This presentation gives an approach in #Nemetics to model complex and 'wicked' problems so that greater understanding and sense-making develop. This is because Nemetics aims at understanding, learning & designing in the domain of Complexity, effectively addressing complex and wicked problems.

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An Approach to Modeling in Nemetics
Nemetics
Lead thru Nemetics (Modeling)
Leveraging ‘Wicked’ Problems to Improve Performance
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Modeling
Nemetics
Modeling of ‘Wicked’ Problems
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Nemetics for Serious Play
Nemetics
Nemetics (Based On Complexity Science)
1. Science
2. Engineering
Why?
3. Organization
4. Social Systems
Explain First; Predict Later
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Nemetics for Serious Play
Nemetics
Nemetics
Leadership Decision Process of
Explanation of Emergence  Adapt,
Create & Exchange new values to
change collective consciousness
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Neme/Nemetics Simplified
Nemetics
Linear  Non-Linear
Reductionism  Holistic
Abstract  Detailed
One, Two  Many
Deterministic  Random
Homogeneous  Composite
Predictive  Explanatory
Centralized  Decentralized
Analysis  Computation
Design  Search
Aristotle  Godel
Probability  Bayesian
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Nemetics: What is Complexity Science?
Nemetics
1. Many diverse elements
2. Interactions
3. Interdependence
4. Adaptation
5. Simple Generative Rules create Emergence
Complexity Science – Maths + Science + Model
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Nemetics: What is Emergence?
Nemetics
Products & Failures:
So many interconnected, interdependent
& diverse elements in a production
system produce both products and the
failures = Emergences.
These are produced by the intricacies of
innumerable interactions with underlying
rules and the paradoxes against which we
are constantly adapting.
Hence from the viewpoint of Emergence
there is hardly any difference between
Maintenance & Operation or any Other
Functions in the Organization. Embracing
unpredictability is the only option.
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Kick The Ball
Nemetics
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Why Models?
Nemetics
1. Intelligent Citizen
of the World
2. Clear Thinking
3. Understand & Use
Data
4. Decide, Strategize
& Design
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Why Models?
Nemetics
1. Initial States Does
Not Matter
2. History Does Not
Matter
3. Intervention to
Change States
Does not Matter
4. States are in
dynamic
equilibrium
(statistically)
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What Models?
Nemetics
1. Collective Actions
2. Wisdom of the
Crowd
3. Tipping Point
4. Markov Processes
5. Bayesian Model
6. Lyapunov Model
7. Graph Theory Model
8. Non-Linear Model
9. Fourier Transforms
10. Learning Model
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How Models?
Nemetics
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How Models Are Used?
Nemetics
1. Understand Class of
Outcomes
2. Work Through Logic
3. Connections, Relationships &
Probability
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Example: Markov Model
Nemetics
1. Understand possible
States
2. Find Transition Probabilities
3. Work out the statistically
Equilibrium positions
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Example: Markov Model
Nemetics
1. Understand possible
States
2. Find Transition Probabilities
3. Work out the statistically
Equilibrium positions
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Markov Model – What is possible?
Nemetics
1. Changing State is a
temporary measure
2. Changing Transition
Probabilities -> Leads to
permanent change
3. Done by Adaptation, Creation,
Destruction and Building up
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Example: Use of Bayesian Model
Nemetics
1. Decision
2. Design
3. Strategy
4. Algorithms
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Software Used to model Complexity in Nemetics
Nemetics
1. Netlogo
2. Python
3. Octave
4. Matlab
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The Approach in Nemetics to address Complexity
Nemetics
• Notice Emergence
• Engage in Understanding
• Mull & Explain through Models
• Exchange value through Design
Thinking
• Initiate Dialogues & Document
• Create Resonance & Resilience
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Nemetics for Serious Play
Nemetics
Lead thru Nemetics
Leveraging ‘Wicked’ Problems to Improve Performance
By Design
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