{"id":1488,"date":"2018-11-11T17:08:58","date_gmt":"2018-11-11T17:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.strategicstructures.com\/?p=1488"},"modified":"2018-12-17T11:37:21","modified_gmt":"2018-12-17T11:37:21","slug":"what-can-social-systems-theory-bring-to-the-vsm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.strategicstructures.com\/?p=1488","title":{"rendered":"What can Social Systems Theory bring to the VSM?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2015, when the <a href=\"http:\/\/metaphorum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Metaphorum<\/a> was in Hull, I tried to kick off a discussion about\u00a0potential contributions from cognitive science, and particularly from the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enactivism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enactive<\/a> school. I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.strategicstructures.com\/?p=1008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared some insights<\/a> and hinted at other possibilities. This year the Metaphorum conference was in Germany for the first time. It was organised by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mark-lambertz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Lambertz<\/a>\u00a0and hosted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sipgate.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sipgate<\/a> in D\u00fcsseldorf. I saw in the fact that the Metaphorum was in Germany a good opportunity to suggest another combination, this time with the Social Systems Theory of Niklas Luhmann.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/kvistgaard\/what-can-social-systems-theory-bring-to-the-vsm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">These are the slides from my talk<\/a> and here you can also watch them with all animations.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0YNFAXiqbQc\" width=\"675\" height=\"562\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Related posts:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.strategicstructures.com\/?p=1008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Mind Of Enterprise<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.strategicstructures.com\/?p=742\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Redrawing the Viable System Model diagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.strategicstructures.com\/?p=1302\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Productive Paradoxes in Projects<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.strategicstructures.com\/?p=1410\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SASSY Architecture<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2015, when the Metaphorum was in Hull, I tried to kick off a discussion about\u00a0potential contributions from cognitive science, and particularly from the Enactive school. I shared some insights and hinted at other possibilities. This year the Metaphorum conference was in Germany for the first time. 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