(By Donella Meadows. Available from donellameadows.org ) 1. Get the beat.2. Listen to the wisdom of the system.3. Expose your mental models to the open air.4. Stay humble. Stay a learner.5. Honor and protect information.6. Locate responsibility
This short video shows Gallwey demonstrating the inner game coaching method. Showing what can be achieved when the mind is drawn into simply 'being' and 'doing', rather than limiting itself through overthinking and the
This video from Otto Scharmer and The Presencing Institute introduces the concept of 'the three enemies'. (Global Classroom Lecture 3: Connecting to Source).
(By John Atkinson) Times are hard. The reality of 'delayering' is that there are less people around, particularly less senior people, who can help us change our organisations for the future. As they have left
(By John Atkinson) I'm not usually a stickler for language. I like to find a way of getting things across that connects with people depending on their view of the world not mine. When you become
To the novice climber finding a way through the chaotic tumble of buttresses and gullies seems impossible. The lines seem hard to pick from a distance and just disappear once you are amongst the rocks
By John Atkinson One of the things you notice when you work with human systems is that things keep recurring in the same way at different levels. For example, you notice that a difficult relationship
As more people join, the levels of complexity grow both in terms of who ‘we’ are and how we relate to the rest of the world. By the time it has become a global corporation
(By John Atkinson) Kurt Lewin was one of the seminal thinkers on change who influenced much of our thinking through the 20th Century. He and his students were behind many of the key developments that
Here's a short clip from Fritjof Capra introducing the concept of systems thinking and living systems, from the point of view of sustainability and ecology. Capra suggests that the most appropriate framework for developing ecological communities
Here, Juanita Brown, the founder of world cafe introduces the basic practice, principles and history of world cafe, a way of hosting large group conversations.
Systems thinker Tom Wujec designed a simple workshop exercise to highlight the complexity of thought and influence that surround problem solving and change.