Co-Design Series Part 3First, we wanted to make sure our definition of co-design fit our list of network values.1) The co-design process needs to create an alternative to the inevitable unequal…
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As was mentioned in Monday’s post, the sense of urgency is a major impediment keeping our networks from being transformative. I’d add busyness to that: having endless to do lists that…
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“Only connect! That was the whole of her sermon. Only connect the prose and the passion, and both will be exalted, and human love will be seen at its height….
Continue ReadingWhy Dismantling Racism and White Supremacy Culture Unleashes the Benefits of Networks
Before we go any further down the road of this blog, we need to point out that network approaches cannot become transformative unless the network explicitly works on dismantling white…
Continue ReadingSelf-Organizing Toolkit
A new free resource is available in the Resources section of Network Weaver.The self-organizing toolkit includes a set of simple actions that you can take to jump start self-organizing in…
Continue ReadingThe Promise of Co-Design
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 ReadingWhat Is Self Organizing?
Self-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 ReadingCommunication Ecosystem
A 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 set…
Continue ReadingThree Ways To Foster Education On Complexity Using Network Visualizations
There 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 ReadingJoin Us In Our Design and Learning Journey
Co-Design Series Part 1We (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 structures…
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