Posts by Ninni Sødahl
NEWSLETTER | end of year | 2023
LETTER FROM THE CENTER Dear Global Community, Welcome to our end of year newsletter. 2023 has been an inspiring and intense year for us at the Center for Systems…
Read MoreNEWSLETTER Mid-Year | 2023
Go to complete NEWSLETTER | mid-year | 2024 >> Dear Global Community, We hope you will enjoy this Mid-Year newsletter. As we are sure many of you have experienced first-hand…
Read MoreEquity as a Way of Life: Introducing a Compassionate Systems Approach
By Tiffany Gipson, Shirley Giroux, Neeni Lomborg and Troy Selvey Edited by Art Kleiner and Peter Senge July 27, 2023 The four authors of this article decided to write it…
Read MoreHow to Hold Space: Compassionate Systems Facilitation for Cultivating Generative Social Fields
By Mette Boell & Julie Diaz To lead the Compassionate Systems Framework well, whether through a workshop or more indirectly through process work, it is essential to have an inner…
Read MoreIntroduction to the Equity Series
By Peter Senge Authors: Peter Senge | Tiffany Gipson | Troy Selvey | Neeni Lomborg | Shirley Giroux | Sylvia Russell | Shannon Derinzy | Jovo Bikic | Jennifer…
Read MoreJakarta Introduction to Compassionate Systems Workshop & Asia-Pacific Calls | Indonesia
By Jane Drake In November, the Center team returned in person to Southeast Asia after a 3-year absence due to the pandemic. It was wonderful to be back at the…
Read MoreMIT Systems Awareness Lab & Systems Awareness Research Conference at MIT
By Mette Miriam Boell We are excited to announce that the MIT Systems Awareness Lab was launched on July 1, 2022 with generous support from the Carnegie Corporation, the…
Read MoreFoundations for Compassionate Systems Leadership workshop | Humboldt County, CA
By Jane Drake The Foundation for Compassionate Systems Leadership workshop in Humboldt County was held at the end of October thanks to the efforts of the dedicated logistics team of…
Read MoreNEWSLETTER End of Year | 2022
Go to complete NEWSLETTER | end of year | 2022 >> Welcome to our end-of-year newsletter! We, at the Center have had an exciting Fall season, with numerous in-person…
Read MoreNEWSLETTER Summer | 2022
Go to complete NEWSLETTER summer | 2022 >> LETTER FROM THE CENTER Dear Global Community, It has been a time of transition and new beginnings at the Center, with some…
Read MoreNEWSLETTER Spring | 2022
Go to complete NEWSLETTER spring | 2022 >> LETTER FROM THE CENTER Dear Global Community, We continue to exist in extraordinary times of stress as we enter this Spring…
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MIT Systems Awareness Lab Series | part 3
Population level data in support of well-being and compassionate systems change
THE MiT SYSTEMS AWARENESS CONVERSATION SERIES Webinar March 17 | 2022 SPEAKERS Kimberly Schonert-Reichl | Ph.D., NoVo Foundation Endowed Chair of Social and Emotional Learning, University of Illinois –…
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MIT Systems Awareness Lab Series | part 2
Equity, Child and Family Wellbeing, and Healthy Societies
THE MiT SYSTEMS AWARENESS CONVERSATION SERIES Webinar February 17 | 2022 SPEAKERS Michael McAfee | Ph.D., President and CEO of PolicyLink Larissa Duncan | Ph.D., Faculty at the Center…
Read MoreWhat Do We Mean By Systems Change and Why Is It So Difficult In Education?
MIT Systems Awareness in Education: A Conversation Series February 17, 2022 The MIT Systems Awareness in Education: A Conversation Series is a series virtual conversations on Compassionate Systems change in…
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MIT Systems Awareness Lab Series | part 1
What Do We Mean By Systems Change and Why Is It So Difficult In Education?
THE MIT SYSTEMS AWARENESS CONVERSATION SERIES Webinar January 13 | 2022 SPEAKERS Eric Klopfer | Ph.D., Professor and Head of Comparative Media Studies and Education; Director of the Scheller…
Read MoreNEWSLETTER End of Year | 2021
Dear Global Community, On these final days of another weird and unpredictable year, we want to thank you all for the work you do to bring compassionate systems awareness to…
Read MoreNEWSLETTER Summer | 2021
Dear Friends The ongoing pandemic is, despite hopes vested in vaccines, still affecting the world and continuing to have an impact on all types of activities and communities, providing learning…
Read MoreHow We Show Up: Compassionate Systems in California K-12 Education
Over the last four years, a large network of educators, administrators and researchers across the California Department of Education have dedicated themselves to Compassionate Systems leadership, a learning journey of…
Read MoreGlobal Community Calls Restart in Spring 2021
This year brought challenging times for us all, leaving many of us isolated through lockdowns and closures. To support our community of Compassionate Systems practitioners, we launched an online global…
Read MoreCertification Program for Compassionate Systems Master Practitioners
Class of 2020 – 21 Despite the uncertainties of COVID-19 and impact of restricted travel, we were delighted to launch our second cohort, the Class of 2020-21, in September 2020.…
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How We Show Up:
Compassionate Systems Leadership
We hope you’ll enjoy this excerpt from our forthcoming report (January 2021) on the growing work in California. If this global pandemic has taught us anything, it is that we…
Read MoreStories From the Field
A new series sharing real life examples of Compassionate Systems in educational settings A British Columbia School District’s Vision of Creating Systemswide Well-being Shannon Derinzy, an Assistant Superintendent with the…
Read MoreNEWSLETTER Message December | 2020
Dear Friends, 2020 has been a year of profound disruption. But amidst the disruption and suffering were also extraordinary opportunities. More than four hundred of you participated in virtual foundations…
Read MoreMeet our Esteemed Reviewers
Certification Program for Compassionate Systems Master Practitioners: Inaugural Cohort 2019-20 We continue to be inspired by efforts of the 30 participants of our 2019-20 Certification Program for Compassionate Systems Master…
Read MoreNEWSLETTER April | 2020
Dear Global Community In these extraordinary times, we are all moving up a learning curve that often feels too steep to hang on. While we are all taking big steps…
Read MoreMIT Full STEAM Ahead, a new timely website for teaching and learning at a distance
MIT’s recent launched website called MIT Full STEAM Ahead is a collection of resources that MIT is putting together for teaching and learning online. By providing STEAM-based instructional materials and open…
Read MoreNEWSLETTER February | 2020
Welcome to our very first newsletter. Since The Center for Systems Awareness launched its new website in July 2019, the work of bringing Compassionate Systems leadership to the world has…
Read MoreMaster Practitioners for Compassionate Systems: Launch of the first cohort of our certification program
We have long been asked by key partners, “Where can I study to get a masters or a PhD in the Compassionate Systems framework?” Many participants from our introductory workshops…
Read MorePeter Senge becomes a Schwab Foundation Global Thought Leaders in Social Innovation
The Schwab Foundation, which has been a key organizing body behind the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos for the past thirty years, has, for the past decade, begun…
Read MoreYouth Leadership and Student Ambassadors
It is becoming more and more evident that the leadership of young people will be critical as our societies wrestle with our globe’s deepest problems. We believe that developing this…
Read MoreJakarta Compassionate Systems workshop and Southeast Asia network
The British School of Jakarta (BSJ), a prestigious International Baccalareaute anchor school, hosted over 60 educators from Southeast Asia for the first regional Introduction to Compassionate Systems workshop on December…
Read MoreResearch Report Published: “A Humanistic Approach to Scaling Up”
We are excited to share a newly published research report on our work with the California Department of Education published by Dr. Diane Friedlaender of Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy…
Read MoreSystems Literacy – Educational Videos
A great collection of educational videos about systems thinking to introduce to students. See videos here
Read MoreHow To Help Every Child Fulfil Their Potential
This clip explores educationalist Carol Dweck’s celebrated work on mindset and the concept of praise. While of critical interest to educators and parents, the wider implications for her research…
Read MoreBSJ (British School Jakarta) partners with MIT and IB
British School Jakarta (BSJ) is delighted to host Professor Mette Miriam Boell, Research Affiliate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Jane Drake, Head of Curriculum Innovation and Alignment for…
Read MoreStudent Engagement
Indigenous Perspective
Data & Evidence
BC Ministry of Education Mental Health Conference 2019.
Read MoreModelling for Learning Organizations
There is growing interest in combining computer simulation models with conventional case studies to create learning environments for management education. ‘Model’ here denotes an endogenous theory of business dynamics, a…
Read MoreModel Supported Case Studies for Management Education
Model Supported Case Studies for Management Education Graham, Alan K., John D. W. Morecroft, Peter M. Senge, and John D. Sterman. European Journal of Operational Research Vol. 59, No. 1…
Read MoreCollaborating for Systemic Change
Collaborating for Systemic Change Senge, Peter M., Benyamin B. Lichtenstein, Katrin Kaeufer, Hilary Bradbury and John S. Carroll. MIT Sloan Management Review, January 2007. We’ve come to expect a lot…
Read MoreSchool Climate and Social Fields – an initial exploration
School Climate and Social Fields – an initial exploration By Mette Miriam Boell and Peter Senge
Read MoreIntroduction to Compassionate Systems Framework in Schools
March-2019 Contributors Peter Senge, Mette Boell, Lana Cook, Jacob Martin, Karen Lynn, Trina Haygaru, Stacy Gruen, Claudia Urrea Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Center…
Read MoreIn Conversation: Peter Senge
Journal of Beautiful Business “The acclaimed management thinker who introduced “learning organizations” to business on the purpose of education today.” Read the article here.
Read MoreThe Influential Executive | Peter Senge
E.18 Peter Senge See the webpage for the podcast here
Read MoreThe Solutions Journal – Learning to Connect the Dots: Developing Children’s Systems Literacy
A wonderful article by Linda Booth Sweeney, Systems Educator, an Award-Winning Author and SoL NA member: How can adults nurture children’s capacity to “connect the dots” through everyday conversations and…
Read MoreA four level view of curriculum change
A snapshot of an ongoing Mathematics project focused on improving learning and practice at all levels of the school Introduction This project aims to support ongoing improvement in student…
Read MoreMindset: How to Help Every Child Fulfill Their Potential
How to help every child reach their potential. This clip explores Dweck’s celebrated work on mindset and the concept of praise. Ever wondered why kids say they’re bored at school,…
Read MoreCreative Public Leadership – how school system leaders can create the conditions for system-wide innovation
If transformation is to come from within education systems themselves, rather than left to market forces or developments in technology, then it will depend upon the emergence of a different…
Read MoreSystems Thinking Circular by Linda Booth Sweeney
My first systems thinking circular / Linda Booth Sweeney: I’ll be publishing this four-five times a year to share new work (mine and others), new ways to make systems visible…
Read MoreA design for sustainable school reform – Digging into data to support differentiation
Using research-informed strategies to extend high achieving students in maths and improve a school’s systems for sustainable improvement This article highlights some recent work my colleagues and I have been…
Read MoreThe Dawn of System Leadership
The Dawn of System Leadership Peter Senge, Hal Hamilton, & John Kania Stanford Social Innovation Review l Winter 2015 The deep changes necessary to accelerate progress against society’s most intractable…
Read MoreBeyond disruptive innovation
Sustainable systems based improvement in education Linda Darling-Hammond is Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at Stanford University where she has launched the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education…
Read MoreShort term-ism and the lack of Systems Thinking
Even with the main stream likes of Hank Paulson adding his voice, there is rampant denial. The need for systems thinking to be imbedded in main stream education is paramount.…
Read MoreThe Flat World and Education
Darling-Hammond differentiates in this video between short term ‘popcorn’ reforms and those based around a long term, ongoing commitment to improvement. I love the popcorn analogy – lots of instant…
Read MoreThe Dalai Lama and Peter Senge
Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education Vancouver 2014
Read MoreIn Praise of the Incomplete Leader
In Praise of the Incomplete Leader Ancona, Deborah L., Thomas W. Malone, Wanda J. Orlikowski and Peter M. Senge. Harvard Business Review, February 2007. We’ve come to expect a lot…
Read MoreThe Dance of Change: The Challenges to Sustaining Momentum in Learning Organizations
Building Leadership Communities that enable organizational learning: The Bold, The Powerful and The Invisible. Local line leaders: undertake meaningful organizational experiments to test whether new learning capabilities lead to improved…
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