Constellating Change
An inspirational learning & practice series exploring how you can internally organise for ambitious systems change.
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Constellating Change
2023/2024
Why we're constellating
What organising patterns might support us to contribute to system change?
Part of our work at the School of System Change is to continuously probe, sense and respond into what learning needs we are observing in the field. What we are increasingly noticing is folks feeling a disconnect between what their ambitious system change initiatives plan to do and what they actually do - the gap between the 'what' and the 'how'.
This autumn 2023 we are launching Constellating Change: an inspirational learning & practice series supporting changemakers to understand how they can organise internally towards ambitious change.
Our aspiration is to bridge the void (for anyone organising for change - be that systems change practitioners and beyond) between what we intend to do in the world and how we internally and externally organise to progress our work effectively, inclusively and systemically.
What we're constellating
We're hosting six monthly online sessions (October 2023 - March 2024) where we will take a proactive and nuanced dive into the common entry points and stumbling blocks that seem to get in the way of aspiring and committed change initiatives.
Each entry point is orientated around those simple - yet difficult - everyday realities that too often inhibit us to move between planning, implementation and impact.
The series explores six entry points plus an additional free sensemaking and weaving session on Fri 19 April 2024 when we close, open to anybody that has participated in at least one of the six sessions.
The six sessions
1. Learning in relationship
How might we place relationships and learning at the heart of organising for change?
Join to go deeper into how we can embody the work we are trying to do in the world through tending to our relationships and how we can learn and grow together.
Date: Wed 4 October 2023
Time: 08:00 - 10:00 ET / 13:00 - 15:00 BST / 20:00 - 22:00 SGT
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Contributors
John Nkum
Founder and Executive Director at Nkum Associates; Executive Director at Organisation Development Centre-Ghana; Founding Member of Gestalt Africa; Member of Organisational Wellbeing Collective; Member of NTL; Member of IODA
Contributor
Since 1988, John has been an international consultant, trainer and process facilitator ...
2. Structures and rhythms
What forms and processes can support us to gather and organise?
Join to understand how we can breathe life into the structures and processes that we implement in our organisations so they may enable us to connect, learn and work together.
Date: Wed 15 November 2023
Time: 08:00 - 10:00 ET / 13:00 - 15:00 GMT / 21:00 - 23:00 SGT
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Contributors
3. Power and decision making
How can power and decision making flow healthily?
Join to explore how we navigate power dynamics in a healthy way as we unpack the realities of decision making methods that sound great in theory but too often disappoint us in practice as they become enmeshed in the realities of feeling agency and taking accountability.
Date: Wed 13 December 2023
Time: 08:00 - 10:00 ET / 13:00 - 15:00 GMT / 21:00 - 23:00 SGT
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Contributors
4. Transforming conflict
How can we work with conflict and difference as a source of transformation in our change work?
Join to learn how to leverage difference as an enabler in our organising work through productively working with the tensions, polarities and creating systems of restoration that support collaboration.
Date: Wed 31 January 2024
Time: 08:00 - 10:00 ET / 13:00 - 15:00 GMT / 21:00 - 23:00 SGT
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Contributors
5. Resources and money
How should we best relate to and organise around where and how our resources and money flow?
Join to work with these powerful forces in organisational life to unlock change by creating equitable approaches of distribution and healthy value exchanges.
Date: Wed 28 February 2024
Time: 08:00 - 10:00 ET / 13:00 - 15:00 GMT / 21:00 - 23:00 SGT
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6. Roles and contributions
What are the different roles and approaches needed in change?
Join to develop an understanding of how we can harness the different ways people can contribute to our change work through embracing the variety of roles we can each play over time.
Date: Wed 27 March 2024
Time: 09:00-11:00 ET / 13:00-15:00 GMT / 21:00-23:00 SGT
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Contributors
The closing sensemaking and weaving session will take place on Fri 19 April 2024 (13:00-15:00 BST) and is open to anybody that has participated in at least one of the six sessions. Participants will receive an invitation to this session nearer the time.
Please note all Constellating Change sessions will be recorded to be accessed by attendees, and potentially shared publicly in future.
How we're constellating
This series is a ‘choose your own path’ learning experience which means you can join the whole journey or choose to participate in the sessions that feel most relevant and alive to you.
We will convene once per month for two hours. Each session will include:
- Framing and an introduction to the session topic
- Inspiration, dialogue and applied learning opportunities with experienced guest contributors
- Space to reflect with peers on how the topic relates to your different contexts and experiences
- An invitation to develop your next micro or macro experiment or practical application of this topic in your context
Who is constellating
Is this series for me?
The Constellating Change Series is for people that have clarity about the systems-shifting impact you're looking to create but are feeling less clarity about the route.
It is for any person, team, organisation, collaboration or network that is interested in how your organising efforts can contribute to the systemic positive change you are wishing to have in the world. It is designed both for those of you that are designing organisational systems or are in the throes of day-to-day delivery and have a sense something needs to shift about how you're organising.
Contributors
In each session, the hosting team will be joined by experienced guest contributors who will bring in personal anecdotes, stories, and ‘how to’ practical routes for engaging with the topic being explored. Contributors for each session will be announced on an ongoing basis as we weave the learning journey together, so watch this space.
Hosting team
Enrol
This series is a ‘choose your own path’ learning experience which means you can join the whole journey (and access all session recordings) at a discounted price or choose to participate in the sessions that feel most relevant and alive to you.
Course fees
The fee for this series is offered on a sliding scale. Please select the option that is most appropriate for you, depending on what you can afford. Course fees are per one individual, not one team or organisation.
For the full series
- Regenerative: £400 GBP
- Supporter: £300 GBP
- Supported: £200 GBP
For individual sessions
- Regenerative: £100 GBP
- Supporter: £75 GBP
- Supported: £50 GBP
For School alumni, we are delighted to offer a 20% discount for the full Constellating Change series or individual sessions. This discount is available for changemakers who have completed one of our School courses (Basecamp, Delta, Spark, and Investors in Change series). Please use the promo code SCHOOLALUM and share the course you completed when making your payment.
VAT does not apply.
No refunds are available for the Constellating Change series, however you can transfer your ticket to another individual to join. Email the School team at [email protected] if you have any questions about this.
Learn more
Our aspiration is to bridge the gap with systems change practitioners between what we intend to do in the world externally and how we organise to do it internally. For more information, check out our recent article on Constellating change: Exploring patterns of organising.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about the Constellating Change learning & practice series please contact the School team at [email protected].
If you would like to discuss additional coaching or a Learning & Practice Partnership to support your learning, get in touch with Sean at [email protected].
Equity & diversity
We seek to create safe and brave spaces for participants from different backgrounds and lived experience to engage in learning together. We acknowledge the power and responsibility we hold in our role as a convenor and learning provider, placing multiple ways of knowing and awareness of difference as fundamental design principles in our programmes.
Read more about our commitment and journey around equity and difference.
Accessibility
If you will need additional support for your wellbeing or access needs, then please let us know as soon as possible, so we can factor this into our session design. You can let us know when you enrol or email us at [email protected] - we are happy to arrange a call to discuss how we can support your learning. A member of the School team will be on hand throughout the sessions if you have any questions or concerns to raise.