Innovative Knowing Methods and Wisdom Practices: What We Can Learn from Allied Disciplines and Further from Other Ages a
Four contemporary domains of practice which answer the problems raised in relation to systems thinking are described: the Human Process Inquiry from the Sumedhas Academy in India, Cooperative Inquiry from the UK, Action Inquiry from the USA, and Holotropi
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Raghav Rajagopalan
Immersive Systemic Knowing
Advancing Systems Thinking Beyond Rational Analysis Foreword by Gerald Midgley
Contemporary Systems Thinking Series Editor: Robert L. Flood Maastricht School of Management Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Raghav Rajagopalan
Immersive Systemic Knowing Advancing Systems Thinking Beyond Rational Analysis
Raghav Rajagopalan Centre for Systems Studies Faculty of Business, Law and Politics University of Hull Hull, UK European School of Governance Berlin, Germany Sumedhas Academy for Human Context Tamilnadu, India Anusandhan Trust Mumbai, India
ISSN 1568-2846 Contemporary Systems Thinking ISBN 978-3-030-49134-5 ISBN 978-3-030-49135-2 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49135-2 © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
“HUM DEKHENGE – NAAM PARPOME” - especially for Mohan - and all the unlettered, dispossessed people I lived and worked amongst: you helped me find my truth and my voice, taught me systemic knowing; this is your book as much as mine “Imprisoned in the cage, we are not alone, the morning breeze of the homeland every day fragrant with memories it arrives, illuminated with tears it goes away” - Faiz Ahmed Faiz, translated by Raza Naeem
Foreword
I am writing this foreword in May 2020, in lock-down during the covid-19 pandemic. It is a time when public sector policy makers, business leaders, NGOs and community groups are increasingly looking to systems thinking to provide theories, methodologies and methods for tackling what, back in 1973, Rittel and Webber called ‘wicked problems’ (i.e., highly complex, confl
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