Water Foundation program officer Alex Paxton shares how LA leaders are using systems mapping to create a more resilient and just future for all residents. Last November, Los Angeles County…
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Storytelling to Enable Systems Thinking
For a long time I developed models and inflicted them on other people. Fortunately, due to the interaction with others, it became apparent that it made more sense to become…
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Scaffolding for System Shifting Networks
Networks come in all shapes and sizes. However, if you want to be a system shifting network you will need to put in place scaffolding so that transformation can emerge…
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Start At Yes : building resilient networks
In working with communities to build resilient networks, I’ve noticed a pattern. Those who “start at yes” – listening for the possibilities, helping others make sense of their ideas, shining…
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MENDING THE COMMUNITY CUP
For years in conversations in organizations, within advocacy groups, and social change initiatives, I have heard variations of these themes: “We know we have to move beyond top-down approaches –…
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SHIFTING A SYSTEM: The Reimagine Learning network and how to tackle persistent problems
Some problems are simply too big for any one organization. One solution: a network of like-minded leaders working toward a common goal. Reimagine Learning, taking on systemic education issues, offers…
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The Transformative Power of Networks of Networks
Three Level Networks for Transformation I’ve mentioned before that transformation or system shifting requires networks to be involved in networks of networks. This blog post will explain why every network…
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Collective Impact
People frequently ask “How do network approaches differ from Collective Impact? Actually, Collective Impact, with a few modifications, can be a system shifting network approach which can increase its long…
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Collective Impact ~ System Shifting Network Approach
People frequently ask “How do network approaches differ from Collective Impact? Actually, Collective Impact, with a few modifications, can be a system shifting network approach which can increase its long…
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Transformative Networks Are Multiscalar
This is an excerpt from the Network Weaver Handbook. I’ll be writing an update with my latest research and thinking on the topic in the coming weeks so stay tuned! …
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