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An MBA is an education in how design useful human systems, including enterprises, communities, commercial businesses, government policy and your own life. This podcast series therefore uses Systems Thinking.

Mike Metcalfe


    • Aug 12, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 31m AVG DURATION
    • 24 EPISODES


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    God as Progress

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2019 22:44


    Designing a system using the concept of progress over that of supremacy beings. How are you helping in the progress of the world?

    SYSTEMS THINKING ABOUT EXPERIMENTATION

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2018 26:27


    ASSIGNMENT: Design an experiemnt you can conduct at work, who or what would oppose it?

    SYSTEMS THINKING ABOUT HUMAN BEHAVIOUR

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2018 44:45


    ASSIGNMENT: WHEN RESPONDING TO AN AWKWARD SOCIAL SITUATION, WHOM DO YOU IMITATE?

    SYSEMS THINKING ABOUT POSTMODERNISM (EVIDENCE)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2018 38:23


    ASIGNMENT: WHO IS EXCLUDED FROM GIVING EVIDENCE IN YOUR DECISION MAKING.

    SYSTEMS THINKING ABOUT DECISION MAKING

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2018 33:43


    ASSIGNMENT: WHO DO YOU OR YOUR ORGANISATION IMITATE WHEN MAKING DECISIONS.

    SYSTEMS THINKING ABOUT PURPOSE

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2018 28:02


    ASSIGNMENT: DRAFT A STSTEMENT OF PURPOSE FOR YOURSELF OR YOUR ORGANISATION, WHAT ARE YOUR OR ITS FIVE CORE CONCEPTS THAT PROVIDE PURPOSE?

    SYSTEMS THINING ABOUT CAPITALISM

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2018 49:32


    ASSIGNMNET: ARE YOU AND YOUR ORGANISATION CONTINUALLY INCREASING YOUR FINANCIAL AND SOCIAL CAPITAL, HOW MIGHT THIS IMPROVE.

    NETWORKS AS PROBLEM SOLVING SYSTEMS

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2018 49:26


    ASSIGNMENT: THINK OF A PROBLEM YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN RECENTLY IDENTIFY THE SOURCES USED TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS

    SYSTEMS AS FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2018 31:15


    ASSIGNMENT: DESCRIBE YOUR ORGANISATION, OR SELF, AS A FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT. WHAT ARE THE HISTORIC AND FUTURE CASHFLOWS INTO AND OUT OF THIS SYSTEM?

    SYSTEMS THINKING ABOUT NEGOTIATION

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2018 25:01


    ASSIGNMENT: THINK OF A RECENT NEGOTIATION IN YOUR ORGANISATION OR IN YOUR OWN LIFE. WHAT WERE THE CONCEPTS IN TENSION, WAS IT CREATIVE, WAS THERE COOPERATION, COULD YOU GO BACK AND RE NEGOTIATE WITH THE SAME PEOPLE WITH NO RESIDUE BAD FEELINGS. HOW MIGHT THINGS HAVE BEEN IMPROVED.

    SYSTEMS THINKING ABOUT SENSEMAKING

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2018 28:49


    ASSIGNMENT: HOW DOES YOUR ORGANISATION MAKE SENSE OF ITSELF AND THE WORLD, WHAT CRITERIA DOES IT ASSUME TO UNDERTAKE THAT INTERPRETATION.

    SYSTEMS THINKING ABOUT PROSPERITY

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2018 31:37


    ASSIGNMENT: USE NIALL FERGUSONS SIX APPS TO MAKE SUGGESTIONS HOW YOUR ORGANISATION COULD BECOME MORE PROSPEROUS BY IMPROVING ITS PRODUCTS AND SERVICES.

    SYSTEMS THINKING ABOUT FORECASTING

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2018 38:50


    ASSIGNMENT: FORECAST THE FUTURE DEMAND FOR SOMETHING CORE TO THE FUTURE SUCCESS OF YOUR ORGANISATION.

    SYSTEMS THINKING ABOUT CONSEQUENCES

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2018 24:16


    ASSIGNMENT:USE A RECENT EVENT THAT OCCURED TO YOUR ORGANISATION, AND ASK YOURSELF WHAT WHERE THE POSSITIVE AND NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT EVENT, PERHAPS GRAPH THEM, REFLECT OFF THE SET OF CONCEPTS OR ORGANISING PRINCIPLES YOU WERE US8NG TO DIRECT YOUR DECISION MAKING.

    SYSTEMS THINKING: LEADERSHIP

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2018 32:12


    ASSIGNMENT: HOW WOULD YOU GET YOUR IMMEDIATE GROUP To AGREE A SET OF CONCEPTS OR ORGANISING PRINCIPLES TO COORDINATE THEIR DECISION MAKING.

    SYSTEMS THINKING ABOUT THE LINGUISTIC TURN

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2017 32:42


    ASSIGNMENT: USE THE FOLLOWING WORDS TO THINK ABOUT YOUR ORGANISATION, JUSTICE, ANTIFRAGILE, FUTURE, USEFULNESS, AND AGILITY? WHAT WORD BEST DESCRIBES YOUR ORGANISATION.

    SYSTEMS THING ABOUT PLANNING

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2017 39:47


    ASSIGNMENT: WHAT IS YOUR ORGANISATIONS PLAN, CAN IT DEALTH WITH THE UNEXPECTED, CAN MOST STAFF EXPLAIN IT, DOES IT ALTER MUCH?

    SYSTEMS THINKING ABOUT ENTREPRENEURS EDUCATION

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2017 32:44


    ASSIGNMENT: WHAT EDUCATION OR TRAINING WOULD BENEFIT THOSE THAT WORK WITH YOUR ORGANISATION, INCLUDING YOURSELF?

    SYSTEMS THINKING ABOUT CREATIVE IMITATION

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2017 26:39


    ASSIGNMENT: WHO DO YOU OR COULD YOUR ORGANISATION IMITATE, YOUR ROLE MODEL, BENCHMARK OR HEROES? WHAT DO THEY DO THAT YOU COULD DO?

    SYSTEMS THINKING ABOUT EVOLVING

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2017 9:52


    ASSIGNMENT: HOW HAS YOUR ORGANISATION OR PROJECT EVOLVED, WHAT HAS BEEN RECOMBINED, WHAT WERE THE SELECTORS.

    SYSTEMS THINKING ABOUT IDEAS

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2017 49:45


    ASSIGNMENT: WHAT ANNOYS YOU MOST ABOUT YOUR ORGANISATION, OR PROJECT? WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT?

    SYSTEMS THINKING: What is a system?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2017 9:52


    ASSIGNMENT: FOR YOUR ORGANISATION, problem or project, can you describe it as a system? WHAT ARE THE KEY INPUTS, elements, transformations, what is it like?

    SYSTEMS THINKING ABOUT RECOMBINATION AS INNOVATION

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2017 17:45


    ASSIGNMENT: What is your organisation, or its products and services, a recombination of?

    Systems Thinking About Poverty

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2017 34:23


    ASSIGNMNET: Argue for and against how your organisation assists or not the individual poverty avoidance system outlined in this episode.

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