Colleagues,
Innovation North’s next speaker on systems innovation is Josephine Sassen-van Meer, who will present Unlocking System Transitions: A systemic approach to actioning complex challenges.
Systemic approaches are heralded as the new way forward. Nevertheless, in practice the process of addressing complex problems through a systemic approach is often considered arduous and not seldom unsuccessful. In our drive to solve big problems and relieve the agony as swiftly as possible, there can be a tendency to oversimplify the complexity. If the complexity is taken seriously however, there is a realistic danger of becoming overwhelmed by the manyfold of valid but contradictory perspectives.
This is why the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) has developed the UNLOCK methodology, a transformation program that supports in effectively addressing complex and cross-domain societal issues. In the UNLOCK methodology, participants continuously improve and sharpen their own and collective transdisciplinary skills while they work on the content. This results in actionable ideas for effective interventions with ownership and support from all the stakeholders in the ecosystem.
Josephine Sassen-van Meer is the Scientific Lead for the System Innovation program at TNO. With a background in Cognitive Psychology and expertise in mental resilience, her work focuses on developing practical tools that help ministries, municipalities, knowledge institutes, and universities navigate systemic change.
The event will take place online on March 27 from 10-11 AM EST.
Please register here for the Zoom link: https://ivey-uwo.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMsduiuqjojHtw4iqZ6LdhGYccTjOBxyKZL#/registration
Cheers,
Tima Bansal, FRSC
Ivey Business School
tbansal@ivey.ca