Written by Senja Väätäinen-Chimpuku A systems approach is intuitively a necessity in many fields tackling complex challenges. For many such as myself, whose academic education has been based on traditional, reductionist approaches, systems thinking provides a new way to look at reality. I am also interested to learn how in…

By Arnaldo Pellini and Dora Hietavirta The Sensemaking meetup is Systems Change Finland’s monthly meetup where we explore topics related to applied Systems Thinking and Complexity with interesting speakers. Instead of being one-sided lectures, our meetups are spaces where participants can also make sense about the topics with each other. …

One of the nicer aspects of exploring, reading and learning about systems thinking and complexity is to discover interesting blogs, papers and books and to get in touch with the authors to learn more about their points of view and their journeys into systems. Some months ago, one of my…

The design and implementation of development initiatives in support of policy and governance reforms often contends with systems of interlinked problems and non-linear and unpredictable change processes (Harry Jones 2011). …

With Florian Bizet we are working to set up a circle under System Change Finland that explores and discusses experiences and challenges that international development initiatives face when dealing with the systems and complexity of public policy problems in low and middle income countries. As part of this work I…

Written by Arnaldo Pellini and Mikael Seppälä The Sensemaking meetup is Systems Change Finland’s monthly meetup where we explore topics related to applied Systems Thinking and Complexity with interesting speakers. Instead of being one-sided lectures, our meetups are spaces where participants can also make sense about the topics with each…

I am working with some colleagues at the EdTech Hub on defining EdTech systems. We are reviewing general systems literature as well as literature on systems more specific to EdTech. …

At the end of March, Italian novelist Francesca Melandri wrote an opinion piece for The Guardian. She started her article with: “I am writing to you from Italy, which means I am writing from your future. We are now where you will be in a few days.” The following day…

Vietnam is one of 60 countries where UNDP has established Accelerator Labs. The aim is to instil innovation principles and approaches into the work of the projects that UNDP implements and into the way UNDP works. At the end of January, I went to Helsinki to participate in a two-day…