Notes on a just and regenerative future

On our blog, you’ll read contributions from a range of people and organisations who share our enthusiasm and our ambition for a just and regenerative future, and our desire to learn from each other.

Unearthing the Inquiries to Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning as Systemic Practice

Having worked in change making spaces for twenty years, and being passionate about learning, I have always been interested and enjoyed the work of monitoring and evaluation; bringing cycles of learning to projects, teams, designing learning frameworks and doing my postgraduate …
by Anna Birney

March 19, 2024
A Personal Journey Shaping a Philanthropic Portfolio Along the Three Horizons Framework

Marion Birnstill is a seasoned global health and partnering professional with close to 15 years’ experience spanning a career working for leading organisations across the private, public and non-profit sectors. She is partnering with the School to explore together how we might …
- #Alumni Stories
- #In Practice
- #Health
by Marion Birnstill

February 16, 2024
Working Systemically for Transformation

This is blog four in our series created to complement Stepping Into Systems, our introductory short film series on systems change. In blog one, we speak about the process of creating the film series, which involved in-depth interviews – yarnings – with a diverse range of systems …
- #Worldviews & Philosophies
- #Relational
by School of System Change

February 8, 2024
The Importance of Systemic Worldviews

This is blog three in our series created to complement Stepping Into Systems, our introductory short film series on systems change. In blog one, we speak about the process of creating the film series, which involved in-depth interviews – yarnings – with a diverse range of …
- #Worldviews & Philosophies
- #Relational
by School of System Change

January 31, 2024
What Is Systems Change?

This is the second blog in the series created to complement Stepping Into Systems, our introductory short film series on systems change. In the first blog, we speak about the process of creating the film series, which involved in-depth interviews – yarnings – with a diverse …
- #Worldviews & Philosophies
- #Relational
by School of System Change

January 26, 2024
Learnings and Insights From Stepping Into Systems

The School of System Change exists to nurture a systemic, living paradigm, where learning is change. Learning is not the transactional, linear process of acquiring institutionalised knowledge; it’s the process of cultivating the ability to be in the world as it changes. It’s the …
by School of System Change

January 19, 2024
Embracing Emergence: Reflections on Facilitating a Changemaker Writing Retreat

Written by Louise Armstrong & Anna Birney With some light support and augmentation from Chat GPT Laid back emergent facialition at its best (Left to right — Anna, Louise & retreat participant Saskia) We — Anna & Louise — cohosted a writing retreat for changemakers in …
- #In Practice
by Louise Armstrong

January 19, 2024
Change Through Irrigation

Sarena is the Partnership and Programs Lead at the School of System Change. This article, Change Through Irrigation, is part of a series exploring our intentions for inquiry and storytelling through six key themes as we live into our new way of being at the School. As the story …
- #In Practice
by Sarena Chan

November 1, 2023
Organising the Critical Yeast of Change

Sean is the Learning and Practice Partner Lead at the School of System Change. This article, Organising the Critical Yeast of Change, is part of a series exploring our intentions for inquiry and storytelling through six key themes as we live into our new way of being at the …
- #Relational
- #In Practice
by Sean Andrew

October 2, 2023
‘A new world of possibilities’: Climate change and its impacts on health

Emma Iovoli, a Life Sciences Consultant in Climate and Health, shares her experience and key learnings from completing Delta, our five-week introduction to systems change course, in spring 2023. Plus, discover how a complexity mindset and systems change approaches can open up “a …
- #Alumni Stories
- #Health
by Emma Iovoli

August 31, 2023
Learning Is Change

Anna is the CEO (Chief Enabling/Evolving Officer) at the School of System Change. This article, Learning is Change, is part of a series exploring our intentions for inquiry and storytelling through six key themes as we live into our new way of being at the School. Life is …
- #Relational
- #Worldviews & Philosophies
- #Inner Work
by Anna Birney

July 5, 2023
Our Seeds for Storytelling

Saskia is the Learning Curator at the School of System Change. Here she shares our evolution for the School, the path ahead and our intentions for inquiry and storytelling — jump to the end of this article to see our six key themes we’re exploring in 2023! I have been at the …
by Saskia Rysenbry

May 25, 2023
Systems Change and the Circular Economy With Anna Birney

Systems change can help us understand and act for different challenges. Dr Anna Birney, CEO at the School of System Change, joined Lou on the Ellen MacArthur Foundation Circular Economy Show on 28th March 2023 to discuss how it applies to the Circular Economy. Watch the video or …
by School of System Change

May 24, 2023