“Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing” – Arundathi Roy You can find hundreds of definitions of…
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MEASURING LOVE in the JOURNEY for JUSTICE
Below is the preface to this week’s featured resource: Measuring Love in the Journey for Justice. Find the link to download this Brown paper at the end of this post….
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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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The paradox of transformation: acceptance as a precondition to change
The radical potential of healthy shame… to return us to belonging This is the paradox: to reach transformation, we must let go of the aspiration for transformation. As psychologist Carl Rogers…
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Five Calls-to Action from the 2022 Facing Race Conference
What happens when thousands of racial justice leaders and practitioners come together after a pandemic? So much power and knowledge-sharing – and plenty of dancing and hugs, and even a…
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Creative Freedom for True Equity
Equity is often discussed, but rarely understood in a context that speaks to the core challenges of people who are under-represented in race, religion, gender, socio economic status or who…
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The Complexity Spectrum
Systems change is not for everyone, but making a good choice is Philanthropies are increasingly becoming key players in the field of systems change. As organizations grow more innovative and…
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The role and power of re-patterning in systems change
7 everyday patterns to shift systems towards equity Many recent discussions about civic innovation and systems change have focused on big structural changes that need to take place if we…
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Turning the stone: embedding systems thinking in the everyday
The context Images Isn’t it interesting how frequently as human beings we turn to metaphor? Sometimes these images are so embedded in the everyday that we don’t see them for…
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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…
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