Multi-Level Evolution of the Problem
Exploring the multi-level evolution of complex problems within socio-technical-ecological systems using the Landscape, Regime, and Niche framework for understanding change dynamics.
transitiondesignseminarcmu.netMulti-Level Evolution of the Problem
a third stream of thinking explored the implications of theories of complex living systems for work design. This approach made systems regeneration its primary concern and considerably broadened the focus of work design to include the improvement of all of the multiple, overlapping socioecological systems that a business is part of. This provided t
... See moreCarol Sanford • The Regenerative Business
In complex systems, niches exist. A niche is a property of the system, independent of any agents who happen to be filling the niche. Agent behavior is explained by the niche, rather than by properties of the agents themselves (at least when using the ecological mindset). And finally, when looking at problems that arise in a system, it's often more
... See moreKevin Simler • Ecological Thinking, Applied
Now is perhaps the time to examine this transition systemically. To prototype the institutions, instruments, and intelligence infrastructures that can thrive in this new landscape. To design not just for simplistic returns, but for capacity to navigate the systemic complexity unfolding.
in mapping the historical evolution of a wicked problem, we must identify the events, beliefs, attitudes, innovations and norms within the landscape, regime and niche levels, but we must also learn to understand the complex systems dynamics at work within the whole.