Dear Metaphorum members:
All Metaphorum’s webinars will be on the first Wednesday each month at 5pm UK (please check your local time if not in the UK as different countries change clocks from summertime to wintertime at different times of the year).
Starting on September the 4th 2024, you need to register to attend the Metaphorum Webinars. Registration is free and straightforward, and our webinars are still open to everyone.
To register to a webinar, follow this link and provide your contact details.
Registration link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYrc-6orTIpE93LPq621YbrVdLr1sIF4afh
You will receive immediately in your email the link to the webinar- which you can copy to your calendar.
Previous Programmes
More details and bios of previous speakers are on these pages:
Looking forward to having you with us.
Angela Espinosa, Allenna Leonard and Jon Walker
(Artwork from Vanilla Beer)
Upcoming Webinars
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.
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.
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.
07.05.2025
Unlocking Collaboration: Mastering the VSM Collaboration Canvas
Mark Lambertz
In this webinar Mark Lambertz will introduce 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.
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.