Category: Decision Intelligence

• Wetenschap of overtuiging?Democratie en kapitalisme – wat is er nu gaande

  Prof Koen Schoors gebruikt in zijn lezing bij de Universiteit Vlaanderen, “Kan een democratie bestaan zonder kapitalisme?“ (ook beschikbaar als podcast en in een krantenartikel) een aantal veronderstellingen die hij niet verduidelijkt. Dit is jammer, want meer uitleg had de toehoorder doen begrijpen dat de onderbouw ontbreekt. Ondertussen is in de wetenschap voldoende inzicht om…

  walterstiers

  2021-12-13

  #stakeholder economy, Biology of Information, Complexity, Creative Thinking, Decision Intelligence, Life Ideas, Social-Technical, Sustainability

  #DecisionIntelligence, #StakeholderEconomy, #TheInformationLens, #Wicked

• Individual differences in information-seeking

  Vast amounts of personalized information are now available to individuals. A vital research challenge is to establish how people decide what information they wish to obtain.  People’s decisions about whether to seek or avoid information are related to an integration of the – instrumental value, – hedonic value and – cognitive value of information. Individual…

  walterstiers

  2021-12-03

  Biology of Information, Complexity, Decision Intelligence, Life Ideas, Neurobiology/psychology, Social-Technical

  #DecisionIntelligence

• The Power Of Us – Group Decisions @ “Behavior Change For Good”

  Jay Van Bavel, and Dominic Packer have written a new book titled, The Power of Us: Harnessing Our Shared Identities to Improve Performance, Increase Cooperation, and Promote Social Harmony. It examines how group affiliations influence behavior and inspire both personal and social change. During the BEHAVIOR CHANGE FOR GOOD INITIATIVE interview, Van Bavel talks about why he and…

  walterstiers

  2021-11-24

  Complexity, Creative Thinking, Decision Intelligence, Neurobiology/psychology, Social-Technical

  #DecisionIntelligence, #EconomicBehavior, #ProblemSolvingMind, #TheInformationLens

• Knowledge Defies Entropy

  The SantaFe Institue SFIPress has the great theme of Knowledge defies entropy. Just released is the publication The Complex Alternative: Complexity Scientists on the COVID-19 Pandemic. Most papers in the first (of three) part were available as on-line posts in the “Transmission series“, dedicated to the reflections and research based on the COVID-19 pandemic. Also…

  walterstiers

  2021-11-09

  Complexity, Decision Intelligence, Social-Technical

  #DecisionIntelligence, #EconomicBehavior, #ProblemSolvingMind, #TheInformationLens, #Wicked

• Use complexity as a weapon … (but you might fail)

  From Tunnel Vision to Lateral Vision – In the Media & Elsewhere with Gillian Tett, a very short vido speech shared by the Sante Fe Institute, has a very nice reflection on why society accepts crisises like the financial-2008 Use complexity as a weapon The closing statement of the short fragment tells it all: “If…

  walterstiers

  2021-11-09

  Complexity, Creative Thinking, Decision Intelligence, Information Technology, Social-Technical

• World Model – “Free Energy” Selections of Perception & Policy

  During their lives humans constantly interact with the physical environment, as well as with themselves and others.World model learning and inference are crucial concepts in brain and cognitive science, as well as in AI and robotics. The outstanding challenges of building a generalpurpose AI needs world modelling and probabilistic inference, needed to realise a brain-like…

  walterstiers

  2021-10-29

  AI, Biology of Information, Complexity, Decision Intelligence, Information Technology, Neurobiology/psychology, Science, Uncategorized

  #DecisionIntelligence, #EconomicBehavior, #ProblemSolvingMind, #TheInformationLens, #Wicked

• Less = More, “Lets Kill”

  One of the great readings recently was the article from Adams, G.S., Converse, B.A., Hales, A.H. et al. in Nature: People systematically overlook subtractive changes. The summary video, clearly marks the point: Experiments show that people default to adding as a solution in various situations. It appears to be an uncommon insight. When solving problems, people prefer adding…

  walterstiers

  2021-10-06

  Biology of Information, Complexity, Creative Thinking, Decision Intelligence, Design Thinking

  #TheInformationLens

• We do not only need multi-stakeholder, there is also an urgent need to reflect about future generations: “Being a Good Ancestor.”

  I just finished a nice reading on how we might motivate ourselves to think about a sustainable future. “The Good Ancestor” from Roman Krznaric is great in helping us to understand the urgent need to stop living in the tiranny of the now, and working toward long term thinking and intergenerational justice. Roman has strong…

  walterstiers

  2021-09-30

  #stakeholder economy, Complexity, Decision Intelligence, Life Ideas, Sustainability

• Decision-making Uncertainties.

  One Earth has a great article on decision-making for complex systems under uncertainties. “Identifying uncertainties in scenarios and models of socio-ecological systems in support of decision-making“There are many sources of uncertainty in scenarios and models of socio-ecological systems, and understanding these uncertainties is critical in supporting informed decision-making about the management of natural resources.  Three…

  walterstiers

  2021-09-27

  Complexity, Decision Intelligence, Science, Social-Technical, Sustainability

• Article: Circles of dialogue of wisdom

  Another open access article, worth reading for the approach taken to solve complex issues with stakeholders in different disciplines and cultures. Breaking monologues in collaborative research: bridging knowledge systems through a listening-based dialogue of wisdom approachSustainability Science Vol.16(3), 2021 The urgent need to address the sustainability issues of the Anthropocene requires a dialogue capable of…

  walterstiers

  2021-09-17

  #stakeholder economy, Complexity, Decision Intelligence, Life Ideas, Social-Technical, Sustainability

  #StakeholderEconomy