Thread: We were very chuffed to be mentioned by former @TheORSociety president John Hopes in #InsideOR last month. #ORMS #OR #Analytics #SoftOR #SORPS #PSMs To quote his words 1

Next #PSM SIG meeting is on Nov 30th well have a presentation discussing "Barriers for #SMEs embedding #systemsthinking tools and methodologies" join us at 17:00 #systems #SORPS #ProblemStructuring #ORMS theorsociety.com/get-involve…

As @p_glaister says super important 👇#coremaths

This year's #BlackettLecture will be given by The OR Society's Vice President Professor @chrischirp. Prof Pagel is widely known for her position within @IndependentSage which helped advise the British government during the COVID-19 pandemic. Go to bit.ly/3Wp1IMR

Find us on masto same handles, this account will be neglected. Treating staff like money making tokens is not right.

Next week we have the PSM SIG Annual General Meeting. We are have a special guest helping to develop an ingoing strategy for the SIG. Colin Eden will help facilitate using StrategyFinder @TheORSociety @MikeYearworth #SORPS #ORMS #systems register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…

🎨 The best way to see Van Gogh's "Starry Night" is to stare at the center of the spiral for 20 seconds and then look at the painting. RT when it works for you.

Final session of #SORPS at #OR64 learning about what to ask who, then dealing with old designs moving to new. @TheORSociety #ORMS #Systems

Exciting new announcement by Gerald Midgley about a new #systemsthinking SIG @TheORSociety we are excited by the potential collaborations #ORMS

Mai Idris PhD researcher telling us about her work with @ISteenmans on evaluating systems mapping I healthcare. #OR64 #ORMS @TheORSociety

#SORPS at #OR64 @TheORSociety kicks off with a great talk on VSM system 4 and how it dies not exist in many systems. Now a fascinating talk on using VSM to improve policing in S America. #ORMS

@obrien_frances and @MikeYearworth standing in place of Robert Dyson today at the Soft OR and Problem structuring stream. It was so nice to hear about Robert’s contribution to and development of Soft OR at Warwick. You both did a fantastic job! @or_problem @OR64Warwick

This session showed how relevant and prescient soft OR and problem structuring is today and what a vibrant field it is. #SORPS #ORMS #problemsolving #systems #design

Such an interesting Soft OR & Problem Structuring stream today. This session @MikeYearworth is kicking off talking about the way define problems. @DrArtAnalytics #OR64 @TheORSociety

'The purpose of a system is what it does' Stafford Beer, Heart of the Enterprise. In this case it appears to be for a contractor to fill x jobs. How about the purpose is to take care of the grounds? Easy to cost, more uncertain, conditions dependent Wonder what the contract says!

A highly engaging talk from Doctor of Anthropology and Change Manager, Paula Haas at the #ProblemStructuring methods SIG meet this afternoon. #ORMS #systems #Keywords #anthropology

Completed one set of marking and now time to think about #genderbias and to prepare for this @WomeninOR presentation next week 🤩🤩🤩