Welcome to S2T wiki – a collaboration space for Service Systems Thinking.

The project was first proposed in January 2014 as A Proposal for Collaboration on a Pattern Language for Service Systems (Science, Management, Engineering and Design) at the Systems Science Working Group meeting. The initial shepherd is David Ing.

Collaboration was endorsed in principle in January 2014 by INCOSE (International Council on Systems Engineering) and the ISSS (International Society for the Systems Sciences), and in April 2014 by ISSIP (International Society for Service Innovation Professionals).

The proposed platform for collaboration was a federated wiki. For expediency, a more mature platform (Dokuwiki) is being used at startup.

In June 2014, David Ing has been experimenting with a federated wiki at http://wiki.coevolving.com/. Contributing authors may be encouraged to similarly follow the Share Cards Openly for a personal instance of a wiki that federates.

As a way of learning about pattern language and service systems, we can start with some Generative Pattern Languages.

The first source, originally published in 1968, is A Pattern Language Which Generates Multi-Service Centers (1968).

In July 2014, "Incubating Service Systems Thinking: New frames for collaborating on a pattern language for service systems" was presented at the ISSS 2014 meeting. The presentation was captured as two videos.

In October 2014, "An Invitation to Service Systems Thinking: Collaborating on a New Generative Pattern Language" was presented at the Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences. The presentation was captured as two videos.

In January 2015, "From Environmental Structure to Service Systems Thinking: Wholeness with Centers Described with a Generative Pattern Language" was accepted into the Proceedings of the 2014 Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs.

In July 2015, "Service Systems Thinking: From Environmental Structure to a New Generative Pattern Language" was presented at the PURPLSOC (Pursuit of Pattern Languages for Societal Change) Conference at Danube University Krems, Austria.

In mid-October 2016, a Conversation on Cognitive Systems and Service System will be conducted at IBM Research Alamden.

In late October 2016, "Pattern Manual for Service Systems Thinking: A proposal for discussion" will be presented at the International PUARL (Portland Urban Architecture Research Laboratory) Conference at University of San Francisco, California.