Systems Intelligence Publications and Writings

Original introduction of the concept of Systems Intelligence

Esa Saarinen and Raimo P. Hämäläinen (2004): Connecting Engineering Thinking with Human Sensitivity. In Systems Intelligence 2004, p 9-37.

Publications

K. Kumpulainen, N. Sajaniemi, E. Suhonen and H. Pitkäniemi: Occupational well-being and teamwork in Finnish early childhood education, Journal of Early Childhood Education Research, vol. 12, issue 2.

L. J. Salés (2023): Ritualized Affective Performances: Syriac Etiquette Guides and Systems Intelligence in Early Christian–Muslim Encounters, Religions, vol 14, issue 11.

K. P. Keeney and Y. Jung (2023): Hidden in Plain Sight: Systems Intelligence in Arts Leadership, The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society, vol. 53, issue 1.

D.C. Kenny, E. Bakhanova, R.P. Hämläinen and Alexey Voinov (2022): Participatory modelling and systems intelligence: A systems-based and transdisciplinary partnership, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, vol 83, October 2022.

S. Jumisko-Pyykkö, J. Törmänen, K. Vänni, R.P. Hämäläinen and E.Saarinen (2022): Systems Intelligence, Perceived Performance and Wellbeing, Human Factors, Business Management and Society, vol 56, pp. 55-63. Awarded Best Paper at AHFE 2022, New York. (View at publisher)

J.T. Harviainen and R. Melkko (2022): Organizational information creation through a design game: A sensemaking perspective, Library & Information Science Research, vol 44, issue 3. (Open Access)

R.P. Hämäläinen, K. Kumpulainen, J.T. Harviainen and E. Saarinen (2022): Design Gaming for Learning Systems Intelligence in Socio‐Emotional Systems, Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 2022;39:163-167. (View at Publisher)

J. Törmänen, R. P. Hämäläinen, E. Saarinen (2022): Perceived Systems Intelligence and Performance in Organizations, The Learning Organization, vol 29, issue 2, pp. 100-115. (Open Access). Awarded Outstanding Paper in Emerald Literati Awards 2023.

J. Törmänen, R. P. Hämäläinen, E. Saarinen (2022): On the systems intelligence of a learning organization: Introducing a new measure, Human Resource Development Quarterly, vol 33, issue 3, pp. 249-272. (Open Access)

S. Jumisko-Pyykkö, T. Viita-aho, E. Tiilikainen and E. Saarinen (2021): Towards Systems Intelligent Approach in Empathic Design, Academic Mindtrek 2021 (Mindtrek ’21), June 01–03, 2021, Tampere/Virtual, Finland.

J. T. Harviainen, R. Hämäläinen and E. Saarinen (2018): System intelligence as an organizational approach for service designers, TOUCHPOINT: THE JOURNAL OF SERVICE DESIGN, 12(2), 16–29

R.P. Hämäläinen, E. Saarinen and J. Törmänen (2018): Systems Intelligence - A Core Competence for Next Generation Engineers?, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering (TALE), pp. 641-644 (View at publisher) (Slides)

K. P. Keeney and Y. Jung (2018): Global Arts Leadership: An Exploration of Professional Standards and Demands in Arts Management, The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society, 48(4), 227–242.

Y. Sasaki, J. Zelaya, N. Uchihara (2018): Systems Intelligence and Organizational Knowledge Creation, Proceedings of PICMET '18 Conference.

P. Lappalainen (2017): Stirring up Engineers’ Systems Intelligence: A Case Study of Life-Philosophical Pedagogy, International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy, vol 7, issue 3, pp. 61-72.

Yasuo Sasaki (2017): A Note on Systems Intelligence in Knowledge Management, The Learning Organization, vol 24, issue 4, pp.236-244.

J. Törmänen, R.P. Hämäläinen and E. Saarinen (2016): Systems Intelligence Inventory, The Learning Organization, vol 23, issue 4, pp. 218-231. (Slides) (Final Accepted Manuscript).

Esa Saarinen (2015): Life-Philosophical Lecturing as a Systems-Intelligent Technology, Journal of Philosophical Research

Jari Lyytimäki (2015): Avoiding overly bright future: The systems intelligence perspective on the management of light pollution, Environmental Development, vol 16, pp. 4-14.

Raimo P. Hämäläinen, Rachel Jones, Esa Saarinen(2014): Being Better Better - Living with Systems Intelligence, Aalto University Publication Series. Crossover 4/2014.

Yasuo Sasaki (2014): Systems Intelligence in Knowledge Management Implementation: A Momentum of the SECI Model, Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Knowledge and Systems Science (KSS 2014), 69-74

Raimo P. Hämäläinen and Esa Saarinen (2014): Systems Intelligence, Björn Wahlström and Martin Ollus (eds.): Systeemiteoria ennen ja nyt - systeemit muuttuvassa maailmassa, Hans Blomberg - seminaari, 13-14.5.2013, Brändö, Ahvenanmaa. Systems Analysis Laboratory, Aalto University Publication Series, Science + Technology 6 / 2014, pp. 65-72. (in Finnish)

Esa Saarinen and Tuuli Lehti (2014): Inducing Mindfulness Through Life-Philosophical Lecturing, The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Mindfulness, p 1105-1131.

Yasuo Sasaki, Raimo P. Hämäläinen and Esa Saarinen (2014): Modeling Systems of Holding Back as Hypergames and Its Connection with Systems Intelligence, Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Vol. 32, Issue 6, pp. 563-743.

Rachel Jones and Raimo P. Hämäläinen (2013): Esa Saarinen and Systems Intelligence, Elämän filosofi, p 163-171.

Raimo P. Hämäläinen, Jukka Luoma and Esa Saarinen (2013): On the importance of behavioral operations research: The case of understanding and communicating about dynamic systems, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 228, Issue 3, p 623-634.

Esa Saarinen (2013): Kindness to Babies and Other Radical Ideas - Rorty's Anti-Cynical Philosophy, From Pragmatist Philosophy to Cultural Politics, Chapter 9, p 145-164.

Frank Martela and Esa Saarinen (2013): The Systems Metaphor in Therapy Discourse: Introducing Systems Intelligence, Psychoanalytic Dialogues, 23, p 79-100.

Rachel Jones and Jim Corner (2012): Stages and Dimensions of Systems intelligence, Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Vol. 29, p 30-45.

Sanna Kivijärvi (2012): Project Disabled People as Musicians: A Systemic Approach, Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 45, p 416-427.

R. Jones, J. Corner and R.P. Hämäläinen (2011): Systems Intelligence as a Lens for Managing Personal Knowledge: Personal Knowledge Management, Individual, Organizational and Social Perspectives, Edited by David J. Pauleen and Gary E. Gorman, Chapter 5, pp. 79-98. ISBN: 978-0-566-08892-6

Jukka Luoma, Raimo P. Hämäläinen, and Esa Saarinen (2011): Acting with systems intelligence: Integrating complex responsive processes with the systems perspective, The Journal of the Operational Research Society, 62, p 3-11.

Esa Saarinen (2008): Philosophy for Managers: Reflections of a Practitioner, Philosophy of Management, Vol. 7, Supplement 2008 (Reprinted in Systems Intelligence - A New Lens on Human Engagement and Action, 2008)

Esa Saarinen (2008): Philosophy in the 21st Century: Socratic Philosophy That Matters and Engages With People, International Academy of Philosophy, News and Views, no. 20.

Raimo P. Hämäläinen and Esa Saarinen (2008): Systems Intelligence - The Way Forward? A Note On Ackoff's "Why Few Organizations Adopt Systems Thinking", Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Volume 25, Issue 6, p 821-825.

Jukka Luoma, Raimo P. Hämäläinen, and Esa Saarinen (2008): Perspectives on Team Dynamics: Meta Learning and Systems Intelligence, Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Volume 25, Issue 6, p 757-767.

Esa Saarinen, Raimo P. Hämäläinen, Mikko Martela, and Jukka Luoma (2008): Systems Intelligence Thinking as Engineering Philosophy, Extended Abstract, 29 August 2008.

Ilkka Leppänen, Raimo P. Hämäläinen, and Esa Saarinen (2007): Intentions and Systems Intelligence: Prospects for Complexity Research, Manuscript, 28 September 2007.

Sebastian Slotte (2006): Systems Sensitive Dialogue Intervention, Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Volume 23, Number 6, pp. 793-802.

Raimo P. Hämäläinen and Esa Saarinen (2006): Systems Intelligence: A Key Competence in Human Action and Organizational Life, Reflections: The SoL Journal, Volume 7, Number 4, 2006.

Edited volumes

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Frank Martela, Lauri Järvilehto, Peter Kenttä, and Jaakko Korhonen, eds. (2013): Elämän filosofi, Aalto University Publication Series. Crossover 7/2013.

Raimo P. Hämäläinen and Esa Saarinen, eds. (2010): Essays on Systems Intelligence, Espoo: Systems Analysis Laboratory, Aalto University, School of Engineering and Technology.

Raimo P. Hämäläinen and Esa Saarinen, eds. (2008): Systems Intelligence – A New Lens on Human Engagement and Action, Espoo: Systems Analysis Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology.

Raimo P. Hämäläinen and Esa Saarinen, eds. (2007): Systems Intelligence in Leadership and Everyday Life, Espoo: Systems Analysis Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology.

Raimo P. Hämäläinen and Esa Saarinen, eds. (2004a): Systems Intelligence - Discovering a Hidden Competence in Human Action and Organizational Life, Helsinki University of Technology, Systems Analysis Laboratory, Research Reports A88, October 2004.

In Finnish:

Raimo P. Hämäläinen and Esa Saarinen, eds. (2006): Systeemiäly 2006 (in Finnish), Helsinki University of Technology, Systems Analysis Laboratory, Research Reports B26, June 2006.

Raimo P. Hämäläinen and Esa Saarinen, eds. (2005): Systeemiäly 2005 (in Finnish), Helsinki University of Technology, Systems Analysis Laboratory, Research Reports B25, May 2005.

Raimo P. Hämäläinen and Esa Saarinen, eds. (2004b): Systeemiäly - Näkökulmia vuorovaikutukseen ja kokonaisuuksien hallintaan (in Finnish), Helsinki University of Technology, Systems Analysis Laboratory, Research Reports B24, August 2004.

T. Bäckström, V. Brummer, T. Kling and P. Siitonen, eds. (2003): Systeemiäly! (in Finnish), Helsinki University of Technology, Systems Analysis Laboratory Research Reports, B23, April 2003.

Presentations

J. Törmänen (2022): Systems Thinking & Systems Intelligence (.pdf), Startup Philosophy, Aalto University, March 29, 2022.

R.P. Hämäläinen, E. Saarinen and J. Törmänen (2021): Systems Intelligence in Engineering Management (Video), IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), December 12, 2021. Singapore/Virtual.

R.P. Hämäläinen (2019): From Systems Thinking to Systems Intelligence – Foregrounding Human Behaviour in the Operations Research Profession (.pptx), Keynote presentation in 19th International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation, Loughborough, UK

R.P. Hämäläinen, K. Virtanen and H. Mansikka (2018): Systems intelligence and Situational Awareness (.pptx), Air Power Conference 2018, Finnish National Defence University

R.P. Hämäläinen, E. Saarinen and J. Törmänen (2018): Systems Intelligence - A Core Competence for Next Generation Engineers? (.pptx), Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering (TALE)

R.P. Hämäläinen (2017): From Systems Thinking to Systems Intelligence – Bringing human behaviour in-to the focus and Systems Intelligence in group decision making (.pptx), Tamkang University, Taiwan, 13.10.2017

Esa Saarinen (2016): Systems Intelligence (.pptx), Aalto University, October 20, 2016.

J. Törmänen, R.P. Hämäläinen and E. Saarinen (2016): Systems Intelligence Inventory (.pdf)

Teemu Tiinanen, Juha Törmänen, Raimo P. Hämäläinen and Esa Saarinen (2015): PoSITeams - Positive Systems Intelligent Teams, an Agent Based Simulator for Studying Group Behaviour (.pptx | link to PoSITeams simulator), 59th Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences, August 2-7, 2015 Berlin, Germany.

Teemu Tiinanen, Juha Törmänen, Raimo P. Hämäläinen and Esa Saarinen (2015): PoSITeams - Positive Systems Intelligent Teams, an Agent Based Simulator for Studying Group Behaviour (.pdf | link to PoSITeams simulator), International Conference on Computational Social Science, June 8-11, 2015 Helsinki, Finland.

Juha Törmänen, Raimo P. Hämäläinen and Esa Saarinen (2014): PoSITeams - Positive Systems Intelligent Teams, an Agent Based Simulator for Studying Group Behaviour (.pdf), IFORS 2014 Conference, July 14-15, 2014 Barcelona, Spain.

Yasuo Sasaki (2013): Hypergames and Systems Intelligence (.pdf), Seminar presentation at the Systems Analysis Laboratory, September 27, 2013.

Raimo P. Hämäläinen and Esa Saarinen (2013): Systems Intelligence (.pdf | .ppt), The Interactive Brain -seminar in Uunisaari, September 19, 2013.

Juha Törmänen, Raimo P. Hämäläinen and Esa Saarinen (2013): Systems Intelligence Inventory Mykolas Romeris University Research Days 2013: Social Innovations: Theoretical and Practical Insights (.pdf), October 10-11, 2013 Vilnius, Lithuania.

Rachel Jones and Jim Corner (2013): A Photo Elicitation of Systemic Perception (.ppt). Mykolas Romeris University Research Days 2013: Social Innovations: Theoretical and Practical Insights, October 10-11, 2013, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Juha Törmänen (2012): Positiivisen psykologian vuorovaikutusmalli (.pdf), Bachelor's seminar presentation at the Systems Analysis Laboratory, May 9, 2011.

John F. Rauthmann (2010): Psychological Aspects and Measurement of Systems Intelligence (.ppt), Presentation at the Systems Analysis Laboratory, May 23, 2010.

Raimo P. Hämäläinen (2008): Systems Intelligence for Life Cycle Management - Shifting Focus from Products to People (.ppt), Presentation at The 4th International Conference on Life Cycle Management (LCM 2009) , Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa, 6 - 9 September, 2009.

Esa Saarinen, Mikko Martela, Raimo P. Hämäläinen, and Jukka Luoma (2008): Systems Intelligence Thinking as Engineering Philosophy (.pdf | .ppt) Presentation at Workshop on Philosophy and Engineering, The Royal Academy of Engineering, London, 10 November.

Jukka Luoma, Raimo P. Hämäläinen, and Esa Saarinen (2008): Acting with systems thinking: complex responsive processes and systems intelligence (.pdf | .ppt), The Operational Research Society Annual Conference (OR50), York, UK, 9 - 11 September, 2008.

Raimo P. Hämäläinen and Esa Saarinen(2008): Systems Intelligence in Decision and Negotiation support (.ppt), 19th International Conference on Multiple Criteria Decision Making - MCDM for Sustainable Energy and Transportation Systems, The University of Auckland 7 - 12 January 2008, Auckland, New Zealand.

Ilkka Leppänen and Jukka Luoma (2007): Systems Intelligence: An Outline (.pdf | .ppt), Presentation at Center for Research on Environmental Decisions, Columbia University, New York, 2 November.

Ilkka Leppänen (2007): Intentions and Systems Intelligence: Prospects for Complexity Research (.pdf | .ppt), 7th International Conference of Complex Systems, October 28 - November 2, Boston, MA

Jukka Luoma (2007): Coping with Complexity: Systems Thinking, Complex Responsive Processes, and Systems Intelligence (.pdf | .ppt), 7th International Conference of Complex Systems, October 28 - November 2, Boston, MA

Esa Saarinen and Raimo P. Hämäläinen (2006): Systems Intelligence (.pdf | .ppt), Slides, 2006.

Esa Saarinen and Raimo P. Hämäläinen (2005a): Systems Intelligence (.pdf | .ppt), Workshop at MIT, 5 December 2005.

Esa Saarinen and Raimo P. Hämäläinen (2005b): Systems Intelligence (.pdf | .ppt), Slides, 2005.

Esa Saarinen and Raimo P. Hämäläinen (2004): Systems Intelligence, Poster, 2004.

Theses and Student projects

Jari Kautiala (2023): Systeemiälykkyys – kohteena asiantuntijaorganisaatio, Master's Thesis, Häme University of Applied Sciences.

Juha Törmänen (2021): Systems Intelligence – Measurement and Modelling, Doctoral dissertation, Aalto University. (Shareable electronic version with final versions of the articles)

Kaisa Vainio (2020): Miten systeemiälynäkökulma näkyy Sopimusvuori ry:n Klubitaloissa?, Master's Thesis, Metropolia University of Applied Sciences.

Anna Nousiainen (2018): Humanizing Workplaces - HR executives’ role in fostering systems intelligence in forerunning companies, Master's Thesis, Aalto University.
HENRY – the Finnish Association for Human Resource Management awarded Anna´s thesis the title : The best HR Masters Thesis in Finland in 2018.

Kata-Riikka Kumpulainen (2017): Systeemiälystä sitoutuneisuuteen - Systeemiälykäs varhaiskasvattaja lasten sitoutuneisuuden lisääjänä, Master's Thesis, Helsinki University.

Oili Ilkka (2017): Systeemiälykkyys työyhteisön vuorovaikutuksessa ja osana työhyvinvointia, Master's Thesis, Aalto University.

Tapio Hautamäki (2015): Systems Intelligence and Team Performance, Bachelor's Thesis, Aalto University.

Teemu Tiinanen (2015): An Agent-Based Simulator to Support Systems Intelligent Behaviour in Organizations, Master's Thesis, Aalto University.

Topi Jokinen (2015): Systeemiäly myyntityössä, Master's Thesis, Aalto University.

Opiskelijatöitä, Erityispedagogiikka - Ammatillinen kehitys -kurssi, Helsingin yliopisto, 2014.

Peter Torniainen (2014): Systeemiälykkyys inhimillisessä toiminnassa, Master's Thesis, Helsinki University.

Jaana Mäkelä (2013): Customizing a maturity model for the evaluation of the development of shared situational awareness and the utilization of spatial information Doctoral dissertation, Aalto University.

Heikka Valja (2013): Imagotyötä muuttuvassa yliopistossa, Master's Thesis, Aalto University.

Juha Törmänen (2012): Systems Intelligence Inventory, Master's Thesis, Aalto University.

Jukka Luoma (2009): Systems Intelligence in the Process of Systems Thinking, Master's Thesis, Aalto University.

Reetta-Johanna Ranne (2007): Manifestations of the Implicitness of Systems Intelligence in Leadership, Independent Research Project in Applied Mathematics, Aalto University.

Ilkka Leppänen (2007): Cooperation and Systems Intelligence: Locating Pareto-Solutions Using Intention Announcements, Independent Research Project in Applied Mathematics, Aalto University.

Jukka Luoma (2006): Perspectives on Team Dynamics: Meta Learning and Systems Intelligence, Independent Research Project in Applied Mathematics, Aalto University.

Martin Westerlund (2005): Theory of Constraints Revisited - Leveraging Teamwork by Systems Intelligence, Independent Research Project in Applied Mathematics, Aalto University.


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