The Viable System Model (Stafford Beer)

I’ve been intrigued with Stafford Beer’s work since I first experienced his Team Syntegrity protocol in 1994.  When I heard about, then read about, his Viable System Model (VSM), I was convinced that this is a much needed breakthrough in Systems Thinking.  I’d heard of “cybernetics” but quickly realized that I didn’t really know what it was about.  I had a lot to learn so I began reading every book that I could get my hands on that dealt with cybernetics and Stafford Beer’s work. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Stafford_Beer...

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