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March 16, 2017
Join us to hear HSD Professionals share their HSD stories about how they use HSD principles, models, and methods to change their worlds every day. Additionally at this Annual Meeting of the Human Systems Dynamics Institute, Glenda Eoyang, our founder and Executive Director, will report about the Institute’s work and continuing growth for the future.
Plan in Uncertainty
March 2, 2017
Traditionally we think of planning in organizations and communities as the work of those in charge. Strategic planning has been the task of the leader—with or without stakeholder engagement. In worst cases, engagement in strategic planning meant. “Do whatever it takes to achieve the goals.” In complex adaptive systems, decentralized planning engages individuals and groups in local decisions for faster response, shared accountabilities, and increased adaptability. Human systems dynamics offers a planning approach that engages energy and commitment at all scales of the system. In Strategic Adaptive Action, wherever you stand in the system, you have information and authority to see, understand, and influence patterns around you to fit with the direction and priorities of the whole system.
September 15, 2016
Glenda talks about finding simplicity in the complex. Diane Robie talks about her HSD journey to make HSD an enduring practice for her. Bruce Pappas speaks of his research findings about using HSD to understand what teachers really want from their principal. Jennifer Jones-Patulli talks about using HSD to resolve workplace conflict.
Collaborate to Create Community
February 2, 2017
No person is an island. We need each other. We need to work together to build resilient, sustainable teams, communities, organizations, and coalitions. We also live and work in the midst of great diversity—of thought, ideology, life style, religion, perspective. So how can we work across the differences that threaten to divide us to build robust, adaptive partnerships? Human systems dynamics offers a map for lasting and productive partnerships.
December 15, 2016
In this Quarterly Virtual Mini-Conference Glenda Eoyang talks about New Years' resolutions and how HSD can help you shift patterns in your life. Carolyn Norgate and Griff Griffiths talk about using HSD to create an organizational network of OD professionals across the system of UK civil services. Randi Fiat introduces the idea Democracy Adaptive Action Labs to explore how HSD can help us navigate the differences that divide us politically, sociologically, ideologically, etc. Royce Holladay engages the participants in a reflection around a series of questions about their transition from 2016 to 2017.
Lead in Complexity
December 1, 2016
What is the pattern you want to create in your life? Who will you be to create this pattern? What is important to you that informs the pattern? How will you connect with others to make the pattern come to life? These key questions will set you on your own radical inquiry. You will discover your power to shape patterns for yourself and all your communities. This simple, creative process is easy to learn and simple to share with others. Come and harvest the power in your emerging patterns of possibility.
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