Systemic investing

Perhaps the greatest “phase transition” in our thinking that such an approach could engender is the maturation in our willingness to live with relatively high levels of uncertainty in the domains of complex phenomena—and thus give up on ideas like complete “cures,” the elimination of “risk,” the design of perfect “stability,” and achieving total “s

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Now is perhaps the time to examine this transition systemically. To prototype the institutions, instruments, and intelligence infrastructures that can thrive in this new landscape. To design not just for simplistic returns, but for capacity to navigate the systemic complexity unfolding.

This disruption will most likely open up new fields. It will demand new allocation practices—rooted in systemic investing, dynamic risk scaffolding, and multi-capital logics. It will catalyse the emergence of hybrid institutions that can operate across public, private, and civic domains, grounded not only in financial performance, but in stewardshi... See more

References

[1] For more historical background see: https://cles.org.uk/what-is-community-wealth-building/the-history-of-community-wealth-building/ and https://static1.squarespace.com/static/62f41050584b40607baef690/t/62fe8be83408b928b4756591/1660849128501/PUB_Community-Wealth-Building-Hanna-Kelly.pdf

[2] The Democracy Collaborative. (August 2023). A... See more