Course in English
DESCRIPTION:An Online VSM Coach Course with Angela Espinosa \n  \nEnglish: Friday 15th November – Friday 13th December 2024\nCOMPLETE THE APPLICATION FORM \n\nAims: This VSM training package aims to: \n\nIntroduce the Viable System Model (VSM)\, and in particular\, the ‘viability and sustainability’ approach\, which emphasizes the need for organisational sustainability as well as viability.\nIntroduce the ‘Self-Transformation Methodology’ to guide implementation of the VSM.\nFacilitate practicing the VSM and the STM in organisations chosen by students\nIntroduce theory and tools for Performance Management and Self Governance\nOffer a critical review of VSM theory and applications\n\nApproach: \n\nThe module will apply an action learning approach – learning by doing’:\n\nIt will introduce the basic cybernetic concepts underlying VSM theory\n\n\nThrough real life examples\, students will learn to apply these concepts in their personal and organisational lives\n\n\nThe VSM theory will be applied by the students in an organisation of their choice. They will be ‘role playing’ as internal consultants and as employees or customers from the organisation\, to learn how to:\n\n model the organisation as a viable system\n\n\nanalyse current shortcomings of the organisation\, by following VSM criteria of effectiveness\n\n\ndesign a more effective organisation\, following VSM criteria\n\n\nunderstand VSM criteria for self-governance and review current performance management systems and decision-making spaces.\n\n\nThe module will be delivered online\, and will include interactive workshops with presentations\, using collaborative online technology (e.g.\, Miro)\, to share exercises and exchange of experiences.\n\nAssessment: \n\nStudents learning and contributions will be peer-reviewed\, through team works\, and final presentations of their findings\nStudents are invited to summarise their learning in a brief critical essay about the VSM and the strengths and limitations of applying the VSM\n\nAgenda for VSM Coach Course in English \n\nDay One: Introduction to the VSM a. Managing organisational complexity b. The Viable System Model c. Viability and Sustainability (v & s) d. Applications of the VSM\nDay Two: The Self Transformation Methodology a. Organisational Identity b. Recursive Analysis c. Preliminary VSM diagnosis\nDay Three: Full VSM diagnosis a. S1/Environment b. S1/S2/S3 c. S3/S4/S5 d. Organisational Pathologies\nDay Four: VSM Design a. Aligning Strategy\, Structure and Technology i. VSM of the desired organisation ii. Developing roles and mechanisms for strategy implementation iii. Required ICT developments b. Self-Transformation Projects\nDay Five: Self-governance a. Performance Management i. Reviewing KPIs ii. Reviewing Performance Management Systems b. Analysing Decision-Making mechanisms c. Sustainable Self-Governance\n\n Course duration 24 hours- Dates: 5 days each from 13:00 to 18:00 UK \nEnglish Course Dates: \n\nNovember the 15th\,  13:00 to 18:00\nNovember the 22nd \, 13:00 to 18:00\nNovember the 29th 13:00 to 18:00\nDecember the 6th 13:00 to 18:00\nDecember the 13th 13:00 to 17:00\n\nNote: once completed the registrations\, the Trainer and the students can adjust this timetable in the most convenient way for all. \nLanguage \n\nCourse: English\nTraining material: English\nPricing: Course fees: £1000.00\n\nPLEASE PAY USING THIS LINK TO TICKET TAILOR   \nTrainer\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n	\n	\n		\n		\n			\n  \n\n\n\nDr Angela Espinosa (Colombia\, 1958) has been an international leader in developing the Viable System Model. She worked closely with S Beer and co-founded and led the Metaphorum to develop his legacy when he passed away. \n\n\nAngela has three decades experience in teaching\, coaching\, and consulting in the VSM in Europe and Latin-America. She has published extensively on applications and developments of the Viable System Model. \n\n\nShe is an Emeritus Fellow from the Centre for Systems Studies at the University of Hull\, Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Exeter University; a Fellow of the British Cybernetics Society; and an Associated Professor in Transylvania Executive Education.  \n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n		\n		\n	\n	\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://metaphorum.org/event/10458
CATEGORIES:VSM Coach
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SUMMARY:Cybernetics and education: architecture for freedom
DESCRIPTION:Webinar with Prof. José dos Santos Cabral Filho. \nsee: webinar info for more details. \nCybernetics and education: architecture for freedom
URL:https://metaphorum.org/event/cybernetics-and-education-architecture-for-freedom
LOCATION:Metaphorum Webinar
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SUMMARY:VSM Coach Course Feb 2025 - English
DESCRIPTION:A three day training course leading to the VSM Coach certification. \n \n \nHow do you make decisions\, how do you design the communication channels in your company? How adaptive\, how controllable your company is depends on this. In many companies\, this dimension is undervalued. \n \n \nAs the “state of the art” in organizational diagnosis\, the VSM focuses on the nervous system of the organization\, the decision-making and communication processes\, and thus goes beyond the “normal” views of organizational charts and processes. \n \n \nThis third dimension of organizing offers groundbreaking new insights for a diagnosis and design of the enterprise. Properly designed\, it turns dealing with complexity into a company’s strength. \n \n \nThe course will enable you to diagnose dysfunctions and improvement opportunities for your organization. \n  \nTrainer\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n	\n	\n		\n		\n			\n  \n\n\nMartin Pfiffner (1965) lives in Switzerland. After studying economics at the University of St. Gallen HSG\, he earned his doctorate in systems-oriented management with Prof. Dr. Fredmund Malik (management) and Prof. Dr. Peter Gross (sociology). Later he complemented his education by studying management cybernetics with Prof. Dr. Stafford Beer. He is a Fellow of the Cybernetic Society\, FCybS. \nFrom 1990 to 2012\, Martin worked as a management consultant for Management Zentrum St. Gallen. He was responsible for the development of managerial cybernetics with a focus on the application development of the Viable System Model\, the dissemination of Syntegration in Europe\, the establishment of the International Bionics Center IBZ in Munich and the Cwarel-Isaf Institute and its conferences – a predecessor of Metaphorum. \nBetween 2013 and 2016 he owned a SKEMA martial arts school and was president of the SKEMA association Switzerland. In 2017 together with friends Martin established the Fondation Oroborus in Switzerland with the purpose of disseminating applied management cybernetics. \nToday he works as an independent top management consultant\, speaker\, publisher and researcher. He still practices martial arts and plays the guitar in an alternative-rock band. \n\n\n\n \n\n		\n		\n	\n	\n	\n\n\n \n \n 
URL:https://metaphorum.org/event/vsm-coach-course-3d-feb-2025-english
CATEGORIES:VSM Coach
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SUMMARY:Exploring a critical organisational praxis – invoking cybernetic thinking\, indigenous knowledge and decolonisation
DESCRIPTION:Sujay Dinnalli & Ushma Desai \nAs 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. \nmore details: webinar page
URL:https://metaphorum.org/event/exploring-a-critical-organisational-praxis-invoking-cybernetic-thinking-indigenous-knowledge-and-decolonisation
LOCATION:Metaphorum Webinar
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SUMMARY:Wicked problem related to climate change adaptation in Venice and its Lagoon and bio-cybernetic principles to address it.
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Christiane Gebhardt \nThe 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. \nmore details: webinar page
URL:https://metaphorum.org/event/wicked-problem-related-to-climate-change-adaptation-in-venice-and-its-lagoon-and-bio-cybernetic-principles-to-address-it
LOCATION:Metaphorum Webinar
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SUMMARY:Unlocking Collaboration: Mastering the VSM Collaboration Canvas
DESCRIPTION:In this webinar Mark Lambertz  introduced the VSM Collaboration Canvas\, a tool rooted in the Viable System Model (VSM) for enhancing collaboration across organizational boundaries. Whether you’re looking to bridge gaps between teams\, align strategies\, or address operational inefficiencies\, this session will equip you with practical insights and actionable techniques. \nMore Details in the Webinar description: \nUnlocking Collaboration: Mastering the VSM Collaboration Canvas \nRecording:
URL:https://metaphorum.org/event/unlocking-collaboration-mastering-the-vsm-collaboration-canvas
LOCATION:Metaphorum Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250604T170000
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SUMMARY:The role of the effector in thinking – Revisiting the VSM model of cognition.
DESCRIPTION:The cybernetic paradigm of cognition as an alternative to causality thinking\, mainly associated to the model of science. \nFree webinar. \nDetails and registration link: \nThe role of the effector in thinking – Revisiting the VSM model of cognition. \nRegistration link: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYrc-6orTIpE93LPq621YbrVdLr1sIF4afh
URL:https://metaphorum.org/event/the-role-of-the-effector-in-thinking-revisiting-the-vsm-model-of-cognition
LOCATION:Metaphorum Webinar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250703
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SUMMARY:Metaphorum 2025
DESCRIPTION:Humans at risk? Applying the Viable System Model and Team Syntegrity for steering Towards Agency and Resilience in the Age of Alien Intelligence and Instability.\n  \nSave the date \n  \ndetailed information about the conference is here \n 
URL:https://metaphorum.org/event/metaphorum-2025
LOCATION:Manchester Business School\, Booth St W\, Manchester\, M15 6PB
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250929T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20251001T170000
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SUMMARY:VSM Coach Course Sept. 2025 - Deutsch
DESCRIPTION:Ein drei-Tages-Kurs für die Zertifizierung als VSM Coach.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWie treffen Sie Entscheidungen\, wie gestalten Sie die Kommunikationskanäle in Ihrem Unternehmen? Davon hängt ab\, wie anpassungsfähig\, wie kontrollierbar Ihr Unternehmen ist. In vielen Unternehmen wird diese Dimension unterbewertet. Als “state of the art” der Organisationsdiagnose fokussiert das VSM auf das Nervensystem der Organisation\, die Entscheidungs- und Kommunikationsprozesse\, und geht damit über die “normale” Sicht auf Organigramme und Prozesse hinaus. Diese dritte Dimension des Organisierens bietet bahnbrechende neue Erkenntnisse für eine Diagnose und Gestaltung des Unternehmens. Richtig gestaltet\, macht sie den Umgang mit Komplexität zur Stärke eines Unternehmens. Der Kurs versetzt Sie in die Lage\, Dysfunktionen und Verbesserungsmöglichkeiten für Ihre Organisation zu diagnostizieren.  \n\n\n \n\n\nTrainer\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n	\n	\n		\n		\n			\n  \n\n\nMartin Pfiffner (1965) lives in Switzerland. After studying economics at the University of St. Gallen HSG\, he earned his doctorate in systems-oriented management with Prof. Dr. Fredmund Malik (management) and Prof. Dr. Peter Gross (sociology). Later he complemented his education by studying management cybernetics with Prof. Dr. Stafford Beer. He is a Fellow of the Cybernetic Society\, FCybS. \nFrom 1990 to 2012\, Martin worked as a management consultant for Management Zentrum St. Gallen. He was responsible for the development of managerial cybernetics with a focus on the application development of the Viable System Model\, the dissemination of Syntegration in Europe\, the establishment of the International Bionics Center IBZ in Munich and the Cwarel-Isaf Institute and its conferences – a predecessor of Metaphorum. \nBetween 2013 and 2016 he owned a SKEMA martial arts school and was president of the SKEMA association Switzerland. In 2017 together with friends Martin established the Fondation Oroborus in Switzerland with the purpose of disseminating applied management cybernetics. \nToday he works as an independent top management consultant\, speaker\, publisher and researcher. He still practices martial arts and plays the guitar in an alternative-rock band.
URL:https://metaphorum.org/event/vsm-coach-course-3d-feb-2025-deutsch
CATEGORIES:VSM Coach
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SUMMARY:The Viable System Model: Theory and Application
DESCRIPTION:In this VSM Course [ 4 (5-hour) days]\, you’ll learn about the Viable System Model\, one of the most popular systemic approaches to management\, pioneered by Stafford Beer. You will be immersed in the theory through practical examples on how to manage complexity in organisations\, and you will learn how to put it into practice by following a systemic methodology – the Self-Transformation Methodology’. \nAfter the module\, you will know how to diagnose an organisation of any scale\, how to redesign it using cybernetic criteria; and how to think cybernetically and master the basic principles of complexity management\, organisational viability and recursive governance. \nBy the end of the module you will be certified by Metaphorum Cooperative Ltd. as a VSM Coach. And you will also become a member of the Cooperative for one year\, which will give you access to a global community of cybernetic experts and practitioners learning together and jointly developing its knowledge and resources. \nDates:\nNovember the 13th and the 27th [13:00-18:00 pm – UK wintertime (GMT)] \nDecember the 4th and the 11th [13:00-18:00 pm – UK wintertime(GMT)] \nCost: see Angela’s website. \nLanguage\nCourse: English \nTraining material: English \nUpon completion of the VSM Coach course\, and when you are ready to fully put it into practice in an organisation of your choice\, you can complete a VSM Designer Course to be mentored by the Trainer. More details \nTestimonial from Peter Tuddenham (mp3 audio) \nBook your place\nReserve your seat now – Click here to enroll \nPRICING: COURSE FEES: £1000 (INCLUDING CERTIFICATION)\n[If a bursary or scholarship was required\, please communicate  with the trainer]. \nONLY a few Spots left for this cohort !! \nPlease pay here
URL:https://metaphorum.org/event/the-viable-system-model-theory-and-application
CATEGORIES:VSM Coach
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260422T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260430T180000
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SUMMARY:Zertifizierter VSM Coach 22.\, 24. und 30.04.2026
DESCRIPTION:Das Seminar für Unternehmer:innen\, Unternehmenslenker:innen\, Unternehmensentwickler:innen und Organisationsentwickler:innen. \nby Pascal Miserez and Martin Pfiffner \nUngewissheit\, Volatilität und Komplexität nehmen weiterhin zu. Und damit die Anforderungen an wirkungsvolle Führung und Steuerung. Das dreitägige Seminar zum zertifizierten VSM Coach (Metaphorum) bietet eine umfassende Einführung in das Viable System Model (VSM)\, ein in den 1960er Jahren von Stafford Beer entwickeltes\, bewährtes kybernetisches Modell zur Steuerung von Organisationen jeder Grössenordnung. Das Viable System Model bildete u.a. in den 1980er Jahren eine wesentliche Grundlage für die Entwicklung des St. Galler Management Modells durch Hans Ulrich und findet sich in Teilen auch in jüngeren Organisationsmodellen wie den «Flight Levels» von Klaus Leopold wieder. Die jüngsten Entwicklungen im Bereich der künstlichen Intelligenz und die sich daraus ergebenden Möglichkeiten für Führung und Steuerung unterstreichen den Wert und die Zeitlosigkeit des universell anwendbaren Modells\, das sein Potenzial aus 4 Mrd. Jahren Evolution bezieht. \nZiele des Seminars\nDie Teilnehmenden werden umfassend befähigt\, Organisationen nach den Prinzipien des Viable System Models systematisch zu analysieren\, neu auszurichten und nachhaltig zu optimieren. Sie verstehen und beherrschen die fünf Steuerungsfunktionen der Systeme 1 bis 5 und sind in der Lage\, das VSM praktisch anzuwenden und Organisationen effektiv zu transformieren. \nDamit erreichen sie eine massgeschneiderte und lückenlose Entscheidungs- und Kommunikationsstruktur\, die Agilisierung und Effektivierung des Unternehmens\, eine klarere Fokussierung auf Kundennutzen\, die Sicherstellung von Komplexitätsfähigkeit bei gleichzeitiger Robustheit\, die Sicherstellung kontinuierlicher Anpassung (Lernen & Innovieren)\, die Klarheit über Verantwortung und Voraussetzungen wirksamer Führung\, das Ausschöpfen von Verflachungs- und Vereinfachungspotentialen\, die Auflösung von Konfliktherden\, das Abwerfen von «Organisationsballast» sowie die Auflösung der Kommunikationsblockaden. \nmore: 25-15-001 – 2026-02 – VSM Coach – 2026-04 – 1-7
URL:https://metaphorum.org/event/zertifizierter-vsm-coach
LOCATION:Zürich
CATEGORIES:VSM Coach
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