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 Conditions That Support Self-Organization in A Complex Adaptive System  by Glenda Eoyang and Doris Jane Conway

This article for the proceeding of the International Association of Facilitators Conference provides a great intoduction to  CAS.  The article includes definitions of  CAS terms and includes a matrix which compares simple , complex, and random  human systems.
 

 
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 One of the most interesting sites on the web. It asks deep questions of  leading edge thinkers. For example: What is the greatest invention of the last 2000 years?  What questions have disappeared? What do you believe is true even though you can't prove it?  The responses are fascinating.
New England Complex Systems Institute

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NECSI Guide: About Complex Systems
by Yaneer Bar-Yam

This guide is an introduction to complex systems thinking and its applications. Whether you are an expert or a novice, we hope that this resource will provide new insights into questions that you are trying to address in your work or daily life.    The home site is the New England Complex systems Institute
 
 

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 Health care Organizations as Complex Adaptive Systems  James W. Begun, Kevin Dooley, Brenda Zimmerman. 

This article was published as a chapter in  Advances in Health Care Organization Theory  

 The authors provide and excellent explanation of complex adaptive systems in organizations,  compare complexity science to established science ( great chart) and recognize health care organizations as CAS organizations

   

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Emergence: Complexity & Organization (E:CO) is an international and interdisciplinary conversation about human organizations as complex systems and the implications of complexity science for those organizations. E:CO is a quarterly journal published in print and online by The Complexity Society, the Institute for the Study of Coherence and Emergence, and the Cynefin Centre for Organizational Complexity in accordance with academic publishing standards and processes
Plexus Institute The Plexus Institute: Plexus Calls

PlexusCalls are designed to let you listen in to conversations among complexity scholars and practitioners from the comfort of your home or workplace. Featured guests have included such luminaries as Stuart Kauffman, scholar and author widely regarded as a founder of complexity science; Brenda Zimmerman, author and professor of strategic management at the Schulich School of Business at York University, Toronto, Canada  The site has MP3 audio archive of selected calls .

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"Nature of Normal Human Variety":  Another controversial interview from EDGE.org
A Talk with Armand Leroi