I’m fInishing up David Fleming’s book Surviving the Future, and buzzing with ideas and questions about the role of networks, network weaving and energy network science in these times of “systemic release” (see the adaptive…
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This is How #WeGovern
Last year, we witnessed the near collapse of our collective systems—the systems that should be sustaining us when we need them most.And the truth is, they’ve been failing us for…
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Can problem-solving itself be problematic?
Intelligence is usually defined in terms of capacities like the ability to learn, to plan, to recognize patterns and to solve problems. So it has been hard for me –…
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Organizing models for social change: Networks as an inclusive category
Creating social change of any sort requires organizing the people who have an interest in the issue or problem at hand. The global social impact space has a wide range of…
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The Square, the Tower, and the Circle:
The Blind Spot in the Stewardship of Locally Led Systems Change NetworksThe Plight of the Social ActivistMany social activists can relate to the following scenario. They sign up for an…
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The Power of Communities in Uncertain Times — Part 2
The questions we ask today will define the future we create tomorrow…When the Stranger says: “What is the meaning of this city?Do you huddle close together because you love each…
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The Power of Communities in Uncertain Times — Part 1
When systems collapse, people rise…A tiny, invisible, and obscure virus has thrown the world into chaos. It has flummoxed and baffled nations, countries, politicians, scientists, doctors, presidents, principals, parents, students,…
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How learning ecosystems evolve and how can leaders weave the whole change process
Weaving educational ecosystems in our districts and cities has become one of the greatest worldwide challenges for our systems to enhance learning and equity for the new era. The UNESCO…
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Networks and Network Management SkillsCollective Mind is launching a new series of workshops to help you strengthen your network and improve your network practice. We hear from network practitioners every day…
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From Rugged Individualism to Self-Organized Connected Communities
In American culture, we tend to prize individual leadership, as illustrated by these examples: the self-made man, the hopes we put in one candidate to solve our problems, the entrepreneur…
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