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Free will versus determinism

Complex adaptive systems adapt to persist in their environment. Birds flying in a flock, DNA and the human brain are all complex adaptive systems. Although we think about human brains to be goal oriented and anthropomorphise DNA to have similar qualities, we do not do the same for flocking birds. Bird flocking appears to be too neutral to anthropomorphise. A more balanced perspective, therefore, would be to align goal-oriented behaviour to homeostasis. Our goals, our purpose, are resultant from a homogeneous relationship with our environment. This is not to deny free will as complex adaptive systems are not limited to linear-cause and effect. Rather it suggests a more complex relationship between free will and determinism than an often presumed dialectic one.

[maharghaideovate]

Tech and Systems: The Madras University MBA Way

Thinking of taking your career to the next level with an MBA? Well, let us talk a bit about how Madras University is blending technology with its system management program. If you're thinking of pursuing an MBA distance education Madras University, you would definitely like to know how they are making things exciting in the world of technology.

Why Tech Matters to Managing Systems

Imagine running a modern business without technology—to be exact, it's like driving a car without wheels. Things being the big deal because of the following factors:

Simplifies your work: No more drowning in paperwork

Smarty pants decisions: Data helps make better decisions

Staying on the ball: It means you have started falling behind if you're not tech-savvy

Actual Talk: Technology in Action

Imagine that your friend runs a small e-store. She is always loaded with orders, customer mails, and inventory checks. After digging up some tech tricks through her distance education MBA at Madras University, she puts up a system that automates most of this stuff. She now has time to actually grow the business, rather than merely keeping it afloat.

What You'll Learn: Tech Edition

The Madras University MBA distance education won't doorstep dusty textbooks. They teach you stuff you can put to work, right now:

Data Crunching for Managers: Learn to make sense of numbers without getting a headache.

Cloud Computing 101: Find out how to save money and work smarter using the cloud.

Keeping Data Safe: Because nobody wants their company secrets leaked online.

AI for Business: Discover how smart computers can help make smart decisions.

Digital Makeovers: Learn how to drag old-school business into the modern age.

Getting Your Hands Dirty

Madras University knows you aren't going to learn to swim by reading about it. Their MBA distance education program gets you doing real stuff:

Design a smart customer service system

Devise a strategy to prevent hackers from hacking into a company

Figure out how to move a business into the cloud

This isn't just homework. It's practice for the real world.

Keeping Up with the Tech Joneses

Technology advances faster than fashion does. This is how University Of Madras Distance Education keeps their MBA distance education as fresh as possible:

Tech Company Partnerships: They are buddies with the people making the latest tech.

Always Refreshing: The course content gets refreshed more often than your phone apps.

Teachers Who Have Been There: Many professors have actually worked in tech, not just read about it.

Virtual Play Areas: Even from home, you get to mess around with new tech tools.

Extra Tech Talks: They throw in free sessions about the hottest tech trends.

Why This Matters for Your Career

In business nowadays, being good with tech is like knowing how to read – it isn't optional anymore. The MBA distance education at Madras University gets it. They're not just teaching you about computers; they're setting you up to be that kind of manager who can lead in a world where everything is going digital.

Whether you end up running IT projects, analyzing business data or even calling the tech shots as a CIO someday, you'll need to speak tech fluently. And with the way things are going, you'll need to keep learning new tech lingo long after you graduate.

The Bottom Line

A Madras University Distance MBA will be more than just any fancy paper if you are into system management. It is getting you ready for a future where business and technology are entwined more than your ear buds inside your pocket.

Because if you're thinking about diving in, let me tell you: you are not only signing up to take classes, you're signing up to be at the front of the pack in how tech is shaking up the business world. And that's a pretty sweet spot to be in, especially now.

Remember, in the world of system management, being tech-savvy isn't just a nice-to-have thing; rather, it's a must-have. And that is exactly what an MBA distance education at Madras University will do: turn you into that must-have manager.

[bettreworld]

Shifting from Thinking Alone to Systems Thinking for the Good of All

[jonfazzaro]

"Since the outcomes of a stable system are like throws of dice, you cannot improve a stable system by taking action on individual outcomes." optimization

[aditisposts]

Trends and Innovations in AI University Curriculum and Teaching Methods 

As harnessing AI’s potential while navigating risks becomes imperative across domains, higher education is undergoing profound curriculum and pedagogy transformation to contextualize socio-technical complexities. #pedagogy #innovation

Integration with ethics, systems thinking, design and policy is expanding. Co-creation partnerships with communities being impacted is prioritized for inclusive innovation. Instruction leverages immersive technology through augmented reality, simulations and virtual worlds to engage learners as creators grounded in lived realities versus mere consumers of abstract technical information.

Even assessments are becoming more authentic, evaluative diverse talents beyond test performance and emphasizing purpose-driven experiential learning. Universities are sites integrally shaping our AI future. #ar #vr #EthicalCounselling #EnvoyOverseas

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Rohan Sonavne

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Disclaimer: The perspectives shared in this blog are not intended to be prescriptive. They should act merely as viewpoints to aid overseas aspirants with helpful guidance. Readers are encouraged to conduct their own research before availing the services of a consultant.

[chrissysdesignblog]

A helpful background article about Systems Thinking and how this can apply to design thinking.

Quick tips from the article:

Study the archetypes.

Practice frequently, using newspaper articles and the day’s headlines.

Use systems thinking both at work and at home.

Use systems thinking to gain insight into how others may see a system differently.

Accept the limitations of being in-experienced; it may take you a while to become skilled at using the tools. The more practice, the quicker the process!

Recognize that systems thinking is a lifelong practice

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Architecture has always struck me as a multidisciplinary field. It draws knowledge from all areas of STEMM into creating the spaces in which we live and work. But that's not always how this profession is perceived and this reflects in the way the industry has and needs to evolve.

Evelyn Lee is Head of Workplace Strategy and Innovation at Slack Technologies, and Founder of Practice of Architecture. Join us as we speak about the Evelyn's journey through architecture and tech, the future of architecture, and systems thinking in physical and organisational environments.

About Evelyn Lee

Evelyn Lee, FAIA, is the first-ever Global Head of Workplace Strategy and Innovation at Slack Technologies, Founder of the Practice of Architecture, and Co-Host of the Podcast, Practice Disrupted. Lee integrates her business and architecture background with a qualitative and quantitative focus to build better experiences for the organisation's employees, clients, and guests.

She is widely published, wrote a monthly column for Contract magazine for over three years, and is now a frequent contributor to Architect Magazine. Evelyn has received numerous industry awards, including 2016 40 Under 40 award for Building Design + Construction and the 2014 AIA National Young Architects Award. She recently served as the first-ever female Treasurer to the AIA National Board in 2020-2021.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evelynlee/

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Show Notes

[00:01:07] What drew Evelyn to architecture? [00:03:46] How Evelyn envisaged a career in architecture. [00:06:24] What does the average career in architecture look like? [00:09:40] Attrition in the architecture industry. [00:12:07] The need for business education as part of architecture programs. [00:15:37] The culture of the industry. Having to earn your way before you are welcome. [00:17:23] The sense of prestige of the profession vs the tangible value that architects offer. [00:19:07] What can we change that will provide more value to the industry? [00:21:48] The innovations in the architecture space. [00:23:57] Evolving the role of firms and the client experience. [00:26:08] Evelyn's architecture journey and the desire to stay involved with the architecture industry. [00:28:25] The Practice of Architecture. [00:32:01] Evelyn's journey to tech. [00:33:47] Applied workplace strategy and operation processes. [00:36:52] A change in space requires cultural change management as well. [00:38:10] Architects are systems thinkers. [00:40:08] Evelyn's future in architecture and systems thinking. [00:43:52] What advice would you give someone who'd like to do what you do, and what advice should they ignore?

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Exploring the concealed relationships between Utilitarianism and Dark Matter

Title: Dark Utilitarian Matter: Unraveling the Ethico-Physical Nexus Abstract Utilitarianism and dark matter might seemingly inhabit disparate realms, one in the domain of ethical philosophy and the other in the physical universe. However, this dissertation posits that these two distinct concepts share certain intriguing links, relations, and patterns. Drawing evidence from interdisciplinary…

[arrowinthedust-blog]

Notes: The Art of Systems Thinking

We figure out the purpose or function of a system from the way it behaves, not from our expectations or the purpose the system says it has.

Systems are made up of three parts: elements, interconnections, and a function or a purpose. The word “function” is used when talking about a non-human system, and the word “purpose” is used for human systems.

Systems thinking allows behavior that is already present within the structure of a system to be suppressed or released as we study and understand systems and problems.

Systems thinking helps us look at the world in a new way because it encourages us to look at events and patterns by focusing on the connection and relationship between a system’s parts, instead of only looking at the individual parts in isolation.

It is impossible to know the behavior of a system just by knowing the parts that make up that system. We have to dig deeper to understand the relationships between those parts and the impact they have on the system as a whole. That is a central tenant of systems thinking, and one we should never ignore.

Systems thinking is, at its heart, looking at problems in a way we haven’t before. It is a realization that everything is interconnected, and we should look at things as a whole rather than just a group of independent parts. Systems thinking means looking at the big picture first, then digging in deeper to examine its parts and focusing on the relationships between them.

Systems almost always continue on, maintaining their identity and changing only slowly and slightly, even when significant numbers of their elements are changed, as long as the interconnections and purpose remain strong.

Oftentimes, interconnections are not physical flows, but rather the flow of information.

Changing the interconnections of a system is quite different. If the interconnections change, the system will be impacted significantly. It may no longer be recognizable, even if the elements remain in place.

One of the biggest problems with systems is that sometimes the purposes of the subunits of the system may combine to create a behavior no one wanted.

Changing the system’s purpose changes it immensely, even if all of the elements and interconnections remain unchanged.

A system is a group of things that are interconnected and demonstrate their own behavior pattern over time. Systems are usually the cause of their own behavior. Even when outside forces act on a system, it reacts in a way that is consistent with the character of the system. If the same outside forces were to act on a different system, there would likely be a different outcome.

Unfortunately, if the sub-purposes and the overarching system purpose are not aligned and coexisting peacefully, a system can’t function successfully.

Quite often, we focus on external sources as the cause of all of our problems instead of looking internally at our systems to see what improvements can be made.

A system isn’t just a combination of parts. It can change and adapt as it tries to achieve its goals and protect itself. Systems exhibit many human qualities, even though they are often made of nonliving things. Systems can often be very resilient in fixing themselves and evolving over time.

Perhaps the easiest way to examine how a system’s elements, interconnections, and purposes compare in terms of importance within a system is to speculate how the system would be impacted if each component was changed one at a time.

Anything that is only a collection of items without the interconnections or a function is not a system.

There are two feedback loops responsible for producing dynamic behavior: a reinforcing loop and a balancing loop. Understanding how these two loops work is a cornerstone of systems thinking.

If you want to change a system, it is more efficient and impactful to change the interconnections and purpose or function than it is to change the elements. Changing the rules and relationships can often create a “whole new system.”

When a system displays a behavior that is consistent over time, it is highly likely that there is a mechanism that is working to control and create that behavior. The mechanism works through a feedback loop. Seeing a consistent pattern of behavior over time is the first signal that a feedback loop might exist.

A feedback loop is created when changes in the level of a stock affect the inflows or outflows of that stock.

A feedback loop happens when a change in stock leads to a further change in that stock. If the further change in stock continues in the same direction, it is called a reinforcing (positive) loop. If the further change in stock level moves in the opposite direction, it is called a balancing (negative) loop.

[marv-s]

Systems already run your life as a consumer. You might as well leverage your own for profits. #PurposeDrivenLiving #SystemsThinking #SystemsStrategist (at LAX American Terminal) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjHjSl4LF6i/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[censemaking]

Whole System Learning and Evaluation

There aren't extraneous factors anymore: systems awareness and evaluation are what's necessary for making sense of what we do and the influence we have #eval #evaluation #systemsthinking

Persistent, dramatic changes are taking place that influence our work, communities, and personal lives and understanding what it means to learn, respond, and succeed will take changes in how we evaluate it all. A key feature of change in a complex system is that once its shifted, it never goes back; there’s no ‘undoing’ what’s been done. We can change it again to something else, but we will not…

[interested-pig]

HAL 9000

Complex adaptive systems persist because each independent unit in the system follows rules that guide it to do so. To anthropomorphise this behaviour, we could equate this persisting nature as a survival instinct. For example, it can be said that all living things purpose is to ensure its DNA, a complex adaptive system, survives. Our brains, our societies, ecosystems and flocks of birds are wired to persist, to survive.

Modern digital computers are not complex adaptive systems, despite parallel processing there is always a controller coordinating the threads. In complex adaptive systems each unit (bird, brain cell) operates independently - the entire process is parallel. Computers do not have a survival instinct similar to ours. However, advances in analogue computing could result in machines with the capability of entirely parallel processing. Such machines could potentially demonstrate all aspects of a complex adaptive system. It is entirely possible that we could create a machine with a ‘survival instinct’. Such a machine, like our immune system, may even enhance its survival through replication.

There is no implication that such machine would be conscious. It could be more akin to a virus or amoeba than a human. However, this does not make it any less dangerous than an animal threatened with termination. Could the HAL 9000 become a reality? Skynet a possibility?😬

[conceptsnest]

From decision-making to social dynamics, creativity to adaptation, let's explore the myriad ways in which Entropy shapes our existence.

#StrategicThinking, #ProblemSolving, #ProfessionalDevelopment, #systemsthinking, #closedsystem, #opensystem, #energy, #stability, #structure, #simplicity, #emotionalintelligence, #entropy

[flinkliv]

The curse of knowledge is a cognitive bias that happens when you interact with others assuming they have the same knowledge or expertise as you do 🤔

Read more about cognitive biases: https://flinkliv.com/pages/cognitive-bias.html

#curseofknowledgebias #cognitivebias #criticalthinking #flinkliv #kritisktenkning #problemsolving #problemløsning #systemsthinking #systemtenkning #kognitivskjevhet

[jonfazzaro]

"From this perspective, ‘impostor syndrome’ starts to seem like a convenient explanation for problems that are bigger than any one person’s flagging confidence."

[cascadia-stack-blog]

As the founder of this start-up community, I had to put all Cascadia Stack planning on hold while I finished my capstone for the Grad Cert in Social Entrepreneurship at the School of Business at Portland State University. The capstone is in #systemsthinking and it's called Map The System.

The experience helped me understand the landscape of Stack and the intersection of commerce and government agencies. I was able to uncover less systemic racism but more of an unconscious bias in a system that is rigged to benefit the economy and the wealthy people and corporations of the region.

This and other recent factors has influenced my decision. Keep reading.

Last week, I traveled to the Oregon state capitol with Unite Oregon and Oregon Just Transition Alliance to meet with legislators. We asked them to support a bill going through state Congress called Community Resilience Hubs, also known as House Bill 2990. This bill would provide grant money to administer to immunity organizations that want to build out programs that bring disaster and climate preparedness to communities all over the state. And this is exactly the premise of Stack.

Cascadia Stack needs to be a nonprofit organization.