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 needs to be part of and explicitly develop networks of networks to maximize their impact.
Networks need to be part of three types of networks, shown in the drawing…
Network Governance
by June Holley
Network governance is the idea that decision-making that is currently lodged in representative bodies such as congress or city councils can be shifted into self-organizing networks. This shift has the potential to massively increase participation and inclusion in policy making and, at the same time, ensure that policy making becomes more innovative, experimental, and…
What Is Self Organizing?
by June Holley
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 years of helping networks self-organize, I’ve created a definition that is very concrete and practical for getting started with self-organizing.
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The Sanctuary Series
Care and Systems Change: Meeting at the Intersections
A series of conversations amplifying emerging and fresh voices in systems change and women- identified leadership at this moment in history.
Hosted by The Systems Sanctuary and Turtle Island Institute, in collaboration with Makeway Download This Sanctuary Series amplifies emerging and fresh voices in systems change and women-…
Creating as Life: A Regenerative Rebellion for Our Times
by Sydney Searchwell-Simpson
Part of my creative practice as an artist and a devotee to Life is to let go of the ideas I hold within me that separate me from the whole, so I can drop into an effortless beingness shared with the Earth from which our bodies stem.
It is here that I untether myself from one of the most important myths humanity must unravel to move through and beyond the…
How Marginalized Muslim Voices Can be Amplified Through Collaborative Journalism
by Juwayriah Wright
Juwayriah Wright's reflections on amplifying Muslim voices through collaborative Journalism is part of Network Weaver’s BIPOC Editorial series. Learn more about the series here.
Liberation, in a world as complex and fractured as ours, is a deeply personal yet profoundly collective pursuit. As a Muslim journalist at Time Magazine, the idea of liberation goes…
How do Stories Strengthen our Movements and Strategies?
by Jazz Kerr
Jazz Kerr's reflections on storytelling and movement strategy is part of Network Weaver’s BIPOC Editorial series. Learn more about the series and our submissions guidelines here. We invite you to connect with us at [email protected]
You may wonder why, in writing, I return so often to the land. The land is our first storyteller, and I do my best to stay…
Kimberley Jutze
Organization Shifting Patterns Consulting How to Connect [email protected] Kimberley Jutze is an organization development practitioner and social activist dedicated to facilitating social change. Collaborative leadership, systems change, and continuous performance improvement are common themes that underpin her diverse, international career. Kimberley adds…
TRANSFORMING IMPACT
On November 10th, 2021, a panel of 8 great minds had a dialogue on the ways that impact measurement and evaluation are shifting.
This resource offers links to a video of the dialogue and a chart that summarizes how evaluation and impact assessment are shifting.
By June Holley, Network Weaving Institute & Brendon Johnson,Fito Download
Given the complexity and depth of…
The Secret to Securing Collaboration Resources
RAISE FUNDS MORE EASILY AND ATTRACT THE PARTNERS YOU WANT
Shifting Patterns Consulting has prepared a guide to help network members work better together to raise funds and develop partnerships. Download
RAISE FUNDS MORE EASILY AND ATTRACT THE PARTNERS YOU WANT
Shifting Patterns Consulting has prepared a guide to help network members work better together to raise funds and…