I am delighted that my invited article on "Radical Collaboration to Transform Social Systems: Moving Forward Together with Love, Power, and Justice" is now online at jabsc.org/index.php/jabs…. What feedback do you have on this body of practice and theory?

In an essay for IFSR quarterly, Jones proposes to design conditions for emergence of flourishing contextually, not globally. mailchi.mp/b008e2e8def0/i… A critique of dominant technocratic approach of last few decades: "The technocratic approaches that have continued since the

Logan Thrasher Collins proposes the concept 'CyberGaia' where human technology is acknowledged as an integral part of nature. nature.com/articles/s4159… #cybernetics

Love this! #systemicdesign community, what do you think? There are 370 methods & methodologies contributions on RSDsymposium.org and overwhelming interest in the current Mapping Mondays series—so we like our #designresearch for sure. Does a #systemicdesign special interest

My hunch is that we need many more inside out departments in the future. Our public services are overburdened with bureaucracy, metrics and the stresses of compliance. Large central bureaucracies weigh down on them rather than lifting them up geoffmulgan.com/post/the-insid… Geoff Mulgan

A treasure trove for people seeking change in systems. A set of three short films covering fundamental systems change topics & concepts, distilled from the wisdom of system practitioners across the globe: 1) What are systems and what is systems change? 2) The importance of

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On April 16, join the Resilience Funders Network, Omega & The Impact Trust to discuss the emerging governance approaches and alternative systems for ‘operating’ amid the polycrisis. Register here: members.wingsweb.org/events/81251 IFSR European School of Governance #TransformPhilanthropy

The 2024 International Cornell University Systems Thinking Conference is May 20-21, 9am-5pm EST (online). The theme is, "UpThinking" building off of the universality of thinking and our need to improve our skills in it. See you there! hubs.ly/Q02sBTqC0 #upthinking

Patrick Hoverstadt: Agility in business strategy – May 23, 2024 6:30PM BST buff.ly/3PUVLFB

Probably the most interesting book store in Japan right now is Passage, in Tokyo's Jimbocho district. It is divided into roughly three locations, and is run as a co-op by hundreds of people. Anyone can be a co-manager by renting/leasing a shelf in one of the 123 "rue" (street),

Open Gov Hub: Systemic inquiry convened by #InternationalFederationForSystemsResearch and #ForumForDemocracy, kicked off by #RayIson. Plenary and table group discussions on organizations (out of many) changing the institutional landscape.… daviding.tumblr.com/post/753295213… [tumblr]

"The essential cultural discrimination is not between having and not having or haves and have-nots, but between the superfluous and the indispensable." And in particular when the excessive of the "haves" comes at the expense of the "have-nots" essentials. getpocket.com/explore/item/t…

It is almost time for RSD13 - the Systemic Design Conference. Don't miss it. October 13 is a Cybernetics Day, but there are many other great days, too. Online tickets are very affordable. #cybernetics #NewMacy #conversation rsdsymposium.org/rsdx-2024-even…

How can we create tipping points toward a new economic paradigm, in service of all life? A Partners for New Economy event with keynote by Jayati Ghosh events.zoom.us/ev/ApDEFgIBf92…

Según Humberto Maturana, tenemos arraigado el principio de equidad a nuestro sentido común. Cuando se transgrede ese principio, todos lo sabemos. Re-mirar esta magnífica entrevista a la vista de los 17 millones de Cubillos, resalta la bajeza de las defensas al respecto.