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Embracing Restraint
A couple of days ago my colleague Cynthia Parker blogged about the challenge and importance of staying connected across political divides. The conversation that has ensued seems especially relevant...
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Be Aware of Boundaries
Seeing the words “Critical Systems Heuristics” may tempt you to run screaming from this post, but please hang in there while I distill what this important framework and addition to the systems...
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Inspiration vs. Development
Photo by Joe Hardy “Are you a sophist?” I’ve been wrestling with that question for several weeks, at the invitation of Carol Sanford. Carol points out how many of us in the helping professions have...
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Systems Thinking Gleanings
Image by zachstern I had a unique opportunity the other day with a client to do a little year end reflection about the path we have walked with a complex multi-stakeholder change process, which has...
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Change Reads
Photo by Mo Riza One of the many things I love about the Interaction Institute for Social Change is that we are very much a learning organization, committed to sharing lessons from the work we are...
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Nested Social Change
Photo by Libby A number of months ago, I posted something on what I called “The Dimensions of Social Space,” the gist of which was the proposal that we are called to tend to different dimensions of our...
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Living Systems Lessons for Networks
I was recently turned on to the work of Louise Diamond by the Plexus Institute. Diamond has been bringing insights from the dynamics of complex systems to peace building work for many years. Her...
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Creating the Structures for a Generative Economy
The following post was written by IISC friend Beth Tener, principal of New Directions Collaborative, with whom I’ve had the privilege of working over the past few years on a few different...
View ArticleGenerations Co-Evolving
“You want to be engaging with people whose mind is alive, whose consciousness is alive, and who are seeking to create something.” – Carol Sanford Carol Sanford – Generations learning from other...
View ArticleMischief-Making for Change
“The trickster is anybody who’s a bit of an outsider. They’re the ones who make change. They’re not thinking about making change; they’re almost doing it in a selfish way. But because they’re working...
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Internal Control, External Considering
Photo by Roland Tanglao Some very compelling points are made by Carol Sanford stemming from her work with “responsible businesses” about the importance of how people understand accountability. She...
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How Story Moves the Mind
Image by Pietro Zanarini The following is a segment of a blog post from Pamela Mang that appeared on edge::regenerate. Pamela references the newest book from Daniel Pink, To Sell is Human: The...
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Finding Focus and Minimizing Distraction
How often do you hear people saying they wish they were better at multitasking? And what percentage of the people surrounding you on the subway or on the sidewalk or waiting in line for something are...
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Flipping Orthodoxy
Photo by Denise Krebs During his presentation at this week’s Council of Foundations Conference for Community Foundations, the Monitor Institute’s Gabriel Kasper talked about the need for innovation in...
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Where There is Will
“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” - Lao Tzu Recently overheard: “Yes, sure it’s great that that community is taking a network approach. But we don’t have anything like the...
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“Much of what we think of as ‘rules’ are really just traditions and habits and assumptions that don’t get challenged until some new kid comes along who really doesn’t see the value of dying at the...
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Practices for Resilience and Development
Photo by Manuela de Pretis When I take time to slow down, as I was able to do over the holiday break last week, my interest is refueled in practices that support our ability to maintain perspective and...
View ArticleEmpathy and the Dramatic Arc
“Stories bring brains together.” - Paul J. Zak This past week we have featured a couple of posts on empathy (see “Empathy + Equity –> Justice” and “Empathy Connect, Sympathy Disconnects”). In light...
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The Thrive Workshop
When I told Ceasar about the Thrive Workshop he was excited about it. I remembered that when we interviewed him to become President of the Interaction Institute for Social Change he talked about his...
View ArticleThe Take and Give of Living Systems
This video makes it clear how wonderfully complex and interconnected life is. ‘Trophic cascades’ invite us to consider how changes in one part of a living system can change other elements of the...
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