Only systems thinking approaches can address the complex systemic challenges that surround us. As the professional body for Systems Thinking Practitioners, SCiO is unique for its focus on systems practice through the breadth and depth of the systems approaches we use. We support this with free resources, professional courses on systems practice and intervention skills, professional qualifications, and communities that support practitioners. Our chapters operate in several countries and languages.
What is SCiO?
Professional Body
Acknowledged by the UK Institute of Apprenticeships as the professional body for Systems Thinking Practitioners, SCiO is dedicated to the advancement of the awareness and knowledge of Systems Thinking, and its recognition as a profession.
SCiO has three main goals:
- Developing practice in applying systems ideas to a range of organisational and institutional issues,
- Disseminating the use of systems approaches in dealing with complex situations,
- Supporting practitioners in their professional practice.
SCiO develops, supports, and promotes systems thinking practice for technical and ethical competence, and provides professional development training, events and networking opportunities. SCiO also maintains working relationships with partner bodies internationally and the UK, to support its goals, and complimentary goals of those federations and societies.
Competency Framework
SCiO has created a framework of competencies for practitioners of systems thinking, based on our Systems Thinking Body of Knowledge (SysBoK) and the systems laws, and this is aligned to the Institute for Apprenticeship (IfA) Systems Thinking Practitioner L7 accreditation and their framework of Knowledge, Skills & Behaviours.
This framework gives the details of competencies, in the fields of..
- Systems Knowledge and Skills
- Systems Thinking Knowledge and Skills
- Intervention Skills
The CF resource guide provides references & links for each item in the competency framework.
Professional Development
Professional development through learning is a key objective for SCiO. To further this aim we have been heavily involved in the development of the Systems Thinking in Practice L7 apprenticeship.
The modules from this apprenticeship , closely linked to the topics in the Competency Framework, provide the basis for a substantial set of professional courses that are now available online (or as webinars or face to face by arrangement).
Professional Accreditation
Systems Practitioner Assessment Ltd (SPA) is a company that has been set up by SCiO - the professional body for systems practitioners - to carry out End Point Assessment of the Systems Thinking Practitioner Apprenticeship qualification.
SPA also assesses professional qualifications, on SCiO's behalf, using SCiO’s professional grading structure based on the Competency Framework (see above).
Resources
SCiO has hundreds of recordings of speakers at systems events (in several languages) and has also created a list of most of the systems books currently in print.
German
Konzepte der Komplexität: Eine sehr kurze Einführung
RRP: 18,99€ Paperback: 120 pp Publisher: Verlag; ISBN: 979-8312209617 Dieses Buch bietet eine sehr kurze Einführung in das Themengebiet Komplexität und deren Anwendung in verschiedenen Disziplinen wie Naturwissenschaften, Systemtheorie, Kybernetik, Management und mehr. Es stellt grundlegende Theorien und Modelle vor, die das Verständnis von Dynamiken, Interaktionen und Mustern in komplexen...
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German
Konzepte der Komplexität: Eine sehr kurze Einführung
RRP: 18,99€ Paperback: 120 pp Publisher: Verlag; ISBN: 979-8312209617 Dieses Buch bietet eine sehr kurze Einführung in das Themengebiet Komplexität und deren Anwendung in verschiedenen Disziplinen wie Naturwissenschaften, Systemtheorie, Kybernetik, Management und mehr. Es stellt grundlegende Theorien und Modelle vor, die das Verständnis von Dynamiken, Interaktionen und Mustern in komplexen...
English
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Practical Application of Systems Thinking to Enterprise Design
Organisations are “social activity systems”. People come together and create a system to produce products and services for other people to benefit from, either for the purposes of financial and/or social gain. This talk is about how we design these systems and on the discipline of Business Architecture and Target Operating Model design, or what is often today referred to as “Enterprise Design”...
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Practical Application of Systems Thinking to Enterprise Design
Organisations are “social activity systems”. People come together and create a system to produce products and services for other people to benefit from, either for the purposes of financial and/or social gain. This talk is about how we design these systems and on the discipline of Business Architecture and Target Operating Model design, or what is often today referred to as “Enterprise Design”...
Use with Accreditation
English
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Viable Service Management - Operational Loops
Steve looks into the operations space of service management systems where the user interfaces with the organisation. The focus is on three particular 'services': IT services, car repairs, and healthcare; and shows the similarities and differences in how they manage the different types of 'repair' (cybernetic) loops. Of particular interest is how the user is drawn into the organisation for these...
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English
0:30 +Q
Viable Service Management - Operational Loops
Steve looks into the operations space of service management systems where the user interfaces with the organisation. The focus is on three particular 'services': IT services, car repairs, and healthcare; and shows the similarities and differences in how they manage the different types of 'repair' (cybernetic) loops. Of particular interest is how the user is drawn into the organisation for these...
Use with Accreditation
English
Visualizations of the event
The images may be used and shared, provided that the author is credited as Annika Varjonen / Visual Impact and the name of the event – Learning Finland? Systemic Challenges and Opportunities – is mentioned alongside.
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Visualizations of the event
The images may be used and shared, provided that the author is credited as Annika Varjonen / Visual Impact and the name of the event – Learning Finland? Systemic Challenges and Opportunities – is mentioned alongside.
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