Appreciative Reflection
What we see in each other, and call out in one another – becomes the very source of transformation.
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Types of Trust in Networks
If Trust Is The Glue Of A Network. . . . . . we can’t have too many honest & authentic discussions about it. And talking about trust can be hard in any context, but in some ways it’s even harder in networks. So many of the ‘rules’ are contrary to what most civilized people…
Network Contributions
I often think of a good marriage as a generative balance of creative tensions. Same thing with social change. There’s an art to it – not flopping into the easy answer, the dominant narrative, the usual pattern. And the same goes for roles, actions, contributions in a social change network. We tend to show up pretty certain…
Trust in Networks
Trust is a core principle in change networks – in chaos theory, we’d call trust within human systems a powerful ‘strange attractor’. But what do we mean when we say ‘trust’? And who gets to decide?
Kumu Tips – Clustering on Multiple-Option Drop-Down Data
Is trying to cluster on multiple-option drop-down survey questions messing up your Kumu map? Here’s the easy solution.
Shifting Status Quos
When we talk about shifting status quos, we usually mean ‘out there’ somewhere. But while aiming to shift the deadly, distant yet far-reaching, monolithic status quos, let’s not overlook our own – ‘in here’.
What’s the Point of Network Mapping ?
The most subtle value in network mapping comes from it’s impact on the imagination.
Why Network Weaving?
I became a rabble-rousing, injustice-fighting, demonstrating, boycotting, marching, chanting, banner-carrying, strategizing, counter-culture activist early – by age 13 I’d faced my first line-up of National Guardsmen un-accompanied by any adults who knew me.
Testimonials
Christine is a master at thoughtfully designing surveys, in collaboration with others, but her capacity for analysis is what has really wowed me and others I work with. Christine took a large stack of data and molded it, qualitatively and quantitatively, into a beautiful, useful picture that helped our team make sense of both what…