Regular SCiO Meetings

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  • Open Meetings (open to all), at most of which a series of presentations of general interest to SCiO's members and others is given. Some of these meetings are also used to discuss specific problems in a workshop situation. There is a fee of £10 for all attendees for these meetings.
     
  • Development Days (members only) at which a smaller group of SCiO's members gather in order to apply themselves to a series of specific problem brought by the attendees. A study topic (usually from Systems theory) may also be addressed. There is no charge made for these meetings.

Professional Development

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See the Professional Development page (under Resources) for more details. If no courses are visible on the Events page, please contact us using the Contact form on the Contact page and ask for the course. For these courses,  the fee for members is £20 and for all others is £50. Our regular Courses are:

  • SC101. A Beginners Workshop in Modelling using the Viable Systems Model
  • SC102. Organisational Dynamics - Viable Systems Modelling Intermediate
  • SC103. The Systems Minefield - An Overview of Systems Thinking and Practice

Upcoming Events

Date Town Event Access Cost
Saturday, July 6, 20139.30am for prompt 10am start - 5pm Milton Keynes SC101. A Beginners Workshop in Modelling using the Viable Systems Model

Please book early by contacting the organiser at roger.duck@scio.org.uk.

This is a whole day workshop designed for those relatively new to VSM and provides basic training in building a Model of an organisation using VSM.

The attendees...

(All Welcome) £20 members, £50 non-members
Sunday, July 7, 201310am - 4pm London London Development Day

This is a chance to draw upon the collective expertise of other SCIO members in a friendly and supportive atmosphere. Your confidentiality and IP rights (where at issue) will be fully respected.

Development Days are for you whether you are starting out using Cybernetics or other...

(Members only) FREE to Members
Monday, July 8, 201310am - 4.30pm London Open Meeting - Summer 2013

An Open Meeting where a series of presentations of general interest regarding Systems Practice will be given - this will include a 'craft' session.

A synthesis of how systems work - Dr Steve Brewis

Transduction - discussion of transduction in the design of Information Systems and Control Systems - • Prof. Roger James

Grounding System Viability Models and Soft Methodologies for Architecting oil and gas independents - Mesbah Khan

(All Welcome) £10
Sunday, July 21, 201310am - 4pm Manchester Development Day

This is a chance to draw upon the collective expertise of other SCIO members in a friendly and supportive atmosphere. Your confidentiality and IP rights (where at issue) will be fully respected.

Development Days are for you whether you are starting out using Cybernetics or other...

(Members only) FREE to Members
Saturday, August 3, 20139.30am for prompt 10am start - 5pm Milton Keynes SC102. Organisational Dynamics - Viable Systems Modelling Intermediate

Please book early by contacting the organiser at roger.duck@scio.org.uk.

This is a whole day workshop which follows on from the workshop on the structure of an organisation and provides training in analysing the dynamics of an organisation using...

(All Welcome) £20 members, £50 non-members
Sunday, October 6, 201310am - 4pm Manchester Development Day

This is a chance to draw upon the collective expertise of other SCIO members in a friendly and supportive atmosphere. Your confidentiality and IP rights (where at issue) will be fully respected.

Development Days are for you whether you are starting out using Cybernetics or other...

(Members only) FREE to Members
Monday, October 7, 201310am - 4.30pm Manchester Open Meeting - Autumn 2013

An Open Meeting where a series of presentations of general interest regarding Systems Practice will be given - this will include a 'craft' session.

Dr. Jon Walker & Dr. Angela Espinosa (provisional)

Promoting learning within a non-systems community - Brendan O'Connell (provisional)

(All Welcome) £10
Sunday, October 13, 201310am - 4pm London London Development Day

This is a chance to draw upon the collective expertise of other SCIO members in a friendly and supportive atmosphere. Your confidentiality and IP rights (where at issue) will be fully respected.

Development Days are for you whether you are starting out using Cybernetics or other...

(Members only) FREE to Members