Collective Mind hosts regular Community Conversations with our global learning community. These sessions create space for network professionals to connect, share experiences, and cultivate solutions to common problems experienced by networks. On…
Continue ReadingThe illusion of hopelessness
The war in Ukraine is a symptom of something bigger— and within reach In times of war, we are led to believe we are powerless. We are told that violence…
Continue ReadingSocial Change Networks Playbook
The challenges that the world faces today, from climate change to highly unequal economic and social structures cannot be solved by one organisation, government or institution alone. We need to…
Continue ReadingWaging Peace with Fierce Love : a 3-Part Workshop Series for feminist changemakers
What will it take to transform conflict, to ensure our movement building and changemaking is fueled by fierce love over fear? How can we resource ourselves and each other with transformative, life-giving power?…
Continue ReadingTransforming Impact : how evaluation and impact are shifting
Given the complexity and depth of the world’s problems, evaluation theories, practices and processes are shifting to better respond to that complexity. The argument goes something like this: problems in…
Continue Reading2021: deep transformation or shallow change?
2021 is pivotal to creating the future we want. We know that we have less than a decade to address the climate crisis, and that the commitments made this year…
Continue ReadingEnergy Network Literacy: On Care-full Dis-Connection, Dis-Entanglement and Regenerative Flow Management
“i think of movements as intentional worlds, or perhaps more accurately as worlds designed by and for intentional people, those who are able to feel the world not as an…
Continue ReadingThe Web of Change
Creating Impact Through Networks The following post is excerpted from the introduction of Impact Networks: Create Connection, Spark Collaboration, and Catalyze Systemic Change, now available in print, as an audiobook, and…
Continue ReadingRising Through Resilience: Dr Froswa’ Booker-Drew On The Five Things You Can Do To Become More Resilient
Watch your thinking. One of my favorite quotes is “Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Watch your words, for they become actions. Watch your actions, for they become habits.”…
Continue ReadingSeed + Spark
Sam Chaltain produced the wonderful book Seed + Spark as part of a collaboration between 180 STUDIO and ECKENHOFF SAUNDERS. This is a gorgeous and magical tour, one that I encourage you…
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