Mapping System Shifting Networks

a training slide-deck to assist system-shifting initiatives in mapping their networks offered by June Holley Download Understand how networks enable systems change Learn the processes for developing and using network and system maps Practice network mapping Discuss how you might use these approaches in your work

Scaffolding for System Shifting Networks

Networks come in all shapes and sizes. However, if you want to be a system shifting network you will need to put in place scaffolding so that transformation can emerge easily and quickly. In nature, billions of soil organisms and mycorrhizal fungal mats work together to form this type of scaffolding to distribute resources and support the growth of plants and trees as they create a…

System Shifting Networks

by June Holley Not all networks are the same!  If you are interested in transforming systems so that they are good for everyone, then you are probably helping people co-create a System Shifting Network. If you are not familiar with network maps, here is a short guide: The circles represent individuals. The colors represent diversity - you can make maps that…

SHIFTING A SYSTEM: The Reimagine Learning network and how to tackle persistent problems

Some problems are simply too big for any one organization. One solution: a network of like-minded leaders working toward a common goal. Reimagine Learning, taking on systemic education issues, offers a successful model. In an increasingly complex business and social environment, many are looking for collective solutions to big problems. Networks can address sprawling issues in…

The Inner Work of Systems Change

by Adrian Röbke  5 overlooked shifts for our times.   For a long time, I believed the headlines: Our planet’s gravest dangers were the escalating climate emergency and the decay of institutions. I was incorrect. The sources feeding these visible crises are: A deep-seated disconnection The relentless engine of greed The poisonous narratives of…

Regenerative Innovation Ecosystems

By Laila Martins & Jannik Kaiser Imagine a future where innovation isn’t just about the latest tech, but about healing our planet and uplifting our communities—that’s what Regenerative Innovation Ecosystems (RIE) are all about. In this article, we’ll explore the concept of Regenerative Innovation Ecosystems, which focus on building coalitions of diverse organisations or…

Governance for System Change

  by Rob Ricigliano The Complexity Spectrum blog describes how clock and cloud (non-system change and system change) approaches require fundamentally different strategies and tactics. The same goes for the mental models and processes we use to govern system change work. In fact, governance for system change may not look much like traditional governance at all. Webster’s defines…

The role and power of re-patterning in systems change

  7 everyday patterns to shift systems towards equity Many recent discussions about civic innovation and systems change have focused on big structural changes that need to take place if we are to grow more equitable outcomes. Along with our friends at TSI / Auckland Co-Design Lab we suspected that we also needed to explore what could happen underneath those structures…

Turning the stone: embedding systems thinking in the everyday

  The context Images Isn’t it interesting how frequently as human beings we turn to metaphor? Sometimes these images are so embedded in the everyday that we don’t see them for what they are. We talk about ‘just ploughing on’, ‘turning over a new leaf’ and much more. Why? Because we don’t feel, think and communicate solely in mechanistic term, we are not…

Stories that Change Systems

  This blog was originally published in February 2022 by Rotary Charities of Traverse City.   “Stories make, prop up, and bring down systems. Stories shape how we understand the world, our place in it, and our ability to change it.”  – Ella Saltmarshe, Telling the Difference   In November of 2021, Rotary Charities began piloting a new service for…
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