Temarios y módulos

Session 1: What are self-organizing systems and how do they work?

The worlds of nonlinear dynamics and complexity sciences deal with essentially unpredictable systems. Self-organizing is one way to characterize such systems. Human Systems Dynamics and the CDE Model are based on this explanation of causality in social systems, as well as in physical and mathematical systems studied by complexity scientists. In this segment, we will explore the nature of self-organizing systems, as they have influenced the theory and practice of HSD.

Session 2: Where did the CDE come from and where is it going?

One explanation of self-organizing dynamics forms the foundation on which HSD is built. We call it Pattern Logic. It recognizes three metavariables that influence the speed, path, and results of self-organizing processes. This theory, reflected in the CDE Model as Pattern Logic, emerges from a radical and generative view of physical and metaphysical reality. This session will respond to questions about the origins, underlying assumptions, and ongoing exploration of the CDE Model in the practice of Human Systems Dynamics.

Session 3: Why are Containers about power?

Containers hold agents together until their self-organising patterns can emerge. Like traditional system boundaries, they frame the dynamics of system interactions. Unlike traditional boundaries. Containers are multiple and massively entangled in any system. They are also infinitely varied, including everything from the walls of a room to the shared beliefs of a political movement. To understand and act within those systems, one must be able to discern Containers and anticipate how they can influence future system states. In this session, we will focus on the current political landscape to explore the power and possibility of Containers. We uncover the subtle and powerful character of Containers and explore how they can inform and empower systemic transformation.

Session 4: How can differences hold both energy and meaning?

Differences within any container emerge from past system states and set current conditions for all future states. They also hold the information content of a system to support conscious understanding and intentional action. In this session, we will use the dynamics of intersectionality and multiculturalism to explore the sources and consequences of difference in human systems.

Session 5: What does it mean for Exchanges to actualize potential in a system?

Exchanges consist of the flows across Differences within Containers to amplify or resolve the tensions that all Differences create. Exchanges are spontaneous, whenever the Differences in the system reach critical states, and tensions are resolved. While we often focus on verbal exchange as the primary feature of human systems, HSD acknowledges a wide variety of visible and invisible Exchanges that influence the emerging future of human systems at all scales. In this session, we will focus on the internet and emerging technologies to explore the opportunities and challenges of natural and intentional exchanges in complex human systems.

Session 6: NOW WHAT are emerging questions and next wise actions?

We hope that this program increases understanding of Pattern Logic and that it prompts new questions about the theory and practice of HSD. In this session, we will explore shifting patterns of HSD Praxis and use patterns of the present to give voice to possibilities of the future. Our own emerging systems—as a learning group, an ecosystem of HSD communities, and actors in a world in transition—will inform our shared inquiry and hopes for future action.