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Friends and Colleagues,
So much is happening in the Systems Dynamics (HSD) Ecosystem right now. Over the years, HSD has continued to reach out and grow through large and small iterative cycles of Adaptive Action. Since it launched in 2003, HSD Institute was a seed that has grown to reach out around the world. It has become a global ecosystem of learning and application that goes far beyond the reach of the Institute.
As ecosystems mature, they go through transformations, often in form and function. The time has come for a major shift in the HSD Ecology. The global community of HSD has grown too large and too diverse to be served or held by a single institution. We want to share with you the story of the HSD practitioners who came together to begin to set conditions for the next iteration of this Ecosystem.
Build Adaptive Capacity
In times of change, we all need strong foundations for decision making and action. HSD offers three concepts that can help you lay your next stepping stone.
Manage Strategic Change
Some problems will never be solved. Social injustice, poverty, prejudice and greed have always been with us, and they will never go away. It may seem counterintuitive, but such a realization can bring hope. If a solution is impossible, we can be free to explore lots of promising possibilities. We can see, and begin to shift, the patterns within and between our intractable problems. We can discover many ways to shift those patterns toward new opportunities and positive pathways.
Royce explores a choice we can each make to reach across today’s open conflict and discourse that is devolving into shouting matches or silent withdrawal. She says there is an alternate path.
Build Adaptive Capacity
Mathematicians call it the Baker Transformation.
Biologists call it respiration.
Physical therapists call it exercise.
Artists call it inspiration.
Teachers call it learning.
Learners call it cramming.
Musicians call it melody.
Bakers call it kneading.
Royce has identified five concrete actions you can do—on your own, or with others—to change your world.