Every organization needs an effective strategy. Strategy can refer to an overarching strategic plan at the organizational level or a strategy towards achieving specific organizational needs and goals. A strategy…
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On Rest
I began this blog post thinking about operationalizing network values. It felt serious. I wanted to write a thing that helped me better understand that feeling in my body when…
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“Entangled” Social Change: From Inter-action to “Intra-Action”
“What is at stake with quantum theory is the very nature of reality. Should reality be understood as something completely impervious to our interventions, or should it be viewed as…
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Governance for System Change
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…
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The paradox of transformation: acceptance as a precondition to change
The radical potential of healthy shame… to return us to belongingThis is the paradox: to reach transformation, we must let go of the aspiration for transformation. As psychologist Carl Rogers put…
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Five Calls-to Action from the 2022 Facing Race Conference
What happens when thousands of racial justice leaders and practitioners come together after a pandemic? So much power and knowledge-sharing – and plenty of dancing and hugs, and even a…
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3 COLLABORATIVE PRACTICES FOR ADVANCING SOCIAL IMPACT
Learning, for me, is more than acquiring knowledge; it’s also about putting it into practice and sharing my experiences so that others can benefit from them. Below are some good…
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Creative Freedom for True Equity
Equity is often discussed, but rarely understood in a context that speaks to the core challenges of people who are under-represented in race, religion, gender, socio economic status or who…
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Ceremony: Reyoking the Sacred with Our Social Justice Work
“Disability is an invitation to relationship…It’s that opening that creates the whole ecosystem.”– Sophie Strand“Poetry is the language of the apocalypse.”– Bayo Akomolafe1As the newest members of turtle island, two-leggeds…
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The Complexity Spectrum
Systems change is not for everyone, but making a good choice isPhilanthropies are increasingly becoming key players in the field of systems change. As organizations grow more innovative and risk…
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