Remembering Ralph - A personal reflection

Ralph Stacey 10/9/1942 - 4/9/2021

A unique and unparalleled contribution to the understanding of organizational dynamics from a complexity perspective

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Since Ralph Stacey’s sudden and untimely death, there have been many tributes to his life and work from friends, colleagues and others (see here, for example).  I’m sure that there will be many more. In sending him a personal copy of my new book in May, I was lucky enough to be able to thank him for the significant influence that he has had on my thinking and practice for the past 30 years.  He was generous, as always, in his response and looked forward to our meeting up again at next year’s Complexity and Management Conference.  Sadly, that will not now happen.