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.