Functional Systems Facilitation
FSF treats a person or group as a goal-directed living system in which state, purpose, relationship, action and feedback shape one another.
Developed by Dmitry Shamenkov within his doctoral research at NOVA National School of Public Health.
Not one broken component.
When insight does not become action, the missing link may be state, a safe conversation, usable feedback or an available next step.
FSF connects functional-systems thinking with reflective practice, facilitated dialogue, purpose and observable action. Its theoretical lineage includes P. K. Anokhin’s theory of functional systems and later developments in systems physiology.
Related research helps formulate mechanisms and hypotheses. It is not automatic evidence for FSF as a complete intervention.
FSF and Open Dialogue Space are not the Finnish clinical Open Dialogue approach associated with Jaakko Seikkula. Shared words do not imply lineage or affiliation.
The complete book is public in English.
The 254-page source edition is available as 43 readable, page-mapped web sections.