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Who’s helping to build the field of systems change?
TABLE 1: ROLES THAT BUILD THE FIELD OF SYSTEMS CHANGE?
Germination
Seeding new
systems change
initiatives
The intrapreneur who starts multiple systems change ventures from within an organization, convenes the partners, pulls in resources and makes things happen.
Richard Spencer at Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), Tim Brodhead at Social Innovation Generation (SiG).
The dynamo who partners with founders to help turn concepts into strategy.
Reos Partners, Tim Merry of Change Ahead, Maria Scordialos and Vanessa Reid of Living Wholeness Institute, Jennie Winhall, The Art of Hosting network, Sarah Schulman of InWithForward, Practical Action, Deloitte/The Monitor Institute/Doblin, Charlie Ursell
STAGE ROLE
THE STRATEGIST
THE FIRESTARTER
Growth
Building,
amplifying and
accelerating the
work of the
systems change
ecosystem
The pattern spotter who creates maps, writes articles, and shines a light on emerging trends in the field.
Al Etmanski, Zaid Hassan of Social Labs, Kennisland
The creative mapper who builds tools to make systems easier to see.
Kumu, Thicket, Idiagram,
THE ILLUMINATOR
THE DIGITAL
DESIGNER
The connector, out in the field meeting people in the ecosystem, introducing fellow system change practitioners to one another, building platforms that keep connections growing.
Ben Taylor of Red Quadrant, Lucho Osorio of MaFi, Andrew Campbell of Massive Small
THE FACILITATOR
The host who gathers groups of systems changers together to connect and learn.
Anna Birney at Forum for the Future, SiX and its Funders Node, The SEEP network, the BEAM Exchange, Joeri van den Steenhoven at MaRS Solutions Lab Vanessa Timmer and BCPSI’s System Change Group, RSD5, The Happening, Tatiana Fraser, Vickie Cammack of TIP Studio, Massive Small Collective
THE CONVENER
The hardworking leader of a growing systems change project.
Sarah Brooks at U.S. State Department Veteran Services, Tessy Britton at Participatory City, Michael Field of , Chelsea Mauldin of Public Policy Lab, Imandeep Kaur of Impact Hub Birmingham, Chad Park of The Natural Step Canada’s Energy Futures Lab
THE EXPERIMENTER
SOME EXAMPLE INDIVIDUALSAND ORGANIZATIONSDESCRIPTION
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Who’s helping to build the field of systems change?
TABLE 1: ROLES THAT BUILD THE FIELD OF SYSTEMS CHANGE
Growth
Building
amplifying and
accelerating the
work of the
systems change
ecosystem
Conservation
Stabilizing roles
that turn
experiments into
established
cornerstones
of the field
Creativedestruction
Challenging the
status quo
Supporters who build the capacity of existing systems leaders to do their work better.
Academy for Systemic Change, The Rockefeller Foundation, Systems Changers from The Point People and Lankelly Chase, Andres Roberts at Way of Nature , Leaders Quest, Simon Fraser University’s Social Innovation Certificate program, Steve Waddell and Networking Action
Organizations that fund di rent players within the field of practice, or platforms that are helping it to emerge faster.
The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation, Lankelly Chase, Tellus Mater, The Big Lottery Fund, Gulbenkian Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, Ashoka, Ontario Trillium Foundation, Suncor Energy Foundation, Garfield Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Robert Bosch Stiftung Foundation
STAGE ROLE DESCRIPTION SOME EXAMPLE INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS
Systems change projects that have moved beyond a start-up stage to become established organisations and can be used as case studies.
MaRS Solutions Lab, Future of Fish, The Finance Innovation Lab, GovLab, Criterion Institute.
THE SHINING
STARS
Create theoretical and practice-based research within the field of systems change, based at universities and learning hubs.
Derek and Laura Cabrera at Cornell University, Charlie Leadbeater Mulgan at Nesta, Frances Westley at the University of Waterloo’s Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience (WISIR), The Presencing Institute, Schumacher College, Ashoka, The Stockholm Resilience Centre, OritGal at Regent’s University, ISSS, Roland Krupers, Enrique Martínez at Brown, Sarah Whitel y, Cheryl Rose, Darcy Riddell & Michele-Lee Moore, Mark Cabaj, Grantmakers for E ctive Organizations (GEO), International Futures
Individuals who use the platforms they are given to talk about the need for systems change.
Pamela Hartigan at Skoll, Darren Walker of The Ford Foundation, Marc Ventresca at Oxford Said Business School
THE LEADERSHIP
ACCELERATOR
THE ECOSYSTEM
FUNDER
THE KNOWLEDGE
BUILDER
THE INCUMBENT
DISRUPTOR
Programs designed to challenge civil society organisations to start thinking more systemically.
Smart CSO’s, Hivos, Campaign Lab, Social R&D
THE CIVIL SOCIETY
ACTIVIST
e
Forum
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Who’s ?
Working to transform big systems like food, finance and energy that need to shift to create a sustainable world.
The eLab, Sustainable Food Lab, Food Secure Canada, Canopy, the Transition Network, the Energy Futures Lab, B9 Shipping, The Forestry Lab, Global Alliance for Food Security, Operation: Eat Right, The Ecofiscal Commission, Clean Energy Canada, The Great Lakes Protection Fun d, Inclusive Food Systems at Scale:
CHALLENGE DESCRIPTION
SUSTAINABILITY
From pioneers of civic innovation, to those redesigning government services, this group work on a wide set of issues from prison reform to mental health.
GovLab, Public Policy Lab, PCO Innovation Hub, Smart Justice Network, Toronto Atmospheric Fund, Alberta CoLab (authors of A Field Guide to Systems Change), Collaborate, Redquadrant, MindLab.
PUBLIC SERVICES
Working systemically to shift our health
systems.Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, WellAhead, Russell
the NHS, The Leading Causes of Life. HEALTH
Systemic innovation at a city, town or neighbourhood level.
The Participatory City Lab, City Catapult, Lucie et André Chagnon Foundation, CityStudio, Living Cities, Cities for People, Toronto Atmospheric Fund, 00, The Massive Small Collective, Gorka Espiau and The Young Foundation’s Amplify program, Ontario Trillium Foundation
PLACE-BASED
Pioneers helping to evolve the professions to meet the needs of people and planet in the 21st Century.
Engineering Change Lab, AuditFutures, Ashoka U, RECODE, The Comms Lab, BOND, START, IFAC, Tamarack Institute, Innoweave, The Intersector Project, Systemic Design Research Network, Partnership Brokers Association
THE PROFESSIONS
Support for systemic intrapreneurs embedded in mainstream business.
Volans, SustainAbility, Business Intrapreneur’ Networks, Aspen, ImpactSquared, BMW Foundation, Schwab, Society for Organizational Learning, the Natural Step, BSR, SCiO, FSG, Network for Business Sustainability (NBS)
BUSINESS
Reinventing education at every level. Michele Kahane at The New School, The Innovation Unit, Education Pioneers at Kennisland, RECODE, AshokaU, Education Design Lab.
EDUCATION
From the world of development this group explores the role of market systems in reducing poverty.
Oxfam, Aspen Institute’s ANDE, The Springfield Centre, Mesopartner, DIFID, USAID.
MARKET
DEVELOPMENT
Systems change projects designed to question and rebuild our economic and finance systems.
The Next System Project, The NEON Network, The Capital Institute, The Finance Innovation Lab, Tellus Mater, ALT/NOW at the ntre, B Corp, Big Society Capital, Global Social Impact Investment Steering Group (GSG)
FINANCE &
THE ECONOMY
Impact Hub DC
helping to build the fieldof systems change
TABLE 2: WHAT KIND OF CHALLENGES ARE THESE LEADERS TACKLING?
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SOME EXAMPLE INDIVIDUALSAND ORGANIZATIONS