#systems-change

Deepening our Impact Together

With Catalina Cock and Ross Hall, 5 May 2022

What Does a Network Know?

How the Fito Network is turning scattered knowledge into shared intelligence.

How Three Young Women Are Nudging Energy Systems in Asia Towards More Just Transitions

First published at Catalyst Now: Igniting Systems Change

Anchoring Systems: Reflections from the 10th East Africa Philanthropy Conference

By Wambui JL

The Moment a Network Decides to Take the Next Step

Three years of working alongside more than 450 leaders from 19 countries has taught us one thing clearly: systemic change does not happen…

What Kind of Wisdom Do We Want to Pass On to Future Generations in Taiwan?

A Collective Inquiry into Education, Technology, Land, and Humanity

MERL Systems Do not Guarantee Learning

As a follow-on to my earlier discussions/reflections on learning in MEL systems, both structured and unstructured categories quite matter…

我們要傳承什麼樣的智慧給台灣未來世代？

一場關於教育、AI、土地與人的集體探問

Narratives for Wealth Systems Change

Why we need to begin elsewhere.

The Paradigm, the Conversation, the Mechanism

by J Storrar Context Matters Consultancy

How PDIA Is Practiced: Insights on Systems Change from Local Contexts

Most education reforms fail not because they lack good ideas, but because they introduce ready‑made solutions to problems that are not…

Cultivating Learning Cultures in Philanthropy

Slowing down to meet the moment

Holding Tension — When Portfolios Decide What Matters

How systemic design can work with, rather than smooth over, the conflicts inside portfolio approaches

Liquidating Our Future

Insights from ChangeNOW 2026 on redefining growth

My personal reflection — Reclaiming Human Agency: A Symphony of Trust and Presence

Image by Jayce Pei Yu Lee

Connect to the work of tech justice, post-Catalyst

Catalyst CIC closed on 31 March 2026. But the network lives on. Here’s how to stay connected.

From Crisis to Chrysalis - Reflections on the Metachrysalis Pilot Project

Meeting my patriarchal mind

“Sanna is a whore”

We need new feedback loops

I’m really excited to see the shift in the Test, Learn and Grow work as Nick Kimber and the team put the focus on movement building. If we…

Podcast: Reimagining the future through systems change

Interview with Viliana Dzhartova

4D Mapping: Opening Pathways for Field-Level Transformation

By Sebastian Jung

Attention, Intention, Agency! Reflections from the Presencing Foundation Program in Philadelphia

If We Digitalised the NHS Ethically, Care Could Feel Very Different

Turn waiting into knowing: a timeline built for patients and teams.

Designing for Dissensus: Systems Change Without Agreement

Why the Future Demands Leadership That Embraces Conflict, Not Consensus

The JASC Special Issue: Arawana Hayashi on Social Presencing Theater

In her recent article in the Social Presencing Theater special issue of the Journal of Awareness-Based Systems Change (Streams of Origin…

四重視野：菲克斯山谷間的冥想 by Otto Scharmer｜第一部份：舊有模式的崩潰與新典範的興起

為了支持更多使用繁體中文的朋友認識U型理論以及U型變革對於時代的影響有更深的理解，我們翻譯了2025年8月5日由麻省理工學院暨自然流現研究院聯合創始人奧圖．夏默博士(Dr. Otto Scharmer)在 Field of the Future Blog 所發表的文章：The…

Navigating the cycle of grief and loss in systems change leadership

After sharing the last post, I heard from many of you — systems leaders sitting quietly in the fog of resistance, still showing up, still…

Cycles of grief in systems change

There is a pattern I’ve noticed in myself and others in recent times — a pattern that is rolling, recurrent, and familiar. It mirrors the…

The Center of the World

Some years ago, I was navigating the byzantine maze of the Honduran public health system. I was at the central Tegucigalpa (known…

Everyday Habits for Transforming Systems — Keep them up ‘durch dick und dünn’ (‘through thick and…

Returned from an outstanding book launch event in Berlin on May 9, 2025, thoughts have gone through my mind. It was not just a book launch…

Pando Funding: Financing System Change Networks

By Robert Ricigliano and Anna Muoio

The System is Failing? No — It’s Working Exactly as Designed

When society feels rigged when wages stagnate, corruption thrives, and institutions crumble we soothe ourselves with a familiar refrain…

Prototype Spotlights: Transforming Agroecology Through Innovation with Theory U

A groundbreaking convening on regenerative agriculture and agroecology

We need an army of the wicked…

We need an army of the wicked to drive change for social good — Insights from a practitioner in the wild…

การปลูกฝังศักยภาพภายในเพื่อระบบอาหารแบบฟื้นฟูและยั่งยืน (Regenerative Food Systems)

【Key Messages】

Executive Summary of “5 Ideas from Global Diplomacy”

Excerpt: Cheung, Marvin. 5 Ideas from Global Diplomacy: System-wide Transformation Methods to Close the Compliance Gap and Advance the 2030…

การจะเป็นผู้นำต้องเริ่มจากการเป็นมนุษย์

คลิปสัมภาษณ์ Peter Senge เรื่อง The Heart of Transformation จากรายการ GlobalLeadership.TV แม้จะผ่านมาแล้ว 9 ปี…

Shi(f)t for Humanity, Compost for Change: the Future of Social Innovation Labs

Field Notes from Indonesia — Year End Reflections Part 2:

Exploring Systems Change from the Ground Up and What We Are Learning Through the Sustainable Landscape Programme Indonesia

Thinking of trees, not icebergs

A mental model for more effective interventions

Sectors and systems: Both useful, not the same

In my work with multi-stakeholder collaboration, I often find that people use the words “sector” and “system” interchangeably. This has led…

We can’t keep meeting like this

Developing the Capacity for Cross-Sector Collaboration

The Ecotone Framework: Understand Systemic Change and Innovation in Service Design — Harmonic…

by Darwin Muljono, service designer

Inner Development for Change — Contemplation #1

Hello!

Co-creating future realities

3 traps we fall into when engaging with the future and how to overcome them

Tapping into cultural power

Expanding our imagination about ways to intervene for social change

Leveraging knowledge for impact

Bridging the collaboration gap between science and decision-making

Collaboration with diverse others: Why is it so difficult?

We know we need to collaborate. In my work, I repeatedly hear people stating the obvious reasons why it’s important to work together with…

Suunnittelijan kyvykkyys ja systeeminen ajattelu

Suunnittelutyön uusi monimutkaisuuden taso vaatii suunnittelijoilta aivan uudenlaista ymmärrystä yhteiskuntarakenteista ja niihin…

CO-DESIGN AND POWER : Presentations and Resources

Social Design Sydney is a community of practices located in Sydney, Australia. We recently hosted a conversation about Co-Design and Power…