Platform for Change

by Stafford Beer

"Stafford Beer is undoubtedly among the world's most provocative, creative, and profound thinkers on the subject of management, and he records his thinking
with a flair that is unmatched. His
writing is as much art as it is science.
He is the most viable system I know."
Dr Russell L Ackoff, The Institute for
Interactive Management, Pennsylvania.
USA.
This is a highly original
book both in content and format. It
presents thirteen arguments for change',
these are linked by a personal
commentary, and by a deeper,
metalinguistic', commentary. Platform
for Change is completely
self-contained, does not deal at all with
the nature of viable systems, but is
directed towards the hope that our
planet may yet remain viable--and the
human race survive.

Genres: Science, Business, Nonfiction, Economics

468 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1975

Reviews

[Eric · Rating 4 out of 5]

Must read if you want to understand the law of requisite variety, which you do.

[Topher Dykes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Platform for Change is one of those books that I feel should be required reading, for scientists, politicians - everyone. Stafford Beer lays out issues (and more importantly) ways to confront and deal with those issues that still affect us to this day.