Session 3 of 3 from the series | From Feedback Loops to Follow-Through: Mastering Systems Thinking and Dynamic Work Design for Resilient Climate Action
Torrens University Australia (TUA) | Australia
NB: This is session 3 out of series of 3 sessions delivered by TUA
SESSION 3 – The Live Crisis Sandbox: Bringing the ideas together through a live climate scenario, moving from diagnosis towards possible actions.
Workshop | 4:30pm – 6:30pm, AEST (Find Local Time)
Duration: 2 Hours
Platform: Zoom
Description: Participants synthesise Systems Thinking and Dynamic Work Design by tackling a live, high-stakes scenario: The Persian Gulf Region’s Summer 2026 Heat Crisis, balancing surging cooling demand, workforce transitions, and emergency grid decarbonisation goals. Teams map feedback loops, resolve operational handoffs, submit predictions via Slido, and evaluate models against real-world data. To close the series, participants complete an individual application canvas identifying a specific policy or curriculum workflow they can immediately improve using the tools.
Key Learning Outcomes:
- Apply causal loop mapping and workflow redesign independently to live, unfamiliar, high-stakes environmental challenges.
- Formulate high-leverage intervention points that prevent policy backfire and resolve coordination breakdowns.
- Create a personalised implementation roadmap to apply the provided Dynamic Work Design and Systems Thinking toolkits to their own projects.
Led by Associate Professor Arezou PourMirza, with co-facilitator Dr Samudi Perera, Torrens University Australia (TUA).