PinnedPublished inAI & Systems ChangeUsing AI as a Systems Change Tool: Preparing to FacilitateLearning with and from an AI platform has helped me prepare to facilitate dialogues about systemic change. I can gain an initial…Mar 18Mar 18
What is your mental model about systems change?This entry introduces our new 2024 article in The Foundation Review, titled “Making Visible Philanthropy’s Hidden and Conflicting Mental…Jun 20Jun 20
Creating the solution space, instead of the problem spaceAs facilitators and learning partners, our job is not just to make problems visible, but also to create a pathway to find the solutions.Jun 6Jun 6
How complex, adaptive systems changeThis organized list of systems behaviors and how they change is designed to help us look for what is hidden in the system and also…Apr 28Apr 28
Published inAI & Systems ChangeAI as a Systems Change Thought PartnerAI can be another stakeholder at the table as we seek to change dynamic, complex systems and solve significant societal problems.Mar 10Mar 10
Protocol for Qualitative Data Analysis using AILet’s maintain research integrity in the new world of AI qualitative data analysis.Feb 7Feb 7
Are we defining “success” in systems change philanthropy all wrong?What if we shifted from predicting our impact to exploring a simple, powerful story of change: do no harm, do good, and sometimes do great?Mar 21, 2022Mar 21, 2022
Finding balance: Maintaining momentum in an emergent strategyEmergent strategy is one of the new buzzwords in philanthropy. Not surprisingly, emergent strategy is a lot easier to imagine than to…Dec 13, 2021Dec 13, 2021
Exploring Emergent Strategy in Philanthropic SettingsThis brief overview of emergent strategy is intended as a short primer for those interested in beginning to explore the concept, with…Dec 8, 2021Dec 8, 2021
Why you should include a foresight practice in your evaluation toolkitFor all you evaluators out there, I’m here today to challenge your thinking. Let’s begin with a basic question:Mar 8, 2021Mar 8, 2021