Judy Tal, PhD

mathematics - organisational development - Complexity Science - Systems Theory - Graph Theory - Human Systems Dynamics

“I was introduced to the theory of HSD in 2004, yet I still keep learning it almost daily, meeting its paradigm in my private and professional life.


I’m a mathematician (now retired) with the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. My work lies in the areas of on Graph Optimisation, System Theory and Complexity Theory.

I received by Msc from the Ben-Gurion University, Israel. I then served as lecturer at the Tel Aviv University where I started my PhD studies. I hold a PhD in Complex Approximation of Graphs from the College of Engineering and Computer Science at University of Michigan-Dearborn.

After leaving the academy in 1997 and some work as a consultant and teacher, and after getting involved with HSD, I opened in 2011 the HDS Learning Center in Tel Aviv where I promoted the theory and led a Cohort in Tel Aviv together with Glenda Eoyang and Royce Holladay.

selected research projects

  • Creation of the HSD Course (with Alina Green) at the Behavioral Sciences of the Management College in Israel.

  • Developpement of the Hiving Model

  • Development of an HSD research program on Innovation, co-designed with Sabine Amend (details).