Bailouts, energy crises, civil wars, global warming, the climate crisis, the Euro crisis: when you take a step back and look at the big picture of what is going on in the world it can sometimes seem pretty grim. Will Greece leave the Eurozone? Will Spain’s bailout work, or will they follow? What will be the consequences for the rest […]
The earth was formed whole and continuous in the universe, without lines.
The human mind arose in the universe needing lines, boundaries, distinctions. Here and not there. This and not that. Mine and not yours.
That is sea and this is land, the mind thinks, and here is the line between them. See? It’s very clear on the map.
But, as the linguists […]
I recently had the opportunity to reflect on a long-term leadership and change intervention with an international finance and development institution I have been involved with for the last 15 years.
What makes this story so compelling is the fact that this institution grew not only in size, scope, stability, and operating results during a time of unprecedented global economic turmoil and […]
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Changing systems, and helping multiple stakeholders find a common vision, requires expertise and a deft touch
Jo Confino
Guardian Professional, Monday 15 October 2012 11.52 EDT
Creating systems change: it is important to develop a vision of a positive future.
Photograph: Alamy
Systems thinking may represent the next phase in the evolution of sustainability, but it is not an arena for corporations to enter […]
by Beth Heller, former Senior Director of Education and Strategic Planning at Urban Ecology Center
Standing in the heart of the city, images from 10 years ago popped into my mind. Back then this was a place with dilapidated buildings void of people, trees and flowers. Access to residential neighborhoods to the north and south was severed by grinding traffic on […]
View the pdf of The Causal Loop Diagram
This fishery causal loop diagram reveals one way of seeing the system of fishery and ocean conservation, the theory of change of various interventions and how they interact with each other. By making each stakeholder’s mental model explicit, it enables people to understand each other’s perspective, examine one’s underlying assumptions about the change […]