"Ison and Straw's book presents a valuable set of ideas. They fit in and extend a decades-long lineage of cybernetic, interpretative and critical systems thinking about governance..."
Philippe Vandenbroeck, Systems/Futures Thinker
"It is an original work in which we find the invariants of the STiP, already widely developed elsewhere, in a style aimed at a wider audience than just academic colleagues, reinforced by the inimitable illustrations of Simon Kneebone, who knows so well to make complex ideas intelligible in a few delightful strokes..."
Bernard Hubert, Ecologist, INRAE, France, Editor-in-Chief of Natures Sciences Sociétés
"The Hidden Power of Systems Thinking: Governance in Climate
Emergency is a persuasive, lively book that shows how systems thinking can be harnessed to effect profound, complex change... will be inspiring reading for students of systems thinking that want to understand the application of their methods, specialists in change management or public administration, activists for 'whole system change' as well as decision-makers wanting to effect challenging transformations. This book is for anyone with the ambition to create a sustainable and fair world."
Kevin Lindsay, New Books Network (Podcast Ray Ison and Ed Straw, "The Hidden Power of Systems... (newbooksnetwork.com))
Ison & Straw (2020) Book Launch Thursday 16th April 2020 -see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3Q-YLKoIQ8 or Facebook https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1047656372294551
ASC 2020 Global Conversation - Session ASC01 Panel Theme 1: Governing in the time of COVID and our climate emergency based on The Hidden Power of Systems Thinking - Governance in a Climate Emergency by Ray Ison and Ed Straw - https://asc-cybernetics.org/asc-2020-global-conversation-session-asc01/
Ison RL et al (2020) The Hidden Power of Systems Thinking. Australian Book Launch by Prof. The Hon. Bob Carr, former Premier of NSW. Tuesday 20th October See: https://uts4climate.uts.edu.au/systems-thinking/ Also: https://uts4climate.uts.edu.au/q-a/
https://mailchi.mp/centreforpublicimpact.org/thank-you-for-reimagining-government-over-breakfast-with-us?e=d7a784ac13
"In this book, Ison and Straw make a strong case for the value of thinking and acting systemically as a means to 'create ways of appreciating the complexity in a situation and of designing actions that facilitate change'. They illustrate their argument with examples of change-those that take systemic approaches and those that do not-and make proposals for improvement that range from adopting small cognitive and behavioural differences to applying radical principles to change national institutions and practices. The sub-title highlights climate change but, whilst a continuing theme of the book concerns addressing the dangers arising from humankind's actions toward the environment, much of the text concerns systems thinking and government activity in a wider range of policy areas."
George Boak, York St John Unniversity
