Co-Design Series Part 2 THE WHY Co-design is a process that guides a group of people through various iterations of coming together to create something. This something might be a…
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Co-Design Series Part 2 THE WHY Co-design is a process that guides a group of people through various iterations of coming together to create something. This something might be a…
Continue ReadingSelf-organizing is perhaps the most important and least understood aspect of System Shifting Networks. There are many scientific definitions of self-organizing but they are hard to wade through. After 20…
Continue ReadingA new downloadable free item is up on the Network Weaver Resources page. One of the most critical support structures for networks is a well-thought out communications ecosystem – a…
Continue ReadingThere should be more focus on systems thinking in education, Roland Kupers argues convincingly in the Global Search for Education on the Huffington Post. As complexity always involves interconnectedness between…
Continue ReadingCo-Design Series Part 1 We (Ari Sahagún and June Holley) are working on a project to help network participants shift their values, behaviors, and skills while they create new network…
Continue ReadingMany people are asked “Why networks?” or “When does it make sense to use a network approach?” This handout explains all and makes it easy for you to email to…
Continue ReadingThose of us who work with change networks could sometimes do a better job of clarifying the distinction between ‘networking’ and ‘network weaving’. Leaving that distinction un-articulated and merely implied…
Continue ReadingI’m a network hunter. My idea of fun is to spend hours traveling through the web world, spying new networks and learning all I can about network development. From my…
Continue ReadingIn 2004, Valdis Krebs and I collaborated on an article that described the stages of network development and introduced the term network weaver. In 2005 an edited version of this…
Continue ReadingIn Propositions for Organizing with Complexity: Learnings from the Appalachian Foodshed Project (AFP), Nikki D’Adamo-Damery described nine propositions that emerged from the work of the AFP. Proposition #2 was: “Establish Consent instead of Consensus.” The…
Continue ReadingNot 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…
Continue ReadingThere are over 1.4 million tax-exempt non-profits in the United States, many of them working on the hard-to-shift systemic problems of our society, such as racism, poverty, immigrant rights, access…
Continue ReadingWe are now offering two network worksheets at no cost. The first is the Network Weaver Checklist, revised from the NW Handbook version and in an easy to print pdf…
Continue ReadingEditor’s note: I’ve become more and more convinced that networks are much more effective when they are also part of networks with other networks, where they can share information, learn,…
Continue ReadingIt’s bothered me for a long time that very few folks in the non-profit sector produce practical materials that others can easily adopt or adapt. I’m a prime example of…
Continue ReadingOne of the issues for networks is how to determine priorities and have sufficient funding to support a set of innovative, experimental projects. RE-AMP, a climate change network of around…
Continue ReadingHow do you develop a dynamic learning cluster or community of practice, with engaged members who are generous in sharing their knowledge and experience? These practices comes from my experience…
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