PlexusCalls Podcast: Selections from the Archives

Guests share examples of how they apply core ecological concepts such as ecosystem structure and hierarchy, resource sharing, providing service, biodiversity and adaptive capacity to the health ecosystem. The ecological concepts inform their method and framework for designing value and co-creating transformative interventions at scale in complex health systems.

Physicist Bruce West and colleague Kira Hutchinson discuss ides and research presented ,in Bruce's new book Network of Echoes,

When people who work in organizations help create the design and structures that align with organizational purpose and values, the result can be centers of creative energy that are also productive and enjoyable places to work. Bernard Mohr, who notes design is a verb and a noun, is co-author of a new book, Co-Creating Humane and Innovative Organizations. His colleague Donald de Guerre, who believes workplace environments impact society at large, wrote the book’s chapter “Open System Theory and the Two-Stage Model of Adaptive Action.” De Guerre writes that treating workers as cogs in a big impersonal machine begins a process that “over time creates a dissociated superficial society in which fewer and fewer people vote and we are vulnerable to a new kind of feudalism.”

Dr. Peter Jones is a professor at OCAD University in Toronto where he also leads the Strategic Innovation Lab. Karl Schroeder is one of Canada's most popular science fiction writers. They discuss insights for looking into the future.

Dr. Peter Jones is a professor at OCAD University in Toronto where he also leads the Strategic Innovation Lab. Karl Schroeder is one of Canada's most popular science fiction writers. They discuss insights for looking into the future.

Denise Easton and Lawrence Solow discuss their book, Complexity Works! Influencing Pattern-Based Change in Teams and Organizations. They introduce the Complexity Space Framework, which helps people understand and respond to change. 11-11-16

Denise Easton and Lawrence Solow discuss their book, Complexity Works! Influencing Pattern-Based Change in Teams and Organizations. They introduce the Complexity Space Framework, which helps people understand and respond to change. 11-11-16

John Sewell and :Liz Rykert have helped refugees settle in Canada and now are part of a citizen group supporting a Syrian family who fled Aleppo. Lisa Kimball and colleagues in the Washington DC area are welcoming a family from Afghanistan.

John Sewell and :Liz Rykert have helped refugees settle in Canada and now are part of a citizen group supporting a Syrian family who fled Aleppo. Lisa Kimball and colleagues in the Washington DC area are welcoming a family from Afghanistan.

Dr. Gittell and Dr. Hornstrup will discuss Dr. Gittell's newest book, Transforming Relationships for High Performance: The Power of Relational Coordination. They will discuss research and analysis of relational coordination processes in several industries and organizations.

9-23-16