I also made the strong point that complex adaptive systems thinking is not the same thing as systems thinking (at least in terms of the popular meaning of that term, technically systems dynamics). I think this was well illustrated by a session earlier in the day which was advertised as being led by Peter Senge, but in practice his presence was required in Austria so we had a video recording in three parts. My tweet stream (@snowded) of the session I leave to those interested to follow. The critical point here is the difference between a CAS approach and that advocated by Senge. He also creates a false dichotomy between industrial society and a romanticized, nostalgic and inaccurate view of ancient wisdom and its connection with the land. The latter is in my opinion idealistic in the wrong sense of the word. There is far too much attention to language not action in Senge's work and we saw that with quotes from the Communist Party and Unilever. Wonderful words, but the actions ....

presents and futures

quick youtube video sketch of cynefin framework