Category Archives: Systemic change

Conversational Leadership: Thinking Together for a Change

Posted on July 19, 2016 by Giorgio Bertini

After experiencing his first World Café dialogue at a program on self-organizing systems, Bob Veazie had an uncomfortable epiphany. At the time, he was a senior engineer and manufacturing manager at a Hewlett Packard plant in Oregon. In that World … Continue reading →

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A new Framework for assessing Systemic Change

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Giorgio Bertini

Complex social systems are unpredictable on the level of the individual actor. They are, however, somewhat stable and predictable on the level of their emerging structure. Hence, systemic change can be defined as transformations in the structure of a system. … Continue reading →

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The Complexity of Wicked Problems in Large Scale Change

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Giorgio Bertini

This paper 1) elaborates the framework of organizational change to extend the traditional boundaries of organizational change to include large system change (LSC) requiring multi-sector interventions; 2) integrates, synthesizes, and describes different dimensions of complex adaptive systems (CAS) and wicked … Continue reading →

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Recipes for Systemic Change

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Giorgio Bertini

The last few years have brought growing worldwide interest in applying design methods and design thinking to social and public policy challenges. At their best these methods catalyse people to see issues and possibilities in a fresh way. They spark … Continue reading →