Emma
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Emma
As I set off, behind her, I thought, ‘This is it – this is eldership: it’s the end of striving.’
…Just imagine how much we can achieve when we stop striving…
https://www.improbable.co.uk/posts/cf22zbeoqh8vsz54d64nxk68iyh7g9
that is yet another thing I love about impro – you can’t do it alone, and what emerges from the conversation between you and your collaborators (and your collaborators are multifarious- another performer, a fly buzzing across the stage, the sound of a siren in the distance….) is always more complex, more sophisticated, more meaningful than anything
... See moreif you haven’t got a script, you only have yourself, so you – the whole of you – has to show up.
You can’t leave the personal at the door, in the name of professionalism. You, the person, is all you have and all the audience want to see. And within the apparently irrelevant – the stuff you would rather ignore or dismiss - the most interesting storie
... See moreimprovising is never a process of not planning anything. You make plans all the time – it’s impossible not to do so. Rather, impro involves growing comfortable with letting your plan go, again and again.
https://www.improbable.co.uk/posts/cf22zbeoqh8vsz54d64nxk68iyh7g9
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Rose…
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Good Girl
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A recent academic article by Jewlya Lynn and Julia Coffman called
Passing in the Dark: Making Visible Philanthropy’s Hidden and Conflicting Mental Models for Systems Change
Describe two mental models for systems change
Systems dynamics approach: (the most common mental model in philanthropy)
Understand the system and its dynamics
Identify leverage poi... See more
Passing in the Dark: Making Visible Philanthropy’s Hidden and Conflicting Mental Models for Systems Change
Describe two mental models for systems change
Systems dynamics approach: (the most common mental model in philanthropy)
Understand the system and its dynamics
Identify leverage poi... See more
QCF Sprint 1 Detailed agenda
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.