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PROBLEMS OF TODAY
NEED ANSWERS OF TOMORROW




           DI Kambiz
           POOSTCHI
        kambiz@poostchi.com
OPEN SYSTEM Model®




   Every culture came to an end
when it tried to solve the questions of
                  today
   with answers from yesterday
                           - Arnold J. Toynbee -
OPEN SYSTEM Model®




        Which are the
      problems of today
      needing an answer



                     ?
world cont                                     corruption
  atom    iz a t ion of the                         am             earthqua                             er g
                                                                                                            y
                                                       ina                       ke                  en
                                         op y
                                                           tion
                                                                                              e of
rural                         ia  l entr                          of t
                                                                                        w ast
                       soc                                             he
                                                                           a ir
migra                                  crime          religiou
        tion                   t                                 s wars          abu discrimination
                        rus                                                           se
                   of t              wa
            loss               is
                                 m      rsh       overfishing of the oceans
                          r or               ip




                                                                                               iso
            io n     t er                                 lue
                                                              s                encumbrance
       ic t                                y            a g                                         r es




                                                                                                  la
  ad d                                   c
                           bankrupt                 of
                                                       v        lobal




                                                                                                   tio
                                                                                                  tu
      starvation                              l oss                     warm
                                                                                 ing           uc
                                                                                           str




                                                                                                     n
                                              mater  ialism                             ly
                           id   eological                                            mi
      divorse                                      mic catastrophy p of b
                                                                                  fa       volcanic eruption
                       unem                    ato
                                                                          u           r eed
           s hip                   ploym                               ak                   ed le
dictator                                  ent poverty               re
                                                                   b fanatisism                     thar
             eno   cide                                                                                  gy
           g                cult of                        relig
               s                       individ                    ious
          war                                    ualism                 p er s         brutal force
   civil                                                                        ecuti                        e
                                  enness                                               on
                                                                                                 al d  eclin
             political sull                       hopelessness                             mor
                                        stre
                                              em
          revolutions                             s of                economic crisis
                                                       refu
                             tsunamis                        gee
                                                                  s                        injustic
                                                                                                      e
OPEN SYSTEM Model®




        The problems of our world are systemic in
                         nature.
          They cannot be solved by piece-meal-
                        thinking
                and fragmented actions.
OPEN SYSTEM Model®




                     The condition of the world
                     reflects the condition of our
                     mindset ...

                „Should the world be different, we have to be
                different.“



                                       Mahatma Gandhi
                                        (1869 – 1948)
OPEN SYSTEM Model®




                     The time has come
                          for a shift
                       in our mindset

                            !
OPEN SYSTEM Model®




              Signs of the Day

              „Today‘s crisis is the symptom of a fundamental
              change, it is the travail of a new world. Such a
              change possibly has never before occured in
              history.“


                                    Fredmund F. Malik
                                    Handelsblatt, 13. Juli 2009
OPEN SYSTEM Model®




                 There are two traps of thinking to be
                   avoided ...
           Fragmentation                                                Search for solutions on
            of thinking and                                               the level of the
            action                                                        problems

      Man has the duty to work                                                                 Problems can never be solved
      against the atomization of                                                               by the same way of thinking by
      the individuals and the                                                                  which they have been caused
      fighting of all against all
      and by this taking part in                                                                        it needs a change of level
      the unification of the world.
                                                                          Albert Einstein, 1879 – 1955
                                Teilhard de Chardin, 1881 – 1955
                     french Jesuit, Philosopher, Antropologist and
                                                     Paläontologist
OPEN SYSTEM Model®




             This in fact is also true with our present
            problems. They cannot be overcome by the same
            way of mindset.

            And yet we exactly try this:

            We fight terrorism, poverty, crime, conflicts of
            cultures, invironmental problems and deseases
            by the same way of thinking, the same strategies
            and methods, by which they originally came into
            being. And by this we stick to the symptoms
            instead of curing the real cause.
OPEN SYSTEM Modell®


                           Self-centredness – a dysplasia

           The individualism und the egotism, as we witness them
             today, have to be considered as a neuro-biological
             dysplasia ... Individuals can only live for a short time at
             the expences of others. But the goal is not a short-term
             advantage but success in the long term .


           Men cannot continue living in a way, as if we were not
             sitting in the same boat. We do not own an individual
             planet for each one of us. We are much more connected
             in the depth than we are ready to accept.


                                   Dr. Gerald Hüther, German Neurobiologist
OPEN SYSTEM Model®




                                                                                               Systems Thinking

                                                        fragmented        System 1. order         System 2. order           System 3. order
                                                          thinking       network-thinking         holistic thinking        multilevel-thinking
                                                         analytical
                                          +
                     dynamic complexity


                                          complexity




                                                          heaps                network                Holon                    Open System
                                                          O ≤ ΣP               O =ΣP                  O ≥ ΣP                    O >> ΣP
                                                        EGO vs EGO           ME + YOU                 WE                           META
                                                        self-interest       cooperation            community                 Unity in diversity

                                                                                                                           Every system finds its purpose
                                                           focus on      everything is connected The whole is more than identity by the alignment towards
                 complexity




                                                                                                                       and
                                                        the individual       with everthing       the sum of the parts          the embracing whole
                 detail-




                                                                                                                                levels of higher order      +


                                                       RED ECONOMY           GREEN ECONOMY                BLUE ECONOMY                WHITE ECONOMY
OPEN SYSTEM Model®



           higher
           system-level

                                needs in higher system
                                mission = mandate
                                                               OS-Mission statement
                                purpose
                                                                 • Systemic Social Business
                                vision
                                                                 • Systemic Social Entrepreneurs
                   systemic
                  leadership        corporate identity (CSI)     • Corporate Social Responsibility
                                         corporate values




                                                                   Alignment towards the
                                                                   higher social needs and
                                                                   responsibility

                                  OUTPUT                           NOT: Orientation to products
                                                                   and profit maximation
                               CUSTOMER
OPEN SYSTEM Model®




                                                                   higher
                                                                System-level

                                                                                   1       Autopoiesis
                                                                                            Information
                                                                                            Energy
                                                                                            Form




   1 Alignment of system towards the higher system-level,
     measure of syntropy (neg-entropy)
                                                                    2                           3
     mission, purpose, vision

   2 System-definition, corporate identity
     sense of belonging and commitment of subsystems
                                                                                       4                     Homeostasis
                                                                                                               Structure + Culture

   3 quality and productivity of subsystems,
     systemic maturity, diversity, complementarity

   4 complexity of the interconnectedness,
     functional network, interrelations, interdependency

   5 contributions of the system to the welfare of the whole,
     function, quality of service, exchange cycle

                                                                               5   Morphogenesis
                                                                                     Output-Input-Cycle


                                                                                                          -Grafik: Kambiz Poostchi - OPEN SYSTEM MODEL (R)
OPEN SYSTEM Model®




                            Systemic areas of responsibility in corporations


                                                                                                                          level of
                                                                                                                          leadership + governance




                                                                                                            information
                      delegation




                                                                                                                          level of
                                                                                                                          middle management

                                                                                                                          level of
                                                                                                                          staff members



                     trust                                                                         cultivation
                     competence                                                                    of openness



                                      Management                            Leadership
                                     operates within the system        affects the course of the system
                                   responsibility for the daily work      resonsibility for the future
                                          efficiency (HOW)                    effectivity (WHAT)
                                      quality of implementation                 quality of vision
                                          problem solution                    search for chances
                                              continuity                          innovation
                                                urgent                             important
OPEN SYSTEM Model®



                           Open System
                                              übergeordnetes
                                                  System
                                                                             Closed System
                                                                             in state of entropy


                                                                                                übergeordnetes
                                                                                                    System

       balanced
       energy budget




                                                               parasitic
                                                               energy budget


   •   supports social invironment
   •    cooperation (state of abundance)
   •    organic growth in harmony with invironment
   •    responsibility for the wellbeing of the whole
   •    CSR = part of system‘s identity                            •   self-centredness
                                                                   •   predatory competition (state of deficiency)
                                                                   •   cancerous rampant growth at other‘s expences
                                                                   •   harmful to the higher system
                                                                   •   CSR as expression of image-ethics
OPEN SYSTEM Model®

                     Process of systemic maturation


                                                                                              process of
                         Dependency                                                           decomposition



                                                    central responsibility for the
                                                       wellbeing of the whole,
                      development of
                                                   hierarchy + loyality as the basis
                      systemic competency               for security and order




                       Independency


                                            process of
                      conscious decision    composition
                      for responsibility
                                                                                       coherence by self-interest
                                                                                        for common resources,
                                                                                         competition and fight
                                                                                             for the „cake“


                      Interdependency

                                                      common responsibility for
                                                       the welfare of the whole,
                                                     spirit of unity + cooperation
                                                    as basis for security and order
OPEN SYSTEM Model®


                                                            Systems-view with responsibility for the
                                                            whole
                                                                             Meaning
                                                                                              Identitity
                                                                                              Synergetic
                                                            potentials




                                                                         human being




                                                                                            higher system-level

                 Stencil-view for the project
                                Output-orientation
                                Fokus on individuals
                                One-dimensional pressure
                to perform
OPEN SYSTEM Model®
                     Systemic Core-principles

                           the wellbeing of the parts depend on the welfare of the whole
                            system-functions depending on needs of the higher system
                                leadership has to lead (responsibility for the whole)
                                       performance has to be acknowledged
                                        balance between giving and taking

                               justice, moderation, decision, resonsability, initiative
                                                  Principle of
                                                     Order




                                                                          INT
                                      N
                                    TIO




                                                                             ER
                                                        WILL




                                  LA




                                                                              RE
                                RE




                                                                                 L
                                                                                AT
                                ER




                                                                                   IO
                             INT




                                                                                     N
                                           LOVE                RECOGNITION


                     Principle of                                                 Principle of
                     Affiliation                INTERRELATION                  Awareness
                     human dignity                                           learning + investigation
                       equality                                                       knowledge
                       purpose                                                       information
                       identity                                                 reflection + wisdom
                         trust                                                truthfulness + honesty
                        esteem                                                      transparency
                         unity                                                        innovation




                                                                                     Grafik OSM   Kambiz Poostchi
OPEN SYSTEM Model®



                     Deficiency and Abundance

                        justice                       egotism
                      generosity                   greed + avarice
                      confidence                      distrust
                        esteem                       abasement

                      attitude of                    attitude of
                      abundance                      deficiency

                                      systemic
                                     basic needs
                       realized                      unrealized
                                        ORDER




                               AFFILIATION   AWARENESS

                                                             Grafik (c) Kambiz Poostchi
OPEN SYSTEM Model®




                           Economic System
„The ultimate function of economic systems should be to
equip the peoples and institutions of the world with the
means to achieve the real purpose of development: that is,
the cultivation of the limitless potentialities latent in human
consciousness.“

„Such economic systems will be strongly altruistic and
cooperative in nature; they will provide meaningful
employment and will help to eradicate poverty in the world.“

                              Bahá‘í International Community: „Valuing Spirituality in Development”,
                              February 1998
OPEN SYSTEM Model®




      „Economic activity that does not contribute to
      human development and welfare, is not worth
      doing, regardless of the fact how much profit it
      yields a in short time.“




                            Mihály
                            Csikszentmihályi
OPEN SYSTEM Model®



                            The hierarchy of system identities



         spiritual system



       social system
                                                                                                       on
                                                                                                 tik
                                                                                            o li
                                                                                   o   np



                                         us
                                                          ns                    zo


                                         ic
mental-emotional system                               e                    s/
                                       og
                                                   pi                    cu                 a lis
                                   ol         sa                      gi              r i tu
                                                               o lo               spi
                                  bi
                                            o        ci
                                          om      so                           mo
                                   o


   physical system                                                          ho
                                  m



                                         h      o
                                              om
                               ho




                                             h
OPEN SYSTEM Model®




       „Ultimately, the creation of a peaceful and just global
       civilization, in which the diverse peoples of the world live
       in harmony with one another and with the natural world,
       will require a significant reorientation of individual and
       collective goals and a profound transformation in
       attitudes and behaviors.“
       „Such far-reaching changes will come about only by
       addressing the non-material dimension of reality and
       drawing on humanity's vast spiritual resources.“

                             Bahá‘í International Community:
                             „Sustainable Development: the Spiritual Dimension“, Statement to the First
                             Session of the Preparatory Committee of the World Summit on Sustainable
                             Development, May 2001
OPEN SYSTEM Model®




    As our own species is in the process of
   proving, one cannot have superior science
    and inferior morals. The combination is
         unstable and self-destroying.
                           Sir Arthur C. Clarke
DI Kambiz POOSTCHI
 kambiz@poostchi.com

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  • 1. PROBLEMS OF TODAY NEED ANSWERS OF TOMORROW DI Kambiz POOSTCHI kambiz@poostchi.com
  • 2. OPEN SYSTEM Model® Every culture came to an end when it tried to solve the questions of today with answers from yesterday - Arnold J. Toynbee -
  • 3. OPEN SYSTEM Model® Which are the problems of today needing an answer ?
  • 4. world cont corruption atom iz a t ion of the am earthqua er g y ina ke en op y tion e of rural ia l entr of t w ast soc he a ir migra crime religiou tion t s wars abu discrimination rus se of t wa loss is m rsh overfishing of the oceans r or ip iso io n t er lue s encumbrance ic t y a g r es la ad d c bankrupt of v lobal tio tu starvation l oss warm ing uc str n mater ialism ly id eological mi divorse mic catastrophy p of b fa volcanic eruption unem ato u r eed s hip ploym ak ed le dictator ent poverty re b fanatisism thar eno cide gy g cult of relig s individ ious war ualism p er s brutal force civil ecuti e enness on al d eclin political sull hopelessness mor stre em revolutions s of economic crisis refu tsunamis gee s injustic e
  • 5. OPEN SYSTEM Model® The problems of our world are systemic in nature. They cannot be solved by piece-meal- thinking and fragmented actions.
  • 6. OPEN SYSTEM Model® The condition of the world reflects the condition of our mindset ... „Should the world be different, we have to be different.“ Mahatma Gandhi (1869 – 1948)
  • 7. OPEN SYSTEM Model® The time has come for a shift in our mindset !
  • 8. OPEN SYSTEM Model® Signs of the Day „Today‘s crisis is the symptom of a fundamental change, it is the travail of a new world. Such a change possibly has never before occured in history.“ Fredmund F. Malik Handelsblatt, 13. Juli 2009
  • 9. OPEN SYSTEM Model® There are two traps of thinking to be avoided ...  Fragmentation  Search for solutions on of thinking and the level of the action problems Man has the duty to work Problems can never be solved against the atomization of by the same way of thinking by the individuals and the which they have been caused fighting of all against all and by this taking part in  it needs a change of level the unification of the world. Albert Einstein, 1879 – 1955 Teilhard de Chardin, 1881 – 1955 french Jesuit, Philosopher, Antropologist and Paläontologist
  • 10. OPEN SYSTEM Model® This in fact is also true with our present problems. They cannot be overcome by the same way of mindset. And yet we exactly try this: We fight terrorism, poverty, crime, conflicts of cultures, invironmental problems and deseases by the same way of thinking, the same strategies and methods, by which they originally came into being. And by this we stick to the symptoms instead of curing the real cause.
  • 11. OPEN SYSTEM Modell® Self-centredness – a dysplasia The individualism und the egotism, as we witness them today, have to be considered as a neuro-biological dysplasia ... Individuals can only live for a short time at the expences of others. But the goal is not a short-term advantage but success in the long term . Men cannot continue living in a way, as if we were not sitting in the same boat. We do not own an individual planet for each one of us. We are much more connected in the depth than we are ready to accept. Dr. Gerald Hüther, German Neurobiologist
  • 12. OPEN SYSTEM Model® Systems Thinking fragmented System 1. order System 2. order System 3. order thinking network-thinking holistic thinking multilevel-thinking analytical + dynamic complexity complexity heaps network Holon Open System O ≤ ΣP O =ΣP O ≥ ΣP O >> ΣP EGO vs EGO ME + YOU WE META self-interest cooperation community Unity in diversity Every system finds its purpose focus on everything is connected The whole is more than identity by the alignment towards complexity and the individual with everthing the sum of the parts the embracing whole detail- levels of higher order + RED ECONOMY GREEN ECONOMY BLUE ECONOMY WHITE ECONOMY
  • 13. OPEN SYSTEM Model® higher system-level needs in higher system mission = mandate OS-Mission statement purpose • Systemic Social Business vision • Systemic Social Entrepreneurs systemic leadership corporate identity (CSI) • Corporate Social Responsibility corporate values Alignment towards the higher social needs and responsibility OUTPUT NOT: Orientation to products and profit maximation CUSTOMER
  • 14. OPEN SYSTEM Model® higher System-level 1 Autopoiesis Information Energy Form 1 Alignment of system towards the higher system-level, measure of syntropy (neg-entropy) 2 3 mission, purpose, vision 2 System-definition, corporate identity sense of belonging and commitment of subsystems 4 Homeostasis Structure + Culture 3 quality and productivity of subsystems, systemic maturity, diversity, complementarity 4 complexity of the interconnectedness, functional network, interrelations, interdependency 5 contributions of the system to the welfare of the whole, function, quality of service, exchange cycle 5 Morphogenesis Output-Input-Cycle -Grafik: Kambiz Poostchi - OPEN SYSTEM MODEL (R)
  • 15. OPEN SYSTEM Model® Systemic areas of responsibility in corporations level of leadership + governance information delegation level of middle management level of staff members trust cultivation competence of openness Management Leadership operates within the system affects the course of the system responsibility for the daily work resonsibility for the future efficiency (HOW) effectivity (WHAT) quality of implementation quality of vision problem solution search for chances continuity innovation urgent important
  • 16. OPEN SYSTEM Model® Open System übergeordnetes System Closed System in state of entropy übergeordnetes System balanced energy budget parasitic energy budget • supports social invironment • cooperation (state of abundance) • organic growth in harmony with invironment • responsibility for the wellbeing of the whole • CSR = part of system‘s identity • self-centredness • predatory competition (state of deficiency) • cancerous rampant growth at other‘s expences • harmful to the higher system • CSR as expression of image-ethics
  • 17. OPEN SYSTEM Model® Process of systemic maturation process of Dependency decomposition central responsibility for the wellbeing of the whole, development of hierarchy + loyality as the basis systemic competency for security and order Independency process of conscious decision composition for responsibility coherence by self-interest for common resources, competition and fight for the „cake“ Interdependency common responsibility for the welfare of the whole, spirit of unity + cooperation as basis for security and order
  • 18. OPEN SYSTEM Model® Systems-view with responsibility for the whole  Meaning  Identitity  Synergetic potentials human being higher system-level Stencil-view for the project  Output-orientation  Fokus on individuals  One-dimensional pressure to perform
  • 19. OPEN SYSTEM Model® Systemic Core-principles the wellbeing of the parts depend on the welfare of the whole system-functions depending on needs of the higher system leadership has to lead (responsibility for the whole) performance has to be acknowledged balance between giving and taking justice, moderation, decision, resonsability, initiative Principle of Order INT N TIO ER WILL LA RE RE L AT ER IO INT N LOVE RECOGNITION Principle of Principle of Affiliation INTERRELATION Awareness human dignity learning + investigation equality knowledge purpose information identity reflection + wisdom trust truthfulness + honesty esteem transparency unity innovation Grafik OSM Kambiz Poostchi
  • 20. OPEN SYSTEM Model® Deficiency and Abundance justice egotism generosity greed + avarice confidence distrust esteem abasement attitude of attitude of abundance deficiency systemic basic needs realized unrealized ORDER AFFILIATION AWARENESS Grafik (c) Kambiz Poostchi
  • 21. OPEN SYSTEM Model® Economic System „The ultimate function of economic systems should be to equip the peoples and institutions of the world with the means to achieve the real purpose of development: that is, the cultivation of the limitless potentialities latent in human consciousness.“ „Such economic systems will be strongly altruistic and cooperative in nature; they will provide meaningful employment and will help to eradicate poverty in the world.“ Bahá‘í International Community: „Valuing Spirituality in Development”, February 1998
  • 22. OPEN SYSTEM Model® „Economic activity that does not contribute to human development and welfare, is not worth doing, regardless of the fact how much profit it yields a in short time.“ Mihály Csikszentmihályi
  • 23. OPEN SYSTEM Model® The hierarchy of system identities spiritual system social system on tik o li o np us ns zo ic mental-emotional system e s/ og pi cu a lis ol sa gi r i tu o lo spi bi o ci om so mo o physical system ho m h o om ho h
  • 24. OPEN SYSTEM Model® „Ultimately, the creation of a peaceful and just global civilization, in which the diverse peoples of the world live in harmony with one another and with the natural world, will require a significant reorientation of individual and collective goals and a profound transformation in attitudes and behaviors.“ „Such far-reaching changes will come about only by addressing the non-material dimension of reality and drawing on humanity's vast spiritual resources.“ Bahá‘í International Community: „Sustainable Development: the Spiritual Dimension“, Statement to the First Session of the Preparatory Committee of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, May 2001
  • 25. OPEN SYSTEM Model® As our own species is in the process of proving, one cannot have superior science and inferior morals. The combination is unstable and self-destroying. Sir Arthur C. Clarke
  • 26. DI Kambiz POOSTCHI kambiz@poostchi.com