Adaptive Action Conversations
Adaptive Action Conversations
Conversation 2: Leadership Capacity: See, Understand, Influence Glenda Eoyang Royce Holladay Human Systems Dynamics Institute www.hsdinstitute.org www.Wiki.hsdinstitute.org
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Adaptive Action Conversations 18 Oct 11:00 – 12:00 CDT
Adaptability: Don't Just React – RESPOND
6 Nov 11:00 – 12:00 CST
Leadership Capacity: See, Understand, Influence
6 Dec 11:00 – 12:00 CST
Virtual Open House and Holiday Celebration
10 Jan 11:00 – 12:00 CST
Implementation: Choose Fit over Fidelity
7 Feb 11:00 – 12:00 CST
Personnel Supervision: Engage to Manage
14 Mar 11:00 – 12:00 CST
HSD Institute Annual Meeting
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Today We Will ! Introduce HSD Theory of Action ! Explore Leadership in Complexity ! Share Other Resources ! Explore Options for Action
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Human Systems Dynamics Theory of Change
Patterns
1 Agents
Environment
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Complex Adaptive System (CAS) Self-Organizing System A collection of individual agents who have the freedom to act in unpredictable ways, and whose actions are interconnected such that they produce system-wide patterns.
Agents interact © 2012. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
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Complex Adaptive System (CAS) Self-Organizing System Those system-wide patterns, in turn, influence the behaviors of the agents
System-wide patterns emerge
Agents interact © 2012. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
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• Leadership Capacity: • What are key agents . . . • Inside and outside? • At multiple levels? • Obvious and disguised? • How do they connect? • What system-wide patterns do you want to change?
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Human Systems Dynamics Theory of Change WHAT?
Patterns
1
2 SO WHAT?
Agents NOW WHAT?
Environment
Actor
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Adaptive Action
Adaptive Action
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For Leadership Capacity: • What? How and from whom do you collect intelligence? • So what? Who helps you make meaning in your system? • Now what? What actions do you take to make a difference here and now?
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Human Systems Dynamics Theory of Change WHAT?
Patterns
2
1
SO WHAT?
Agents
3 Environment
NOW WHAT?
Actor
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Four Truths
Objective
Complex
Subjective
Normative
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For Leadership Capacity: • What subjective truths influence your decisions and actions? • What normative? • What objective? • How do you decide which truth to choose for a given decision or action?
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Human Systems Dynamics Theory of Change WHAT?
Patterns
Your Tools
2
1
HSD
SO WHAT?
Agents
3 Environment
4
! ! ! !
CDE Models/Methods Stories Experience
NOW WHAT?
Actor
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Pattern Spotters
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HSD Models and Methods
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For Leadership Capacity: ! What models and methods do you and your team rely on? ! So what do you notice about when and how they are most effective? ! Now what you do to add to your repertoire?
© 2012. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
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More resources ! Books ! ! ! !
Facilitating Organization Change (Olson & Eoyang) Coping with Chaos (Eoyang) Patterns (Holladay & Quade) Adaptive Action (Eoyang & Holladay)
! Web ! ! ! ! !
wiki.hsdinstitute.org www.hsdinstitute.org hsdcommunity.ning.com #hsd @glendaeoyang @rjholladay
© 2012. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
Out in April 2013 Preorder NOW
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Human Systems Dynamics Theory of Change WHAT?
Patterns
Your Tools
2
1
HSD
SO WHAT?
4
Agents
3 Environment
NOW WHAT?
HSDP
© 2012. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
! ! ! !
CDE Models/Methods Stories Experience
Pattern Spotters
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Even More Resources ! Training ! !
!
!
Webinars Certification training • London 2012 • Portland 2013 • Minneapolis 2013 Custom training • Certification training • Short courses • Wicked issue workshops Open classes • Tasters • Agent training
© 2012. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
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What will you do? ! Adaptive Action is ACTION! ! How will you used what you learned today to . . . ! Learn more about emergent patterns? ! Improve your own capacity for Adaptive Action? ! Influence the human systems that surround you? ! Expand your repertoire of models and methods? © 2012. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
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Adaptive Action Conversations 18 Oct 11:00 – 12:00 CDT
Adaptability: Don't Just React – RESPOND
6 Nov 11:00 – 12:00 CST
Leadership Capacity: See, Understand, Influence
6 Dec 11:00 – 12:00 CST
Virtual Open House and Holiday Celebration
10 Jan 11:00 – 12:00 CST
Implementation: Choose Fit over Fidelity
7 Feb 11:00 – 12:00 CST
Personnel Supervision: Engage to Manage
14 Mar 11:00 – 12:00 CST
HSD Institute Annual Meeting
© 2012. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
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Conversation 2: Leadership Capacity: See, Understand, Influence Glenda Eoyang Royce Holladay Human Systems Dynamics Institute www.hsdinstitute.org www.Wiki.hsdinstitute.org
© 2012. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
1
Adaptive Action Conversations 18 Oct 11:00 – 12:00 CDT
Adaptability: Don't Just React – RESPOND
6 Nov 11:00 – 12:00 CST
Leadership Capacity: See, Understand, Influence
6 Dec 11:00 – 12:00 CST
Virtual Open House and Holiday Celebration
10 Jan 11:00 – 12:00 CST
Implementation: Choose Fit over Fidelity
7 Feb 11:00 – 12:00 CST
Personnel Supervision: Engage to Manage
14 Mar 11:00 – 12:00 CST
HSD Institute Annual Meeting
© 2012. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
2
Today We Will ! Introduce HSD Theory of Action ! Explore Leadership in Complexity ! Share Other Resources ! Explore Options for Action
© 2012. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
3
Human Systems Dynamics Theory of Change
Patterns
1 Agents
Environment
© 2012. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
4
Complex Adaptive System (CAS) Self-Organizing System A collection of individual agents who have the freedom to act in unpredictable ways, and whose actions are interconnected such that they produce system-wide patterns.
Agents interact © 2012. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
5
Complex Adaptive System (CAS) Self-Organizing System Those system-wide patterns, in turn, influence the behaviors of the agents
System-wide patterns emerge
Agents interact © 2012. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
6
• Leadership Capacity: • What are key agents . . . • Inside and outside? • At multiple levels? • Obvious and disguised? • How do they connect? • What system-wide patterns do you want to change?
© 2012. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
7
Human Systems Dynamics Theory of Change WHAT?
Patterns
1
2 SO WHAT?
Agents NOW WHAT?
Environment
Actor
© 2012. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
8
Adaptive Action
Adaptive Action
© 2012. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
9
For Leadership Capacity: • What? How and from whom do you collect intelligence? • So what? Who helps you make meaning in your system? • Now what? What actions do you take to make a difference here and now?
© 2012. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
10
Human Systems Dynamics Theory of Change WHAT?
Patterns
2
1
SO WHAT?
Agents
3 Environment
NOW WHAT?
Actor
© 2012. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
11
Four Truths
Objective
Complex
Subjective
Normative
© 2012. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
12
For Leadership Capacity: • What subjective truths influence your decisions and actions? • What normative? • What objective? • How do you decide which truth to choose for a given decision or action?
© 2012. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
13
Human Systems Dynamics Theory of Change WHAT?
Patterns
Your Tools
2
1
HSD
SO WHAT?
Agents
3 Environment
4
! ! ! !
CDE Models/Methods Stories Experience
NOW WHAT?
Actor
© 2012. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
Pattern Spotters
14
HSD Models and Methods
© 2012. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
15
For Leadership Capacity: ! What models and methods do you and your team rely on? ! So what do you notice about when and how they are most effective? ! Now what you do to add to your repertoire?
© 2012. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
16
More resources ! Books ! ! ! !
Facilitating Organization Change (Olson & Eoyang) Coping with Chaos (Eoyang) Patterns (Holladay & Quade) Adaptive Action (Eoyang & Holladay)
! Web ! ! ! ! !
wiki.hsdinstitute.org www.hsdinstitute.org hsdcommunity.ning.com #hsd @glendaeoyang @rjholladay
© 2012. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
Out in April 2013 Preorder NOW
17
Human Systems Dynamics Theory of Change WHAT?
Patterns
Your Tools
2
1
HSD
SO WHAT?
4
Agents
3 Environment
NOW WHAT?
HSDP
© 2012. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
! ! ! !
CDE Models/Methods Stories Experience
Pattern Spotters
18
Even More Resources ! Training ! !
!
!
Webinars Certification training • London 2012 • Portland 2013 • Minneapolis 2013 Custom training • Certification training • Short courses • Wicked issue workshops Open classes • Tasters • Agent training
© 2012. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
19
What will you do? ! Adaptive Action is ACTION! ! How will you used what you learned today to . . . ! Learn more about emergent patterns? ! Improve your own capacity for Adaptive Action? ! Influence the human systems that surround you? ! Expand your repertoire of models and methods? © 2012. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
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Adaptive Action Conversations 18 Oct 11:00 – 12:00 CDT
Adaptability: Don't Just React – RESPOND
6 Nov 11:00 – 12:00 CST
Leadership Capacity: See, Understand, Influence
6 Dec 11:00 – 12:00 CST
Virtual Open House and Holiday Celebration
10 Jan 11:00 – 12:00 CST
Implementation: Choose Fit over Fidelity
7 Feb 11:00 – 12:00 CST
Personnel Supervision: Engage to Manage
14 Mar 11:00 – 12:00 CST
HSD Institute Annual Meeting
© 2012. HSD Institute. Use with permission.
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