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Next Wednesday, 3rd October, sees a double whammy of events from the School of System Change which I'm very much looking forward to.

Learning in relationship
eventbrite.com/e/session-one-…

and

Stepping in to systems

eventbrite.co.uk/e/stepping-int…

#systemschange

Harnessing the power of curiosity in personal knowledge management

collider.space/issue-3-harnes…

Such a great piece on cultivating a mindset of perpetual curiosity and inquiry (living the questions?)

By my friend and fellow explorer, Theo🪼

#PKM #curiosity #Tana

Opening plenary of the Open Government Partnership global summit, in Estonia. Happy to be here. Streaming now youtube.com/watch?v=XnoB-r… #ogpestonia #OpenGov

loving systems

brief reflections on love and systems change, inspired and emboldened by Ruth E Levine is on Substack, bellhooksinstitute and much else besides.

linkedin.com/pulse/loving-s…

#systemschange #compassion

Complexity, causalities and corruption, with a sneak preview of my emerging strategy and knowledge gardening dreams.

linkedin.com/pulse/selected…

#complexity #causality #corruption

Considering re-profiling myself as a variant of 'integumentary' to go head-to-head with Nathaniel Heller

It's a system, boundaries and permeability thing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integumen…

But maybe it's too superficial?

Such a great piece on digital gardening - a way of sharing a collection of interconnected + evolving ideas - by Maggie Appleton

LOVE the illustrations!

Excited to be nurturing a garden with Tana + in collaboration with other gardeners inc. Theo🪼

maggieappleton.com/garden-history

Fantastic role as Executive Director with Southern Voice Southern Voice Southern Voice, a network of leading think tanks in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.

Specifically for candidates who were born/have lived in the Global South.

missiontalent.com/openings/sv-ed/

Want to 'inspire the broader global development field and its decision-makers to adopt data + evidence-based approaches'?

Then this IDinsight role might be of interest.

idinsight.org/about/careers/…

Personally, I'd want to add 'that are appropriate for complex social systems'.

Q for R4D event on leveraging transparency to reduce corruption.

How do you plan to square the circle between a “what works” agenda, and the fact that the way things work out in these sorts of complex systems depends a lot on contextual dynamics? #corruption #complexity

Systems, systems, everywhere

'One doesn't fight corruption, by fighting corruption'. Interesting to hear this from Daniel Kaufmann on R4D event + to consider how this resonates with the SOAS ACE approach to addressing corruption. Katherine Bain Mario G. Picon #Corruption

What should zero tolerance to #corruption mean?

Mushtaq Khan SOAS ACE says

Investigate why corruption is happening, and explore whether there are feasible and effective responses that can reduce corruption and improve developmental outcomes

ace.soas.ac.uk/zero-tolerance…

I just supported this case! crowdjustice.com/case/protectin… via CrowdJustice

Towards relational public services: Cultivating outcomes through engagement, learning + systems.

complexityoutcomes.org

Wonderful conference at Northumbria Uni, full of food for thought + new connections, w inspiring summary by Toby Lowe

#systemsthinking #complexityoutcomes

Happy to be at Northumbria Uni for an amazing conference on relational public services. Cracking programme, wonderful participants, beautiful (proper northern) city, and lovely weather! #complexityoutcomes complexityoutcomes.org

Hey Ryan Ryan Muller - I saw mention of your approach to fractal inquiry in the Tana slack workspace. Am keen to find out more. What's my best option? Buying your 2020 e-book, or is there something else/more recent? cicatriz.gumroad.com/l/zhqBpq h/t Stian Håklev

Systemic Meandering

Emerging reflections on paradoxes, polarities and flow - along with a scattering of interconnected nuggets

linkedin.com/posts/alanhuds…

#systemsthinking #polarities

Systems thinking in Tana.

Yep, everything is a node, and everything is also (more or less, and in different ways) connected.

Great food for thought, and alignment with my efforts, from Fis Fraga fisletter.beehiiv.com/p/systems-thin… Tana #systemsthinking #PKM

Interesting to see the work of NPC inc. Tris Lumley on how openness can transform philanthropy.

Seems like something that might resonate with the members of Transparency and Accountability Initiative (TAI) cc. Michael David Sasaki

alliancemagazine.org/blog/how-phila…

Recent video here: youtube.com/watch?v=qau4we…