Go is the most revered of Asian strategy board games.

But simply calling Go a game is like calling the space shuttle a glider. The game has been used for centuries to discuss and model political, economic and military strategy in China and Japan.

Often Go has been compared to Chess to highlight the differences between Eastern and Western thought, but recently David Snowden of Cognitive Edge commented that Chess and Go can be used to highlight the differences between the “Complicated” and “Complex” domains respectively.

Come along to learn about this fascinating subject. Play a few games then learn about complexity theory and how it applies to business strategy today.

We have a few boards, but if you have a notebook computer, please bring it along as Go software will be supplied for you to take away.

Participating in this event will

• Introduce you to the concepts of complexity theory and David Snowden’s Cynefin framework,
• Give you a grasp of how understanding complexity can help in your business projects,
• And may just begin a life-long fascination with a game of intriguing mystery that will change the way you think about everything.

Agenda:  Wednesday January 27th

6:00-6:30      Networking with other thinking collaborators (over drinks and nibbles).

6:30-7:15      Stuart French – Complexity & the game of Go

7:15-8:00      Informal conversation amongst the group to explore the ideas and concepts.

Venue: 

RMIT Graduate School of Business, 300 Queen Street. Melbourne
Lecture room 158.1.2B (Ground level – just behind reception).

Ample metered street parking nearby in Queen Street (between La Trobe and Little Lonsdale).

 

RSVP: by email to melbournekmlf@gmail.com

About our Guest Speaker

Stuart is the IT/KM Projects manager at Daniels Sharpsmart, an Australian based global business in the medical waste technology industry.  An avid KM’er, author of the DeltaKnowledge.net blog and enthusiastic participant in a range of social networking forums, he has a Masters Degree in KM.  His research project investigating the impacts of organisational culture on the use of Wikis has highlighted a number of interesting perspectives in how we can motivate others to become involved in better knowledge interactions.