systems thinking

Opinion

Navigating 2024: Expect the unexpected, and shape it

Through 2024 the power of inter-connection will increasingly shape our investment world. To thrive in this intricate web, embracing systems thinking, recognizing tipping points, and confronting post-truth realities are essential says Roger Urwin.

Roger UrwinJanuary 15, 2024

Organisational Design

Exploring big ideas with Marisa Hall

Pension funds need a generation of investment professionals that are willing to be brave and less conservative than their predecessors if they are to move to the systems level perspectives on investment that is required for better returns and societal outcomes.

Amanda WhiteOctober 15, 2020

Sustainability Digital – Sept 2020

Prepare portfolios for tipping point

Political and social systems, like physical landscapes, have non-linear dynamics that suddenly reach tipping points after which there is no going back. Investors should ready their portfolios, urges Professor Cameron Hepburn, Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of Oxford.

Sarah RundellSeptember 23, 2020

Risk

Finance mirrors tech monopoly behaviour

It is deeply concerning that the internet is beholden to only a few companies that control information, says Denise Hearn author of The Myth of Capitalism, who says that the dominance of large players in financial services is also a problem.

Amanda WhiteAugust 3, 2020

Sustainability Digital – Sept 2020

Embrace a systems framework

COVID-19 has revealed some fundamental design flaws in our global economy, including the relentless pursuit of economic growth - not only at the expense of the environment but also at the expense of people. The investment industry has a role to play in fixing these design flaws. A systems framework for investing could be the answer.

Marisa HallJuly 16, 2020