PANGARO -- Heinz von Foerster Vienna 2003

Heinz von Foerster

Vienna 2003

Heinz von Foerster is one of the founders of the field of cybernetics. The following pages contain outlines to presentations made by Paul Pangaro at the conferences on the work of Heinz von Foerster held in Vienna in November 2003, sponsored by the American Society for Cybernetics and the Heinz von Foerster Society.

A Past-Future of Cybernetics: Von Foerster and the BCL

A presentation that draws some connections across the work of Heinz von Foerster, Gordon Pask, and Humberto Maturana.

New Strategic Possibilities through Changing Language

Here is a very brief description of a workshop on the requirements for bringing about organizational change with a focus on language that is required.

Notes on the Role of Leadership and Language
in Regenerating Organizations

This small publication applies cybernetic principles to the complexities of customer relationships in changing markets. Click here for a PDF version of the publicaton, written by Hugh Dubberly, Peter Esmonde, Michael C Geoghegan, Paul Pangaro, and produced for Sun Microsystems.

For a discussion of the nature of organizational change and how to execute an 'innovation agenda', see the hypothetical plan constructed as if for a client [small PDF].

For a more rigorous presentation, see the application of Ashby's Law to social systems.

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