“Courage is simply doing whatever is needed in pursuit of the vision.” – Peter Senge
We are honored to announce that the Academy for Systems Change and the Donella Meadows Institute will begin the process of uniting visions and assets to accelerate our potential for collective impact and transformative change. Following months of exploration and dialogue, we have discovered countless connections […]
The Stanford Social Innovation Review Winter 2014 edition feature article “The Dawn of System Leadership” by Peter Senge, Hal Hamilton and John Kania describes the need for “system leaders” – those who catalyze collective leadership, to address society’s most intractable problems. The magazine also features a supplement article, “System Leaders for Sustainable Food”, by Hal Hamilton. […]
Joe Hsueh, one of the founding members of the Academy recently sat down to talk to Marc Gunther of the Guardian.
art and science
of systems change
“To make underlying systems more sustainable, it takes both tools and
compassion”, says SecondMuse’s Joe Hsueh
‘Until recently, the momentum driving US businesses toward greater sustainability came from big, influential companies: GE with its ecomagination campaign, Walmart […]
Systemic Change Map
How might we understand the process of supporting necessary, visionary change? This map by our colleague Joe Hsueh provides one way of thinking (and a set of assumptions) about how change can be made possible. It is of course a simplification, but the key things to pay attention to here are the circular nature of learning and adapting […]
Real Collaboration Takes More than Meetings and PowerPoints
June 24, 2013 by Peter Senge
NBS Thought Leaders offer guidance on sustainable business models for the 21st century. Thought Leaders are leading academics and practitioners: world experts on sustainability issues. Here, Peter Senge describes why collaboration is essential for our most important issues and some of the keys to doing it effectively. Dr. […]
Bailouts, energy crises, civil wars, global warming, the climate crisis, the Euro crisis: when you take a step back and look at the big picture of what is going on in the world it can sometimes seem pretty grim. Will Greece leave the Eurozone? Will Spain’s bailout work, or will they follow? What will be the consequences for the rest […]