Demystifying the Viable System Model: A Practical Approach

Practical Workshop

Dive into Stafford Beer's Viable System Model (VSM) in our concise workshop lead by strategy and organisational clarity-maker Adam Thompson.

We'll see how to apply this powerful tool for diagnosing and improving any purposeful system, which of course includes organisations.

We ask that you bring along your most pressing organisational pathology so we can apply the model in real-time to create insight and solutions while showing you how to put it to use.

Adam has a wonderful way of explaining complex concepts in a simple and fun way without losing the essence of the concepts.

He has a video that explains VSM in 2 minutes accessible from here:    • Stafford Beer's Viable System Model - Quic...  
If you want more, there is even more fun videos that expands on System 2 in VSM:    • The Coordination System - the unfashionabl...  
And another short video that briefly explains System 3:    • The Resource Bargain - the root cause of o...  

Facilitator: Adam Thompson
Since 2012, Adam has been helping leaders get strategic, organisational and leadership clarity so their organisations can be successful. With over 25 years of organisational leadership experience, the trademark of his work is engaging expertise with a touch of humour (because real change needs it!), bringing together a vast and evolving knowledge of strategic, organisational, systems and people models to create insight and understandings that are bespoke for each situation.

Prior to establishing his consulting practice, he was part of the Executive at RAA, earlier work saw success in senior roles in the insurance, finance, education and legal industries, both in Australia and in the UK. His formal qualifications are in Economics and Law and he is a qualified Barrister and Solicitor in South Australia while successfully avoiding actual working as one! He also holds certification from the Institute For Development Coaching for providing feedback and tailored coaching on the Leadership Maturity Framework.

Outside of work and his busy family, he is the Soccer Coordinator for his children’s school and lives essentially the exact opposite life to Jason Bourne.