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David Ing @daviding.com · 31/08/2025

Fat Lizard Töölö: Opportune dinner squeezed into short visit to Helsinki. Discussed state of systems thinking, and realities of attaining acceptance in practice. Matched up incomplete perspectives into stories on university projects. (Helsinki) 20250831 @mikaelseppala.bsky.social #KariMikkela

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Frank Kumli @frankkumli.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Transformative Mission-Oriented #Innovation Policies! #Missions need adaptive, participatory evaluation to guide learning and adjust course. Strategic #foresight helps align research with evolving mission goals www.linkedin.com/posts/kumli_... #moips #policy

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gquaggiotto.bsky.social @gquaggiotto.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

"Pando Funding is distinctive in its support of networks that are explicitly aimed at improving the health of a complex system over the long term" blog.kumu.io/pando-fundin...

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Pando Funding: Financing System Change Networks

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Rick Marriner @rickmarriner.com · 15/03/2025

Herbert Simon’s scientific “parable of the two watchmakers” illustrates how modular design enhances efficiency and resilience in complex systems. Is this principle still relevant in today’s data science practices? It feels resilient and evolutionary. #ComplexSystems #ModularDesign

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II. Herbert A. Simon and "Near-Decomposability" — MENIMAGERIE

“Why is reality structured at all?” was what Herbert Simon, an extraordinary polymath regarded as one of last century’s most influential thinkers, asked himself in his watchmaker parable from the arti...

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Maxim Leyzerovich @round.is · 24/02/2025

“When you build a thing you cannot merely build that thing in isolation, but must also repair the world around it… so that the larger world at that one place becomes more coherent, and …takes its place in the web of nature.” — Christopher Alexander (A Pattern Language, 1977)

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UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose @iipp-ucl.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

🇪🇺How can EU missions best approach citizen engagement? IIPP's Policy Fellow and Visiting Professor @rowanconway.bsky.social contributed to EU Missions Research promoting inclusive and participatory #CitizenEngagement at the national level. 🔗Read her report here: buff.ly/4ayo99D

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gquaggiotto.bsky.social @gquaggiotto.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

How Brazilian cities are nurturing transformative capabilities medium.com/@iipp-ucl/ho...

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How Brazilian cities are nurturing transformative capabilities

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UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose @iipp-ucl.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

📍What does a mission-oriented approach look like in #LocalGovernment? Diana Rodríguez spoke to IIPP Visiting Professor @cityofsound.bsky.social on how Bogotá transformed its care system as part of our Council on Urban Initiatives project 📺 Watch the discussion here: buff.ly/3ZJiEA7

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Matti Pihlajamaa @mattipihlaj.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

🏙️ 💚 Oletko kiinnostunut kestävyyden strategisesta johtamisesta kunnissa? Tule mukaan kuulemaan ja keskustelemaan 4.2.2025 Tampereella! 🔗 Ilmoittaudu 21.1.2025 mennessä: forms.office.com/e/CN3uLnuHDn @ecowelfare.fi @vttfinland.bsky.social @sykefi.bsky.social #kestävyys #kunnat #johtaminen

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Mariana Mazzucato @mazzucatom.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

This is worth paying attention to: If the strategy maintains a focus on transforming the economy and public-private relationships to deliver ‘health for all’ it could yield important lessons for other countries. Read the Council’s report: who.int/publications... 2/2

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UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose @iipp-ucl.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

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Charles McIvor @charlesemcivor.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Interested in how mission-oriented policies work in practice? Check out the OECD MOIP Online Toolkit - an online database full of cases from around the world stip.oecd.org/moip/

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UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose @iipp-ucl.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

💭How can we bridge the gap between strategy and execution? IIPP's @manuel-maldonado.bsky.social reflects on the TRANSFORMA Portfolio Bootcamp, learning about the UNDP's portfolio approach and how it puts dynamic capabilities into practical use. ✍️Read his blog post: buff.ly/3OqWMEf

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Mikael Seppälä @mikaelseppala.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

🌱 Check my new article: "Impacting the Future: Ecosystem Orchestration"! Learn how long-termism & collaboration can drive sustainable impact. Read more: urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:a... #Ecosystems #Innovation #FutureThinking #Sustainability #systemschange

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Theseus: Impacting the Future: Ecosystem Orchestration for Long-Termism

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Systems Change Finland @systemschangefi.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Systems Change Finland seeks to cultivate a society that can deal with systemic and complex challenges. 🚀 You can support the work we're doing by becoming a member of the association: systemschange.fi/membership/

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