INCOSE Values

Systems Thinking

Thinking and acting to apply systems approaches to address complex challenges and thus to realise successful sustainable solutions.

Pioneering and Innovation

Taking opportunities ourselves or with partners to evolve systems approaches to meet future challenges.

Learning and Development

Lifelong learning with a changing world through education and continuing professional development, covering both technical and leadership competencies.

Respect, Diversity, Collaboration

Building and maintaining respectful relationships internally and externally in order to enable effective collaboration across the diverse community.

Individuals

The importance of people, their intellect, and influencing skill, to support complex decisions and to deliver enduring change.

Volunteerism

Volunteers and staff working together to achieve our objectives and to deliver benefit to our members, individuals, and society.

INCOSE Principles

Impact

INCOSE assesses its impact based on the delivery of value to members and other stakeholders.

Partnership

INCOSE builds and disseminates products and services jointly with others to maximize our impact.

Holism

INCOSE emphasizes the whole over the individual parts in our creation of an integrated global technical network.

Differentiation

INCOSE recognizes the unique value of those who choose to affiliate with us, prioritizing direct affiliation and active participation over indirect or passive connection.

Volunteers

INCOSE is led by volunteers who set our fundamental direction.

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