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Managing in a Complex World:

Innovate and grow in rapidly changing, interconnected environments — lead with confidence in the face of uncertainty.

New England Complex Systems Institute

Speakers:

Yaneer Bar-Yam, New England Complex Systems Institute

John Sterman, MIT Sloan School of Management

Two-day program for senior management

Frame:

The increasing uncertainty of the global environment has changed what it means to be a leader. Even the most sophisticated planning tools fail to account for the non-linear and often chaotic manner in which issues and eventualities present themselves. Effective leaders need to organize people and resources to promote optimal creativity, flexibility, adaptability and the capacity to learn as an organization.

This course introduces the principles of complex systems science - the science that explains why organizations and markets so often behave unexpectedly. Participants will learn how organizational structures can be an asset or liability, how to innovate to adapt and grow, why certain patterns and trends matter while others are just noise, and how to understand the uncertain environment to regain assurance.

The program will include case studies from healthcare, systems engineering, the military, Web 2.0, the analysis of market volatilities, and other topics. Participants will be part of an open discussion, so that they will leave with tools relevant to their organizations.

Audience:

This seminar is created for key decision makers and those who advise them - executives, senior management, public administrators, management consultants, organizational development professionals and business educators.

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