Professor Ackoff passed away on October 29, 2009.
Following the death of Russ on October 29, 2009, the University of Pennsylvania held a Memorial Service for him on February 12, 2010.» more
A Memorial Summit attended by many of his colleagues and former students was held February 13, 2010» more
On January 29, 2009, Dr. Russell Ackoff and Daniel Greenberg took part in a book discussion on their new book titled, "Turning Learning Right Side Up." This is a nine-part video.» more
This is a short three-part video of Dr. Ackoff describing Systems Thinking to an audience. It was filmed December 12, 2008.» more
From May 2004, Dr. Russell Ackoff took part in a roundtable discussion at the 3rd International Conference on Systems Thinking in Management. Three-part video.» more
In the fall of 2003, Dr. Ackoff taught a graduate course on Systems Thinking to students in the Organizational Dynamics graduate studies program. The entire 12 week course video is available here.» more
These videos are extracted from a series of lectures by Dr. Ackoff to the US Navy, Naval Education and Training.
The first video is the well known Bell Laboratories story.
This is followed by 7 lectures all featuring Dr. Ackoff.» more
