Every day, we adapt to the systems around us while trying to change them towards preferred futures. Most of us learn how to do this as we go. We see systems change as a lifelong endeavor, and each season of our lives brings challenges that call for skills we have not needed before. This open-source guide gathers what we and a community of practitioners have learned into one map: 21 learning areas, a five-stage route and the orientations that ground it, each linked to resources. Find the area where you feel stuck or curious, and begin there.
The learning areas guide our progress
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Learning areas map
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Orientations that guide our intentions
Learning areas that guide our progress
The route that guides our actions
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Collective Strategy
Systemic Action
Personal Grounding
Reciprocity
How we act
Shared Power
How we make decisions
Plurality
How we know
Interdependence
How we perceive reality
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ChangemakersMake sense of the system you are trying to shift, and find the learning areas and next steps that fit it.
EducatorsDraw on the map, the design canvas, and the library to design courses, workshops and learning journeys.
LeadersSee which capacities your team already has, which it needs to grow, and where to begin.