Begin to solve the mysteries of complexity science with Royce Holladay's practical answers to frequently asked questions about human systems dynamics.  To access this ebook, just click on the title.

HSD At WORK:  Frenquently Asked Questions About

Human System Dynamics

by Royce Holladay

 

In November of 2005, Executive Director, Glenda Eoyang presented a joint keynote with Mary O'Hara Devereaux, at the ODN Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  We're pleased to offer both the text of the presentation as well as the slides she used.  To access the paper and the slides, just click on the title to download the .pdf file.

Far Out and the Way Back - paper

Far Out and the Way Back - slides

 

The Human Systems Dynamics Institute is pleased to announce that Executive Director, Glenda Eoyang, and Consulting Associate, Kristine Quade, are co-authoring a chapter for a soon-to-be-released book.  Handbook of Large-Group Methods, edited by Billy Alban and Barbara Bunker, is being published by Jossey-Bass (Wiley), and has a scheduled release date in  Spring, 2006.   This wonderful book provides a wealth of information about large-group interventions and technologies. 

 
In their chapter, 'After the Dance,' Eoyang and Quade describe how the use of human systems dynamics can support an organization in maintaining the momentum to carry out the plans that emerge from large-group events. 
 
The following articles have been written by Quade, Eoyang, Sturdivant and Stevenson, using HSD concepts to describe the ways in which different large-group techniques are able to influence human systems.  To access the papers, just click on the title to download the .pdf file.
 
 
 
If you are interested in purchasing the book, Handbook of Large-Group Methods through this website, contact rholladay@hsdinstitute.org to add your name to the notification list .

 

 

A goal of the HSD Institute is to provide Associates with high quality, meaningful documents that contribute to the body of knowledge in the field of human systems dynamics. To that end we accept manuscripts for consideration to be published in one of three ways.

  • ATTRACTORS, the monthly info-letter of the HSD Institute, includes information that represents the impact human systems dynamics can have on an organiztion, community, or group. To access an issue of this newsletter, click on the date to download the .pdf file.
    • August 2004 - In this month's issue, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., talks about Human Systems Dynamics in a global system.
    • September 2004 - In this month's edition, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., talks about becoming certified as a Professional in Human Systems Dynamics.
    • October 2004 - In this month's edition, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., talks about the internal dynamics of human systems.
    • November 2004 - In this month's edition, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., talks about 'entrepreneurial' questions and how you encounter them in your own leadership roles.
    • December 2004 - In this month's edition, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., talks about one powerful HSD tactic -- the idea of scaling or fractals.
    • January 2005 - In the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami of December 26, 2004, Dr. Glenda Eoyang talks about how the emerging theory and practice of Human Systems Dynamics (HSD) contributes to understanding or responding to crisis.
    • February 2005 - In this month's edition, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., talks about conversation, which is one foundatin of Human Systems Dynamics and how exchange is one critical factor that shapes the productivity of human processes.
    • March 2005 - In this month's edition, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., talks about an alternative that captures the benefits and avoids the problems of tool-based organizational interventions.
    • April 2005 - In this month's edition, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., talks about 'getting things done,' which is a practical and familiar example of the complex adaptive nature of people and our engagements with the world around us.
    • May 2005 - In this month's edition, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., talks about the many delights of self-organizing patterns in human systems.
    • June 2005 - In this month's edition, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., talks about establishing an evaulation system and offers suggestions for building an evaluation strategy that will fit in your environment.
    • August 2005 - In this month's edition, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., talks about the HSD certification program.
    • September 2005 - In this month's edition, Network Director Royce Holladay, talks about sustainability in a complex system.
    • December 2005 - In this month's edition, Network Director Royce Holladay, talks about using simple rules to guide decision making.
    • January 2006 - In this months edition, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., talks about a simple approach to complex challenges.
    • February 2006 - In this month's edition, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., talks about practical ways to respond to wicked challenges.
    • March 2006 - In this month's edition, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., talks about turning powerful questions into products.
    • April 2006 - In this month's edition, Network Director Royce Holladay, talks about how networks build strong and resilient organizations.
    • May 2006 - In this month's edition, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., talks about natural practitioners.
    • June 2006 - In this month's edition, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., reflects on the intellectual rollercoaster of learning.
    • July 2006 - In this month's edition, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., talks about how to increase your return on investment in people.
    • August 2006 - In this month's edition, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., explains the practical implications of dynamic network theory.
    • September 2006 - In this month's edition, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., explores the rules for winning the emerging game.
    • October 2006  - In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang presents a Radical Inquiry Protocol to build adaptive capacity for agents of change.
    • November 2006 - In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on the path toward emergent patterns.
    • December 2006 - In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on emergent expertise.
    • January 2007 - In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on blessing and curse.
    • February 2007 - In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on change is changing.
    • March 2007 - In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on stretching and folding.
    • April 2007 - In this month's edition, HSD Associate Jim Roussin reflects on a radical approach to strategic planning. 
    • May 2007 - In this month's edition, HSD Associate Darlene Goetzman explores the connections between Human Systems Dynamics and Dialogue Education in order to  explicate the concept of safety.
    • June 2007 - In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on Patterns.
    • July 2007 - In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang refelcts on 'Butterfly Effects'.
    • August 2007 - In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on Collaborative Action.
    • September 2007 - In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on her upcoming webinar series:  The Fix That Fits.
    • October 2007 - In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects from Conflict to Coherance.
    • November 2007 - In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects Leading Change.
    • December 2007 - In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on Planning in Chaos.
    • January 2008 - In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on Diversity:  A Living Metaphor.
    • February 2008 - In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on The Nature of the Network.
    • March 2008 - In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on Journey Past Conflict .
    • April 2008 - In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on Self-Organizing in Action:  CAN DO Minnesota.

Papers and articles can be uploaded to the web site to be made available for others. These papers represent a wide range of content and method from personal reflections to quantitative research. They are contributed by practitioners and academics, beginners and experts. Here are just a couple of examples of the quality of work that is available for downloading. Click on the title and view the a .pdf version of each paper.

A Brief Introduction to Complexity in Organizations

The Robin Hood Syndrome

  • Finally we work with authors to co-publish book-length manuscripts that contribute to the field. Contact us if you are thinking about this as an option. 

Beyond our own high quality publications, we offer references and a bibliography of other works that are available from a variety of sources.

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