Volume 1 of Monograph Series, "A Social Systems Approach to Global Problems" A principal failing of research on large-scale, complex social/technological problems is the excessive reliance upon easily measured technical observations and the accompanying minimal regard for hard-to-measure humanist aspirations, intentions, and hopes (Flanagan and Bausch, 2011). By focusing on the easily harvested quantitative data of technological science, complex systems research too easily excludes people's life experiences, their need for practical relevance, their desires, and their traditions.. In doing...

Structured Dialogic Design A Science with Wings It enables people To voice their aspirations To pool their wisdom And unleash their power To create the future. It provides the backbone on which The sinews of the people Can reinvent democracy. Vision is evident in all three stages of Structured Dialogic Design, especially as participants voice their aspirations, organize their vision, and identify the vision's most influential components. It is visible in their identifying obstacles to that vision and finding the most influential barriers. It is also evident in their identifying ways to...