What stimulates change?
Transformation can be defined as significant changes in form, structure, or meaning-making. It can also be described as a much deeper process, including “the unleashing of human potential to commit, care, and affect change for a better life.”16
Karen O'Brien • You Matter More Than You Think: Quantum Social Change for a Thriving World
We see the world as we are
—Anaiis Nin
With the systems-emergence model, a general operating grant might be tied to a partner who shares an interest in systemic change, is values-and vision-aligned, and is working in adaptive ways.
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I had this hunch that the way we change is through relationships where we feel safe, and that we can only learn anything new because someone we trust is teaching it to us.
Then this friend of mine, Sarah Stein Lubrano, wrote this book called Don’t Talk About Politics, and what she concluded is the only way anyone changes their minds is through their
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When we celebrate our victories, we increase our sense of agency and our incentive to do more. When we feel empowered and impactful, we can be more effective in making a world of greater justice.
21. Agency Part Four: How Groups Create Agency, and Checklist
A Manifesto for Applying Behavioral Science
A manifesto proposing ten actionable strategies for evolving applied behavioral science to address complex societal issues, enhance organizational integration, and encourage ethical practices within the field.
bi.teamHow is the knowledge that is needed to help keep a thread alive, as this world comes to an end and a new one comes into being—how is that going to stay alive? It’s going to be through what is held within the human being and community. Human beings in relationship with other human beings
Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee • Remembering Earth Time – A Talk by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee
The world, the values of the world, are shaped by the choices each of us makes. Which means my thinking, my actions, my relationships, and my life create a front line for the possibilities of the entire species. Each one of us is an individual practice ground for what the whole can or cannot do, will or will not do.