Untangling Complexity-Peace Building Engineering - Systems Thinking & Complexity Management to Support Community Development

This book examines how the rapid acceleration and interconnection of globalization comes with the need for more flexible and adaptable solutions to complex problems and solutions. It describes and demonstrates possible combinations of methods and methodologies to address the complex problems that the world offers us today. Sharing meaningful experiences of the application of workshops in mixed public private companies and with vulnerable communities and peacebuilding communities. 

The text offers readers, who are looking for tools to face complexity and enhance their projects, real-world examples and accessible methods.  The book is based on advanced engineering tools however it is understandable and accessible to a broad audience.

This book is for decision makers involved with social complex systems who are uncertain about how they should start and proceed.   Discussions on new methodologies to support engineering interventions with communities are being shown.  A new multi-methodology proposal called 'Complexity Funnel Methodology' (CFM) dissected in 'Social Transformation Workshops' (STW) is provided and discussed.  It is used with combinations of different methods and methodologies of critical Systems thinking. The implementation of this methodology is described using a case study approach.

Camilo Andrés Navarro is Dean of Engineering at Salesiana Catholic University in Bogotá Colombia where he is in charge of the Agro, Industrial, Energies and Informatic Engineering programs. He is a Phd Engineer from universidad de los Andes Bogotá DC Colombia focus on the emerging field of Engineering for peace building  , He was Chair of Organizational Engineering at Sergio Arboleda University in Bogotá DC where he was a tenured professor for 5 years,  He teaches Systems Theory,  Systemic thinking, Systems Dynamics and Project management courses. He is a Management Engineer from the Solvay Business School of Management & Economics from the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium. He is an industrial Engineer from the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá DC Colombia,  Master of Science  MS Industrial Engineering Magister with emphasis in Organizational Management and Master of Social Sciences , MSS Peace Building Magister. He works as part of the Engineering Exchange for Social Justice in the University of San Diego where he supports the User Centered design class in the Shiley Marcos School of Engineering and the Social Innovation Class in the Joan Kroc Peace Studies Center. He is an active member of Engineers Without Borders Colombia,  Latinoamerican representative of the Engineering Social Justice and Peace group ESJP  and the group of Humanitarian Engineering from the Universidad Sergio Arboleda & The Colorado School of Mines. He has national and international experience working with vulnerable communities and most particularly with peace building communities in Colombia where he studied the success of engineering interventions to support projects within these communities.