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Thinking about Networks of Mutuality on MLK, Jr. Day

January 18, 2016 – First things first: shoutout to Coretta Scott King for founding the King Center in 1968. Without this institution, we would not have a national holiday celebrating her husband’s life and work. For the past few years, in honor of Coretta’s wishes and Martin, I’ve been doing a... Read More

Leveraging Introversion in Networks for Change

January 12, 2016 – “Love is essential, gregariousness is optional.” -Susan Cain The following is a slightly edited re-post of something I wrote in early 2014. Since writing this, I continue to see the need to be vigilant around not privileging extroversion in groups,... Read More

Living Systems Lessons for Social Change Networks

January 5, 2016 – A couple of years ago, I was turned on to the work of Louise Diamond. Diamond has been bringing insights from the dynamics of complex systems to peace building work for many years. Her efforts connect to a growing number of... Read More

Networks: Micro-Collaborations, Moving Love Down the Power Curve

December 11, 2015 – The following is Christine Capra’s thoughtful response to my post on “Deepening Network Practice for Social Change.” Christine is a self-described network mapper, weaver, and guardian with Greater Than the Sum. NOTE: Text that is bolded represents my additions and editorial changes... Read More

Networks and the New Science of Sustainability

November 3, 2015 – “The goal is not so much to see that which no one has seen, but to see that which everyone else sees in a totally different way.” – Arthur Schopenhauer I just finished reading The New Science of Sustainability:Building a Foundation... Read More

Networks for Change: Generosity is Key to Generativity

September 24, 2015 – “A generous heart is always open, always ready to receive our going and coming.” – bell hooks For the past month I’ve been in conversation with David Nee, former Executive Director of the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund, to reflect on some... Read More

Networks for Change: Skill, Will, Attitude and Structure

September 10, 2015 – A couple of weeks ago I joined a panel of presenters on a webinar hosted by Johns Hopkins’ Center for a Livable Future focused on collective impact and network building for food policy councils. Other panelists included Ellen Kahler from Vermont... Read More

Narrative Knitting Networks

August 12, 2015 – “Narratives can create a very different world, one where pressure evolves from a source of stress to a source of excitement, calling us to achieve even more of our potential, both as individuals and collectively.”  – John Hagel What follows... Read More

Networks: Don’t Wait, Animate!

July 28, 2015 – Just coming off of co-delivering a 2 day Pathway to Change public workshop at IISC with Maanav Thakore, and I’m continuing to think about how important context is to the work of social change. In particular, I’m thinking about how... Read More

Stories: Feeding Networks Forward

July 1, 2015 – Last week I had an interesting conversation with an evaluator who was curious about some of the networks for food system development we’ve been supporting through IISC. We got to talking about “metrics,” which led into consideration of the role of story in... Read More