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Article by Dr. Donella H. Meadows (influential systems thinker and principal author of The Limits to Growth 1972) about how systems work and how we can manipulate them to create the most change: ‘leverage points [are] places within a complex system (a corporation, an economy, a living body, a city, an ecosystem) where a small shift in […]

Extensive suite of research reports on the theory and practice of systems leadership, commissioned by the Virtual Staff College. Includes a synthesis paper, a literature review, four international papers as well as a range of interviews and case studies with UK systems leaders.

Integrated development training and support programme aimed at public sector senior leaders, with a strong focus on systems approaches. The programme features residential events, masterclasses and locality-based project work.

Collates more than 100 articles and research papers about complex adaptive systems thinking

Distillation of key messages from an extensive study on systems leadership for children’s services. Reviews and builds on theory about leadership of systems, and is intended to be practically useful to those in leadership roles in public services. Covers three broad questions: What is systems leadership, in theory and in practice? What is special about […]