Systems Innovation

Learn systems innovation - the new systems-based approach to enabling transformative change within complex organizations

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English
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Management
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4,855
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3 hours
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Jun 2020
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$49.99
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What you will learn

By the end of this course you will have gained a solid grasp of the central concepts in the area of systems change and how to apply them

Description

Systems innovation and systems change are terms that have risen to prominence in the past few decades in the face of a new set of challenges that are recognized to be complex, interconnected, and highly dynamic.

Around the world, societies face complex challenges as we find ourselves in a time of transformation. As advanced economies move out of an industrial mode we see public institutions in crisis, our most critical systems in various stages of stalling, while the environmental challenge to build a sustainable future appears to grow ever greater and more pressing.

At the same time societies' problem-solving capacities are at a record high, people are more informed and educated, there is more capital floating around than ever before - at the same time, many people want to be engaged in creating a different world and technology is enabling society to perform large collaborative tasks more effectively and at ever lower cost.

With the rise of globalization, information technology and an unfolding environmental crisis the world has changed in quite radical ways in the past decades alone, as a consequence, we are challenged to evolve new organizational structures and capabilities that are currently significantly absent.

After decades of living in this new globalized world a failure to gain traction on even one of the global challenges today is a testimony to a failing set of approaches. Current responses to our most pressing societal challenges - from poverty and inequality to ethnic conflict and climate change - appear not to be working. These problems are incredibly dynamic and complex, constituting an ever-evolving array of technologies, actors, and circumstances, yet we address them through traditional centralized bureaucratic processes of long-term planning based upon fixed future projections.

Many of today’s strategic challenges, from security and terrorism to migration and water scarcity, can be better thought of as complex adaptive systems, continuously recreated through the ongoing choices, actions, and interactions among numerous players operating across dense global networks. Such systemic phenomena require a whole new strategic toolbox if we are to have any real impact in shaping the world we live in.

There is growing awareness that these systems are in fact fundamentally complex and thus require a different approach. They demand a more holistic, networked, emergent and evolutionary approach. Building on complexity theories' deep knowledge of dynamic systems, systems innovation presents an alternative to our traditional centralized approaches.

Systems innovation is a new systems-based approach to enabling change within complex organizations. It is a holistic approach that looks at the underlying dynamics and root causes of the issue, working with the innate evolutionary potential of complex adaptive systems to enable transformative change in their structure, behavior and functional capabilities.

This course is an overview of the current state of systems innovation and systems change, it draws upon the work of prominent systems thinkers such as Donella Meadows and Russell Ackoff along with the insights from contemporary researchers and social entrepreneurs to give an overview of the current state of systems innovation. The course should be of relevance to anyone interested in transformative change within large complex organizations.

Content

Overview

Systems Innovation Overview
Systems Change
Wicked Problems
Innovation Examples
Innovation Process

Systems Thinking

Systems Insight
Systems Thinking
Systems Modelling
Iceberg model
Leverage Points

Systems Analysis

Systems Analysis
Systems Stakeholder Analysis
System Dynamics
Transition
Nonlinear Change

Digital Transformation

Digital Transformation

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Reviews

Krishnendu
August 15, 2023
These are very propitious times for me. I've learned so much in such a short period. I'm ready to build my success from here.
Satbir
July 31, 2023
it was amazing that tells you to be more adaptive and consider all the points in consideration while moving ahead, and teaches u to be more spontaneous rather than wasting opportunities.
Conner
June 2, 2023
I thought it was an interesting way to look at systems and describe them at a high-level. I just wish it went in to more detail.
Jenny
May 19, 2023
Me gusatría que existieran susbitulos en español, pinta bien el primer video me atrapó para seguir aprendiendo y conociendo más del curso.
Robert
May 12, 2023
This course will help me to understand the combination of system thinking and the process of innovation so as to enable transformative change within a complex system.
Fabian
April 3, 2023
Changed my worldview: I am one of those easily-distracted people - usually on my phone after 5 minutes when watching online courses. But this course grasped my attention 100%. Easy to follow content that helps to understand this complex topic through relevant examples. I can really recommend it!
Lynda
March 16, 2023
Fantastic content, would have rated it 5 stars if an additional resource was availed that followed one example of what the process looks like so that a student can replicate it. Thank you!
Subrat
January 25, 2023
The course is well organized and good explanations. I see only one challenge: there are no examples of how this can be done with a use-case starting from getting insight to apply the digital transformation.
Himanshi
January 23, 2023
This is an amazing learning and relevant for me as I want to be a leader that brings a change in the world.
Francisco
January 12, 2023
Very interesting with very good examples. Makes you rethink processes and how those are measured and how the outcome can improve by improving process holistically.
Kārlis
January 3, 2023
Started a bit dull, became engaging quickly. Repetetive enough to hammer in points but never boring. Must watch for anyone not familiar with these concepts.
Eric
October 27, 2022
It was a very interesting introduction to the topic, but it remains at a very high level. I am now looking forward to figuring out how I can use these concept in my daily activities at work... and home too.
Samuel
July 26, 2022
I have been in many systems transformation and this course have provided me with a better understanding regarding proactive approaches to fully understand essential elements to an effective system transformation.
Stephanie
June 23, 2022
This was a highly informative and equally academic overview of systems innovation and change. The explanations of the super-interesting concepts were clear, as were the references to historical situations and theorists. There wasn't much in the way of methodology or references to how to carry out systems innovation, and given there was only infographic content and narration without any knowledge check questions or printable/downloadable resources, it was a race to take notes and review myself to check comprehension. Not sure how much detail I will retain given the format, but it was a great overview on the very interesting topic.
Salil
May 31, 2022
Nice overview of the systems thinking...Probably can include a couple of end-to-end case studies which will be helpful.

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