As I’ve been coming more and more into “the second half of life,“ I have found that I pay more attention, or perhaps I pay attention differently and to different things. One particular area…
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Network mapping: Visualizing stakeholders in the global food system
A Kumu use case by Maria Balcazar Tellez & Alexis Rife of Meridian Institute.Nothing gets us more excited than seeing the endless number of ways in which our customers are…
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Love in Action: Embodying Love in our Organizing and Organizations
This piece was originally published by Root. Rise. Pollinate! on Medium with Inspirators Hope Chigudu, Rudo Chigudu, Julie Quiroz and Susimar Gonzalez Martinez.INSPIRATOR: one who invites and infuses our imaginations with practices…
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Design Foundations For Systems Capital
Designing an investment approach that fosters systems innovation and transformationThis piece was published in August 2022 in partnership with Hatched and reflects our thinking at this time.What would it look like to…
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Who Cares?
This piece is the first article in the Care series, a collaboration between System sanctuary and Turtle Island InstituteCare is a theme that has come up over and over again…
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The A to Z of Systems Thinking: A for AND
I loved Algebra at school. In particular, I loved arithmetic sequences, and practiced them so much that it became easy for me to see a group of numbers and extract a…
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From Biology to Changemaking: Embracing the Tree of Alignment in Transformative Work
In the quest for transformative change, whether in organizations, communities, or individual lives, understanding the dynamics and drivers of change is critical. The “Tree of Alignment,” a metaphorical concept, provides…
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When “Kin” Is All We Have: From “Stakeholders” to “Care-holders”
“We must move ourselves beyond resistance and survival, to flourishment and ‘mino bimaadiziwin’ (the good life).“ – Leanne Betasamosake Simpson“The challenge is to replace practices that distance and disconnect with ones…
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What philanthropy can learn from Afrofuturism to end violence
What other ways of knowing can philanthropy embrace to imagine our future?This article, by Alexis Flanagan, first appeared in Alliance Magazine. Alexis is the Co-Executive Director of the Resonance Network. You can…
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Putting Relationships First
The case for relationship-centred communities, organisations and systemsWhat follows is an excerpt from the The Relationships Project’s Case Maker, Putting Relationships FirstIF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD, START WITH…
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