This week we’re joined by Chris Block, who is currently the Chronic Homelessness Initiative Director at Tipping Point Foundation. Previously he was the CEO of American Leadership Forum, Silicon Valley, as well as a number of other roles all rea

Leading with questions, not answers | Episode 10

Aug 27th, 2019 37m 4s

This week we are joined by Gene Bellinger. Gene is one of the most prolific systems thinkers, an early founder of Systems Thinking World, and one of the earliest and most influential evangelists of Kumu (there are a number of features that you

The case for smaller, more humble systemic interventions | Episode 9

Jun 4th, 2019 39m 52s

This week we’re joined with Odin Mühlenbein who is a partner at Ashoka Germany and also a lead of the systems unit at Ashoka Globalizer. He’s also the co-author of a recent report, From Small to Systemic which looks at the multi-billion euro po

Everyone a network weaver | Episode 8

Apr 23rd, 2019 42m 7s

This week we're joined by June Holley, who is a longtime network weaver and author of The Network Weaving Handbook. She's spent much of her career working with communities, often times low-income communities, on complex issues, taking both a sy

Discovering our common humanity through participatory mapping and collective impact | Episode 7

Mar 13th, 2019 41m 15s

This week we have longtime community member Aldo de Moor joining us. Some of you may remember him from one of our original podcasts. Since we last spoke with Aldo, he's been busy refining his CommunitySensor participatory methodology with commu

Experimental, multi-disciplinary approaches to systems change and social innovation | Episode 6

Mar 12th, 2019 58m 30s

We’re joined today by Sam Rye. Sam is a self-described unapologetic generalist who has left his mark on a number of different organizations. Enspiral, Social Labs, Lifehack to name a few. In today’s conversation we’ll touch on a variety of topi

Exploring complex systems through lived experiences using System Effects | Episode 5

Mar 12th, 2019 58m 13s

Luke Craven is a research fellow at the University of New South Wales and the developer of the System Effects methodology. Today we'll explore a number of different topics: why Luke decided to create this approach, what some of the challenges w

Creating a future where nature and people can thrive together | Episode 4

Jan 22nd, 2019 25m 34s

Josh Goldstein is a Director of the Bridge Collaborative at The Nature Conservancy, where he works to bring about fundamental changes about how we think, plan and fund work across the environment, health and development communities. Josh's work

Embracing complexity and interconnection in governmental policy development | Episode 2

Jan 22nd, 2019 15m 39s

Jolyon Swinburn is a Policy Analyst at the Ministry of Environment in New Zealand. In this role, he brings a multi-domain approach that recognizes how interconnected our various natural assets are and how we can use that mindset to create more

Co-creating investment opportunities with marginalized communities | Episode 3

Jan 22nd, 2019 11m 32s

Jenna Nicholas is the CEO of Impact Experience, an organization that helps build deep relationships between impact investors, foundations, entrepreneurs, artists and local leaders to co-create solutions with marginalized communities. Listen to

Reshaping how we design, execute, and adapt strategy over time | Episode 1

Jan 22nd, 2019 21m 32s

Karen is founder of Engaging Inquiry, a consulting practice whose mission is to bring light to complexity. Engaging Inquiry works with teams around the world to reshape the way they think about designing, executing and adapting strategy over ti

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