Please distribute to others who may be interested... You are hereby invited to a seminar in our tenth interdisciplinary series on Evolution, Complexity and Cognition <http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/108> (ECCO 2014-2015)
Time: Friday November 21, 14h-16h Place: *room K.2.Auditorium.3* ------------------------------ Requisite Inefficiency Ivo Velitchkov <http://www.strategicstructures.com/> (SCiO) Abstract: Driven by market forces, organisations struggle to produce more or better with less. In times of crisis that seems to grow into a condition for survival. And yet, clearing all inefficiencies or not the right ones, could have just the opposite effect. Both organisms and the social systems they create need some excess of variety in any given moment to have requisite variety for their viability in the long run. Dr. Velitchkov will explore various (from cells to societies) manifestations and share conceptual findings of what he calls "requisite inefficiency" in an attempt to raise awareness about it, that could grow into capability to distinguish it and let it be. Hopefully, it could also drive research for deeper findings. Bio: Dr Ivo Velitchkov is an independent management consultant, mostly known for his work in Business Process Management, Enterprise Architecture and Strategic Management. He’s been involved in these and other management areas for 19 years in various capacities: as entrepreneur, CEO of a software company, university professor, project manager, consultant and researcher. Currently he is helping the BPM and Enterprise Architecture practice in the European Commission and other EU institutions. He’s delivering talks and workshops on various subjects but always closely related to systems and cybernetics. Dr Velitchkov is author of the blog *StrategicStructures <http://strategicstructures.com/>*, and co-author of the book “Enterprise Architecture for Connected E-Government: Practices and Innovations”. He is a member of *SCiO <http://www.scio.org.uk/>* (Systems and Cybernetics in Organisations) - a systems practitioners group, based in UK. ------------------------------ Upcoming Seminars *Nov. 28* Jerome C. Glenn *The Global Futures Intelligence System* *Dec. 5 * Petter Braathen *Linking Complexity Science and Strategic Management* *Dec. 12 * Ben Collins *The Internet of Places/ The Future of Brands* *Dec. 19 * Jeanne Dietsch *Interactions of emotion, rationality, faith and institutions on the outcomes of trust* See also the ECCO/GBI calendar <https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=azMyN252aWluM2JoMnU3MXY5OGt2ZzliOGdAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ> . You can add this calendar to your calendar application through here <https://www.google.com/calendar/ical/k327nviin3bh2u71v98kvg9b8g%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics> More info about the ECCO seminar program: http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/108 -- Evo Evo Busseniers - Seminar Coordinator ECCO Group (VUB) <http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/1> Email: [email protected] Website: http://vub.academia.edu/EvoBusseniers <http://be.linkedin.com/in/weaver9/>
