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Failing Productively in Systems Change: Key Mindsets & Practices
This era of disruption requires us to take on deeper systemic challenges. As changemakers, how do we embrace failure as an inevitable...
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COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION FOR SHARED PROSPERITY, EQUITY & SUSTAINABILITY
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CoCreative
- May 5
Collaborative Innovation: What It Is, How It's Different & What It Takes
This session is a spicy and brief introduction to the Collaborative Innovation Approach that serves as the foundation for the...
CoCreative
- Apr 25
Feminist Systems Change: Reflections, Frames and Learning to Advance Practice
This 90-minute session introduced The System Sanctuary’s feminist systems change framework, offered key insights and implications and...
CoCreative
- Jul 27, 2021
Māori Future Making: An Indigenous Approach to Social Innovation, with Tokona Te Raki
This session explored social innovation from an Indigenous perspective. Efforts to address inequities facing Indigenous communities often...
CoCreative
- Jun 1, 2021
White Supremacy Culture and Systems Change, with Dr. Tema Okun
20 years ago, Tema Okun wrote the article, "White Supremacy Culture Characteristics," an article deeply informed by her relationships...
CoCreative
- Apr 28, 2021
Culture, Collaboration, and Choice: A Values Approach
Luzette and Russ joined Liz Weaver from Tamarack Institute for an intimate conversation about how dominant cultural norms impair...
CoCreative
- Mar 17, 2021
Leading As If Life Matters
If you or anyone you know is aspiring to lead organizations into a livable future, we share this inspiring new resource with you....
CoCreative
- Oct 29, 2020
Heart Like A River: Listening to Nature Speak on Systems Practice, with José González
In this justice oriented and joyful wayfinding session, we explored the wisdom rooted in ecological connections and the healing refrains...
CoCreative
- Sep 24, 2020
Narrative: Personal, Political, Planetary, with Lawrence Barriner II
“History is not the past, it is the present. We carry our history with us. We are our history.” — James Baldwin “...personal problems are...
Melissa Darnell
- Aug 26, 2020
Trauma and the Role of Healing in Systems Change, with Dr. Hasshan Batts
The Zulu meaning of the word Ubuntu is “I am because we are, therefore, because we are I am,” giving witness to the fact that we exist...
Melissa Darnell
- Jul 22, 2020
Talk Story with Aunty Puanani Burgess: A Call from our Ancestors
We were very pleased to talk story with Hawaiian elder Aunty Pua and hear a call from our ancestors to behave as 'ohana, Family, in this...
Russ Gaskin
- Jul 9, 2020
6 Patterns in Collaboration
When it comes to people’s approaches to collaboration, there seem to be three general schools of thought: The “Collaboration-is-a-giant-m...
Melissa Darnell
- Jul 1, 2020
5 Design Principles for a New Normal From Donella Meadows
Presented in partnership with Marta Ceroni from The Donella Meadows Project at the Academy for Systems Change. At a time so deeply...
Melissa Darnell
- May 13, 2020
Systems Innovation Panel Discussion
A virtual panel discussion on "Social Labs and Collaborative Approaches to Systems Change" with Russ Gaskin of CoCreative, Stephanie...
CoCreative
- May 12, 2020
The Benefits of Fear, Conflict, Failure, & Resistance
If you're leading systems change work, you will no doubt experience fear, conflict, resistance, and even failure at some point along your...
CoCreative
- Apr 7, 2020
Virtual Meetings for Clarity and Momentum
Moving your meetings and convenings online? We often assume that online meetings mean disengagement and boredom but some of our most...
Melissa Darnell
- Mar 24, 2020
4 Elements of Use of Self
Ever heard of "use of self"? It's the idea that we can use ourselves as powerful instruments of change in service of a greater good. But...
CoCreative
- Mar 24, 2020
Designing Virtual Meetings for Clarity and Momentum: A Case Study with Mosaic
A story-based case study on effective virtual collaboration.
Melissa Darnell
- Feb 26, 2020
Designing a Powerful Shared Intent
A clear and powerful shared intent is key to the success of any collaboration. In this session, Russ Gaskin and Sharon Simms explored how...
CoCreative
- Jan 7, 2020
Four Agendas for Leading Multi-stakeholder Collaboration
Collaborative Innovation is our process model and an integrated set of concrete tools to effectively lead powerful change with...