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		<title>Complexity Continued</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have pondered for several weeks now exactly how to define “complexity”. One can easily retreat to principles like complex systems being typified by emergent behaviour. These are evidences of a complex system. One could sum them up in the aphorism “The whole is more than the sum of its parts” – but extend this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ecothought.com.au/2010/05/15/complexity-continued/</link>
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		<title>Architecture and Engineering</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems that I am having to take side journeys whilst trying to get back to the issue of complexity. It seems necessary, however, for me to assert a position regarding the linkage between architecture and engineering in the context of the enterprise. Within the Enterprise Architecture community and the wider information systems architectural community, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ecothought.com.au/2010/04/24/architecture-and-engineering/</link>
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		<title>Technological Society?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This may seem like an oblique way to tackle the question of complexity, but I think it will become evident as we pull together the threads of this discussion over the next few posts. In reviewing the literature on technological development and social systems development I was struck by the consistent reference to the thought [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ecothought.com.au/2010/04/11/technological-society/</link>
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		<title>Complexity and Complex Systems</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In our work we frequently refer to undertaking analysis of complex systems, or reducing complexity in order to under understand how a given situation might be better understood or a solution developed to a complex problem. What do we mean though when we talk about a complex system or complexity analysis? This will be the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ecothought.com.au/2010/02/28/complexity-and-complex-systems/</link>
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		<title>Transformation and Inflection Points</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  Transformation and Spirituality Jonas Salk, the medical pioneer who developed the vaccine for polio went on to undertake significant research into the cycle of existence for various species. In his work he concluded that there were three very distinct patterns to the lifecycle of any species.  In brief they were: •             Following long and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ecothought.com.au/2010/02/13/transformation-and-inflection-points/</link>
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		<title>A Heirarchy of Sustainability?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is probably no modern issue more subject to misrepresentation, extremist views and non-scientific assertions than the problem of defining human sustainability (except perhaps the climate change issue). There is no doubt that the human species has reached the boundaries of the closed system known as the Earth's biosphere. However, finding long term solutions to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ecothought.com.au/2010/02/10/a-heirarchy-of-sustainability/</link>
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		<title>The Practice of Enterprise Architecture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[whilst the field of Enterprise Architecture  is comparatively new, it has it's roots in the basis of the Human Enterprise itself. This linkage will be explored in a later post. This blog explores the Enterprise Architecture model itself.
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		<link>http://www.ecothought.com.au/2010/01/17/the-practice-of-enterprise-architecture/</link>
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		<title>A Systems Philosophy for Human Sustainability</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For several decades the concept of sustainability has been held captive by a limited understanding of the meaning of the term. All too often the focus of human sustainability is in terms of ecological sustainability or, more recently,  eco-footprinting - both of which are admirable and extremely important principles. However, human sustainability also needs to be understood in terms of the human capability to exist / operate in an environment for long periods of time.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ecothought.com.au/2010/01/17/a-systems-philosophy-for-human-sustainability/</link>
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		<title>The Paradoxes of Modern Existence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As we once again honour the holiday season in the West one cannot help but ponder the paradoxes of modern existence. For many (if not most) in the West, there is a total denial of the Christian belief system as a way of life.  We may claim a return, rather, to the worship of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ecothought.com.au/2009/12/26/the-paradoxes-of-modern-existence/</link>
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		<title>When is the Time to Innovate?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have listened with interest to the discussions surrounding how to respond to the global financial crisis.  Amidst the clamouring noise I heard one message which, whilst unsurprising, is still, nevertheless disappointing. Many suggest that we now just tighten our belts, and just keep things ticking over "until conditions improve". We should stop all spending [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ecothought.com.au/2009/11/28/when-is-the-time-to-innovate/</link>
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