Thinking in Systems: A New Paradigm for Social Change Leadership
“When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.”
-Alexander den Heijer
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Do you see and think about the different systems impacting your social change work? With the challenges of the pandemic, distrust in leaders and political polarization, social change can often feel out of reach. However, it is vital to understand and change systems when addressing our biggest community challenges. Today, Traci discusses the topic of system change as a new paradigm and tool for social change leaders. In this episode you will:
- Hear about stories and tools Traci plans to bring the social change leader audience in 2022
- Learn what system thinking is and why it is important for social innovators and social change leaders
- Hear why system change can be frustrating
- Understand why looking deeper at systems helps us better address our own biases and limited understandings
- Hear Traci discuss how we can learn together this year to do the work of system change to address our many challenges
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