Taking a systems approach to delivering on the PLFs mission
Dr Anna Birney CEO at the School of Systems Change Talk summary In a world where we see so much change, and with so many challenges in front of us to address, we can often be paralysed by overwhelm. Despite our innovations and interventions, despite even changes in governments, rising temperatures and bubbling tensions, the patterns of our everyday keep going. We also see that the world is alive with possibility, where people are looking for new ways of thinking, acting and being to embrace complexity and address the challenges of our times. Practitioners, like those attending this event, are developing approaches and tools that enable deep transformation and seek positive futures, to catalyse and cultivate the change. This presentation will share why we need a new, systems approach to change – and how it might support missions such as that in PLFs. It will explore both systems change as an outcome we are seeking to achieve, as well as the processes and practices required to get us there.
Biography Anna is passionate about designing and facilitating systems change programmes that support people, communities and organisations transform their practice. In 2016, she launched the School of System Change, which is seeking to build an international learning community of change makers using systemic practices to address the complex challenges of our times. Anna has coached and lead inquiries on a wide number of projects and initiatives across sectors and systems – for example the Marine CoLab and #Oneless project, Unilever’s theory of systems change, Bosch Foundation strategies, Scottish Climate Assembly and Boundless Roots Community. Anna is the author of Cultivating System Change: A Practitioner’s Companion which is based on her PhD.
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