# Ray Ison

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Ray Ison and Ed Straw, "The Hidden Power of Systems Thinking: Governance in a Climate Emergency" (Routledge, 2020)

The Hidden Power of Systems Thinking: Governance in Climate Emergency (Routledge, 2020) is a persuasive, lively book that shows how systems thinking can be harnessed to effect profound, complex change.  In the age of the Anthropocene the need for new ways of thinking and acting has become urgent. B…

Check 20 - Governments - Vetting

Technocratic democracy: Government designs for action shall be disciplined through their vetting. We often hear that politicians are essentially sales staff - but there are implications of this, if we extend the metaphor. They are not the engineers. They don't really understand what they are sellin…

The Problem With Language | Ray Ison

What to do when words get in the way? We see the world through language, reality shaped by the words we use to signify concepts, systems, relationships and even knowledge. This surreal layer over the world then becomes more true to us than reality itself, shaping desire, hatred, ideology and convic…

Systems Thinking in Practice - A Conversation with Prof. Ray Ison

With so much talk about 'systems thinking' in education, sometimes it can become framework overload! Which one should I pick? What's the difference between them anyway?! This week, it is a huge privilege to chat to someone who has been doing this longer than most! Professor Ray Ison has been teachi…

Systems Thinking

We humans are living in a period that is new in the entire history of humankind. We have essentially become a force of nature. The planet itself is being affected by our activities to such an extent that, as some scientists see it, we have been placing such unprecedented pressure on the planet, tha…

Going beyond Systems Thinking - A Conversation with Dave Snowden

As you will have heard in previous episodes for example with Ray Ison, Mette Böll and others, there is a lot of interest currently in systems thinking approaches in education as a key competency for our young people. But what systems thinking means once you scratch the surface is a question that we…

Ison Lane: The Ison family, Jaspers Brush

Henry and Mary Ann Ison migrated to Australia in 1848 and arrived to Coolangatta Estate in March 1849. Henry worked at the estate, in fact his son Robert was born there in 1854. he then moved to a property at Saltwater Creek opposite Bundanon. Henry died in 1887 and his wife in 1905, she was living…

Going beyond Systems Thinking - A Conversation with Dave Snowden

As you will have heard in previous episodes for example with Ray Ison, Mette Böll and others, there is a lot of interest currently in systems thinking approaches in education as a key competency for our young people. But what systems thinking means once you scratch the surface is a question that we…

Systems Thinking in Practice - A Conversation with Prof. Ray Ison

With so much talk about 'systems thinking' in education, sometimes it can become framework overload! Which one should I pick? What's the difference between them anyway?! This week, it is a huge privilege to chat to someone who has been doing this longer than most! Professor Ray Ison has been teachi…