This post, written by Resonance Network’s Kassamira Carter-Howard and Yesenia Veamatahau, originally appeared on Education Reimagined’s blog here and The Reverb here.“A lattice is a repeating, interlaced structure that is strong…
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Nurturing Sustainable Communities
The Power of Network Governance and LeadershipIn a world that thrives on interconnectedness, the role of effective network governance and leadership practices in building sustainable and connected communities cannot be…
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Governance Dilemmas — Boundary Conditions for Navigating Networked Peacebuilding
As actors engaged in peacebuilding and social change, we often find ourselves grappling with complex dynamics while facilitating the establishment of effective governance systems. Three recurring themes, or dilemmas, have…
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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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Decentralized organizing: More collaboration, less hierarchy
From organisational governance to mobilising and sustaining grassroots movements, what is decentralised organising and how can this approach facilitate collective but efficient decision-making without management hierarchy?Decentralised organising isn’t just about…
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Reframing Power and Embracing What is Possible
Lighting the Candle of Liberatory GovernanceAs phase two of the WeGovern Learning Community winds to a close, participants gathered to reflect on their journey.This community came together with a shared commitment to…
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Being in the humanity of governance, with all its messiness and joy
Reflections from the WeGovern Learning CommunityHow do we build ways of being that uplift the collective dignity, wholeness, and thriving of one another and the lands we inhabit?How do we…
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The Angel’s Mafia: elements to be addressed in peacebuilding governance
Our Better Angels need to get their act together.I find myself looking back at five years working in peacebuilding and conflict transformation. Almost as long as I spent working as…
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Governance is how we choose to be together
An illustrated story of liberatory governance practiceStorytelling — like governance — can take many forms.When choosing new ways of being together, we begin with ourselves — in our bodies, hearts,…
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Governance – the overlooked route to transformation: How can we best organise for change?
What are the current governance approaches and ways of organising that are being used in attempts to create systems change? What would more systemic governance approaches for our work look/feel like…
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