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SCiO is planning a series of substantial training programmes that have been developed as part of the UK Masters Level Apprenticeship. These will provide training in the application of several Systems approaches.

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STP1. SCiO/Cherith Simmons Systems Thinking Practitioner Apprenticeship

Level 7 System Thinking Practitioner Apprenticeship The programme is delivered over 30 months combining highly interactive virtual workshops, progressive work-based assessments and improvement projects, individual tutoring and mentoring. It will be delivered by some of the world’s leading experts in systems theory and practice. The course delivery runs on a six-week cycle with 3 days of workshops, either face to face, online or available as recordings. There are three strands to the delivery: Systems approaches – which are about how to understand, diagnose, design or develop systems, wheth... Read more

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Productive Conversations

ISE Stakeholder Engagement - Productive Conversations (0.5d)

This training programme could equally be called ‘honest conversations’, ‘difficult conversations’, ‘constructive conversations’, or ‘challenging conversations’. Fundamental to the success and flavour of organisational life – and systems practice interventions – are the quality of conversations we are able to have. If we can develop an honest and shared attempt to get at shared understanding – shared ‘truth’ if you like – or at least to fully appreciate each others’ understanding – then we can make true progress. This interactive session will: Discuss different types of feedback / difficul... Read more

Course is online

10 May 2024

£250 +VAT

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CSH advanced

CSH6 Critical Systems Heuristics - Advanced (0.5d)

The advanced module will providers learners with the knowledge and skills required for integrating the use of CSH. It covers: application of CSH at different scales from a single team to a multi-organisation or institutional system, how the underlying Systems Laws and Concepts are embodied in the CSH method, handling participation issues and multiple perspectives when engaging with stakeholders, ways to integrate CSH with other approaches. The course uses a real-world example of practice, as well as case study subjects, and contains both presentation and group participative activity... Read more

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23 May 2024

£250 +VAT

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PoS2

PoS2 Patterns of Strategy - Core Module (1.0d)

This workshop builds on the learning from Patterns of Strategy foundation (PoS1). It can be combined with PoS3 which completes the core modules. Patterns of Strategy is a systemic approach to strategy that reveals and utilises the hidden drivers of emergent strategy. In PoS2, we’ll continue building skill in its use by exploring strategy in different relationships and from different perspectives. You might be interested in X, but so might be your competitor or a regulator, and the success of your strategy will depend on understanding all of these. We’ll also explain how to handle the practic... Read more

Course is online

07 June 2024

£500 +VAT

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PoS2

PoS3 Patterns of Strategy - Core Module (1.0d)

This is the second of two core modules and builds on PoS1 - foundation and PoS2 - the first day of the core module. It is recommended that this course is not taken without taking the preceding module. Patterns of Strategy is a systemic approach to strategy that reveals and utilises the hidden drivers of emergent strategy. In PoS3, we’ll explain how to handle the practicalities of moving from strategy development to planning and execution. That includes a sequenced plan overtly linked to the manoeuvres in your strategy, along with metrics and communication of the strategy. And there will be o... Read more

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14 June 2024

£500 +VAT

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grammar of systems

Grammar of Systems 3 (1.0d)

This course is about two things: how to think like a systems thinker and the systems Laws and Principles that underpin the better known Systems approaches. This interactive course will take you through both 9 thinking disciplines essential to being a Systems Thinker and 33 Systems Laws and Principles. The course is divided into four parts: Grammar of Systems 3    This one day course will cover: Systemic thought patterns around: Dynamics & loops, Complexity and Uncertainty The Laws and Principles dealing with dynamic complexity. This course is delivered by Patrick Ho... Read more

Course is online

21 June 2024

£500 +VAT

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PoS45

PoS4 Patterns of Strategy - Advanced Module (1.0d)

This is the first of two advanced modultes. The workshop builds on the learning from Patterns of Strategy 1-3. It can be combined with PoS5 which completes the full PoS course. The two advanced PoS workshops can be taken together or separately. Patterns of Strategy is a systemic approach to strategy which integrates seamlessly with other core systems approaches for modelling the ecosystem of which your organisation is a part, designing transformation and understanding the capabilities of an organisation. In PoS4, we’ll continue building skill in its use by looking at how you can exp... Read more

Course is online

06 September 2024

£500 +VAT

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PoS45

PoS5 Patterns of Strategy - Advanced Module (1.0d)

This workshop builds on the learning from Patterns of Strategy 1-4 and completes the full PoS course. The two advanced PoS workshops can be taken together or separately. It is recommended that this course is not taken without taking the preceding courses. Patterns of Strategy is a systemic approach to strategy which integrates seamlessly with other core systems approaches for modelling the ecosystem of which your organisation is a part, designing transformation and understanding the capabilities of an organisation. In PoS5, we’ll continue building skill in its use by looking at how you c... Read more

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13 September 2024

£500 +VAT

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grammar of systems

Grammar of Systems 4 (1.0d)

This course is about two things: how to think like a systems thinker and the systems Laws and Principles that underpin the better known Systems approaches. This interactive course will take you through both 9 thinking disciplines essential to being a Systems Thinker and 33 Systems Laws and Principles. The course is divided into four parts: Grammar of Systems 4    This one day course will cover: ‘Splicing’ - using and The Laws and Principles in combination. Using and The Laws and Principles in different contexts Other systems concepts   This course is delivered by&nbs... Read more

Course is online

18 October 2024

£500 +VAT

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large group

ILG Large Group Interventions (1.0d)

In a classic 2005 article, ‘Techniques to Match our Values’, Weisbord set out the ‘learning curve’, with a movement from ‘experts solve problems’ to ‘’everybody’ solves problems’ to ‘experts improve whole systems’ to ‘’everybody’ improves whole systems’. Inherent in the development of systems practice from the start has been recognition of ‘the whole’, which comes in various forms from group dynamics to organisational viability. This programme will give an overview of intervention approaches which ‘bring whole systems into the room’ rather than have a few experts work on individual issues. We... Read more

Course is online

08 November 2024

£500 +VAT

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grammar of systems

Grammar of Systems 1 (1.0d)

This course is about two things: how to think like a systems thinker and the systems Laws and Principles that underpin the better known Systems approaches. This interactive course will take you through both 9 thinking disciplines essential to being a Systems Thinker and 33 Systems Laws and Principles. The course is divided into four parts: Grammar of Systems 1     This one day course will cover: Systemic thought patterns around: Emergence, Holism and Modelling The Laws and Principles dealing with structural complexity. This course is delivered by Patrick Hoverstadt... Read more

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£500 + VAT

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grammar of systems

Grammar of Systems 2 (1.0d)

This course is about two things: how to think like a systems thinker and the systems Laws and Principles that underpin the better known Systems approaches. This interactive course will take you through both 9 thinking disciplines essential to being a Systems Thinker and 33 Systems Laws and Principles. The course is divided into four parts: Grammar of Systems 2     This one day course will cover: Systemic thought patterns around: Boundaries, Difference and Relating The Laws and Principles dealing with perceptual complexity. This course is delivered by Patrick Hovers... Read more

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£500 + VAT

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VSM

VSM1 Viable System Model - Foundation (1.0d)

This one day course will provide learners with an overview of the Viable System Model covering: Overview of VSM Basic modelling using VSM We will work in groups on a case example to model a hospital using VSM. The case is drawn from real life. If you don’t know how to design an organisation to deliver your strategy, or how structural change happens in organisations, how effective can you be in implementing your strategy? For senior managers and aspiring senior managers, the organisation is the principal tool at their disposal. So, understanding how organisations function as systems is ... Read more

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£500 +VAT

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VSM2

VSM2&3 System Diagnosis & Design - VSM Core Modules (2.0d)

These two courses are run a week apart (on Jan 26 and 2 Feb 2024), but can be taken together or separately. It will provide learners with a working knowledge of the Viable System Model and the ability to use it for understanding, diagnosing and designing organisational systems covering: 2 approaches for diagnosing systems using VSM;  Use of system archetypes;  3 approaches for system design using VSM.  If you don’t know how to design an organisation to deliver your strategy, or how structural change happens in organisations, how effective can you be in implementing your s... Read more

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£1,000 +VAT

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VSM

VSM4&5 Organisational Dynamics and VSM in multi-methodology (2.0d)

These two courses are run a week apart (8th and 15th December), but can be taken together or separately. They are designed for more advanced practitioners and will cover: Modelling complexity using variety balances Organisational dynamics in VSM;  Underlying systems principles and laws  in VSM;  Using VSM with other systems approaches.  If you don’t know how to design an organisation to deliver your strategy, or how structural change happens in organisations, how effective can you be in implementing your strategy? For senior managers and aspiring senior manag... Read more

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£1,000 +VAT

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CSH intro

CSH1 Critical Systems Heuristics - Foundation (0.5d)

This course will provide learners with an introduction to the Critical Systems Heuristics (CSH) method. The course offers a grounding in the thinking behind the method, its concepts and terms, its practical application in understanding boundary issues, and how it helps to identify what’s important in driving change in a problematic situation. Trainer The training is presented by Tony Korycki, a practitioner in systems thinking, alongside methods for business improvement, process management and architecture, organisational design, quality, benefits management and operational measurement. T... Read more

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£250 +VAT

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CSH core

CSH2-5 Critical Systems Heuristics - Core Modules (1.5d)

modules CSH2-4 will be delivered in one day on 8 Dec. module CSH5 will be is delivered in half a day on 15 Dec. This course will provide learners with a working knowledge of the CSH method and the ability to use it for understanding and diagnosing situations within organisational or social systems of interest, to the level of knowledge required to practice without direct supervision. These four modules will provide practical skills in using CSH to diagnose boundary issues within problematic situations and their systems of interest. These modules cover: how to define systems of in... Read more

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£750 +VAT

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PoS1

PoS1 Patterns of Strategy - Foundation (1.0d)

This one-day course will provide learners with an overview of the Patterns of Strategy approach. Patterns of Strategy is a revolutionary approach to developing business strategy. It’s effective and simple to use, yet extremely powerful. Conventional approaches to strategy fail to deliver than 70% of the time (and more than 90%, according to some surveys) because they don’t take into account the systemic forces which are in play. Patterns of Strategy provides a framework and new vocabulary to understand the underlying forces driving strategic relationships and shows how to harness them so tha... Read more

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£500 +VAT

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interventions

INT1 Introduction to Interventions - Foundation (0.5d)

Exploring Complex Situations Collaboratively - Foundation  This half-day course will introduce learners to a life-cycle approach to managing an intervention: the action of becoming intentionally involved in a complex situation, in order to improve it or prevent it from getting worse.  It will introduce learners to the concepts of systems, thinking, practice and practise within the context of a collaborative intervention – working across and between organisational boundaries, including how our own choices, psychology and modes of working affect the changes we seek to make. We will c... Read more

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£250 +VAT

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information

INF1 Introduction to Gathering Information (0.5d)

A half-day course that will introduce leaners to gathering information within systems thinking interventions and practice. The purpose of the session to enable learners to plan and conduct collaborative and systemic enquiry as part of a wider intervention or change project. It will include theory and definitions, tools, and some discussions and group work. We will consider the position and role of enquiry and of analysis within an intervention cycle, including challenges and risks, and the issue of unknowability. We will define ‘information’, ‘enquiry’ and ‘analysis’ in systemic terms and wi... Read more

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£250 +VAT

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CONSULT 1

ICS1a Consulting for Systems Practice Interventions - (a) Foundation (0.5d)

This course will provide learners with key principles and a structure for interventions. Topics covered include: The five phases of the consultative process; ‘Techniques are not enough’: relationships in consulting; Dealing with ‘the space of service’; Setting up a clear ‘contract’ for interventions – including triangular and rectangular contracting; Authenticity and setting your assumptions; The client behind the client and the problem behind the problem; To maximise your chances of being effective in achieving positive change, you should combine a sound understanding of systems ap... Read more

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£250 +VAT

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consult2

ICS1b Consulting for Systems Practice Interventions - (b) Core (0.5d)

This course provides learners with a deeper understanding of: Discovery and research into the client system;  Power questions, layers of analysis, and objectifying ‘the system’;  Research and action-based approaches;  Third-party and whole systems approaches;  Maintaining the balance of responsibility for deep engagement;  Structuring analysis and feedback, developing commitment;  Choosing dirty or clean consulting.  To maximise your chances of being effective in achieving positive change, you should combine a sound understanding of systems approa... Read more

Course is online

09 August 2024

£250 +VAT

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FACILITATION

ICS2 Facilitation Skills for Systems Practice Interventions (0.5d)

This course provides learners with an understanding of the facilitation relationship in the context of systems intervention itself, and of the challenges it brings. It introduces a range of tools and practices for facilitation and provides guidance on workshop planning. Finally, it compares various approaches to facilitation, enabling learners to develop a stronger sense of the kind of facilitator they want to be. Topics covered include: The facilitraining rainbow – where do you stand?  Divergence, emergence, convergence;  Differentiation and integration method;  Adapti... Read more

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£250 +VAT

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Workshop Design

ICS3 Workshop Design (0.5d)

This module provides learners with an understanding of the design of workshops and relevant considerations, taking into account the potentially very different contexts and definitions of what a ‘workshop’ is. It introduces a range of tools and approaches for workshop design, building on the facilitation module. It gives tools to consider evaluation and learning about workshop design, and compares various approaches, enabling learners to better select and apply appropriate workshop design approaches to their context. A workshop can be distinguished from a meeting (though the boundaries may be ... Read more

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£250 +VAT

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SCiO Membership

Becoming a member of SCiO offers a way to engage in developing new approaches to managing organisations and helps to support the group’s activity. Membership is £30 a year.

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