Tag: Glenda Eoyang

Glenda Eoyang is a pioneer in the applications of complexity science to human and organizational systems, and developed the concept of human systems dynamics (HSD) based on her theoretical and practical research.

The model rests on three conditions that influence the path, speed, and outcomes of self-organizing processes in complex adaptive systems. These conditions are necessary and sufficient to create patterns that emerge and can be perceived in all kinds of complex adaptive systems. Depending on the interactions of those conditions, the emergence process and its outcomes can be fast or slow, direct or meandering, and ambiguous or clear. The same conditions can be intentionally changed to influence the current situation and emerging future patterns of the system. The three conditions are therefore described as the Eoyang CDE Model.