I ended up in Bangkok, by accident, earlier this year in May. It was the type of trip where the universe conspires to place you where you’re meant to be. I…
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Legal arrangements for networks
However they come into being, networks typically have to grapple at some point with the circumstances of their legal registration. This may take place at the outset of a network’s…
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Who Cares?
This piece is the first article in the Care series, a collaboration between System sanctuary and Turtle Island InstituteCare is a theme that has come up over and over again…
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When “Kin” Is All We Have: From “Stakeholders” to “Care-holders”
“We must move ourselves beyond resistance and survival, to flourishment and ‘mino bimaadiziwin’ (the good life).“ – Leanne Betasamosake Simpson“The challenge is to replace practices that distance and disconnect with ones…
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Putting Relationships First
The case for relationship-centred communities, organisations and systemsWhat follows is an excerpt from the The Relationships Project’s Case Maker, Putting Relationships FirstIF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD, START WITH…
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Getting to the Core of Long-Term, Complex, Collaborative and Networked Success
The following content is a 2-post contribution from Curtis Ogden, originally published at Interaction Institute for Social ChangeLessons From 12 Years of Weaving a Regional Network for Better Food FuturesRecently…
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Evolving Strategy in Complexity: For organizations who are overwhelmed, over-processing, and still need a coordinated plan to win
When adrienne maree brown shared her invitation for “less prep, more presence” in Emergent Strategy, I was one of the people who really needed to hear that to unlearn some long-time…
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Conflict Resolution in Networks
In February 2023, Collective Mind hosted our Networks in Action on conflict resolution in networks. The session, hosted by Collective Mind founder, Kerstin Tebbe, built from inputs shared by session…
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To support Network effectiveness and Network Leaders
In 2019 – 2020, COPE Scotland joined a 9-month Network Weaving learning series offered by the Q Community for health and care leadership in the UK and Ireland. Facilitated by…
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The Gong-Gong Beater: An Indigenous Information Sharing Medium for Sustaining the Influence of Community Networks
Who is a Gong-Gong Beater?In traditional Ghanaian society, the gong-gong beater is characterized as the official communication and information manager within a chieftaincy structure. This person is often unassuming, are…
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