Sources added to Tana in 2024
Related Knowledge – SN(A)CK (outgoing)
URL
monitoring, evaluation and learning
decolonization
https://medium.com/@undp.innovation/undertaking-the-dual-transition-to-a-systems-informed-and-decolonized-practice-c017790628a8
philanthropy
https://www.fsg.org/resource/webinar-where-strategic-philanthropy-went-wrong/
ecosystem
emergence
philanthropy
systems change
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/tfr/vol16/iss1/14/
corruption
evaluation
monitoring, evaluation and learning
https://www.u4.no/publications/evaluating-anti-corruption-interventions-the-state-of-practice/fullversion
context(s)
implementation
political economy dynamics
https://www.africanistperspective.com/p/policymaking-for-economic-transformation
impact
evaluation
https://www.centreforpublicimpact.org/insights/how-do-you-understand-impact-in-complex-systems
ecosystem
https://eusg.org/cobles/
emergence
living systems
https://eusg.org/tamkeen/
ecosystem
emergence
enabling conditions
infrastructure
relationships
https://networkweaver.com/on-relational-infrastructure/
sensemaking
evaluation
learning
https://thomasmtaston.medium.com/making-sense-of-all-the-sense-making-c6d6eff2994f
sensemaking
https://thecynefin.co/what-is-sense-making/
emergence
https://unpsychology.substack.com/p/new-words-to-hold-the-invisible-world-d90
evaluation
impact
monitoring, evaluation and learning
https://medium.com/good-shift/now-we-are-all-measuring-impact-but-is-anything-changing-1dc998b95c83
confluence
cynefin
sensemaking
http://www.storycoloredglasses.com/2010/06/confluence.html
https://snfagora.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/June-7-2024-More-in-Common-AGORA.pdf
governance
https://accountabilityresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Sandwich-strategy-World-Development-1.pdf
philanthropy
political settlements
political economy dynamics
https://www.africanistperspective.com/p/two-unsolicited-ideas-on-how-to-invest
monitoring, evaluation and learning
sustainability
rubrics
relationships
https://medium.com/@florcig/addressing-the-evaluation-of-sustainability-paradox-a-relational-rubric-for-evidencing-001683a36398
knowledge management
https://buttondown.email/systemicinsight/archive/can-knowledge-be-managed/
portfolios
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1PWx6JSCmjXMOqNhWN_soKuE6CEmlQGH0CZEvz9ytrMc/edit#slide=id.g24c141bd855_0_268
cynefin
sensemaking
complex contextual causality
https://vdc.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Sense-making-in-a-complex-and-complicated-world.pdf
monitoring, evaluation and learning
evaluation
complexity characteristics
complex contextual causality
https://www.betterevaluation.org/sites/default/files/Evaluating_Complexity.pdf
philanthropy
ecosystem funders
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/strategic-philanthropy-went-wrong
portfolios
monitoring, evaluation and learning
https://unstuck.systems/gauging-change/
portfolios
https://medium.com/@undp.innovation/from-building-houses-to-desgining-cities-projects-to-portfolios-859bac9082fc
constraints
patterns
emergence
https://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/affordances-in-the-two-loops/
evaluation
monitoring, evaluation and learning
adaptive capacity
sensemaking
polarities
Adaptive Action (Eoyang & Holladay) – Alan’s highlights
philanthropy
trust-based philanthropy
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/trust-based-philanthropy-strategic#
capacity
philanthropy
trust-based philanthropy
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/building_nonprofit_capacity_hand_in_hand
evaluation
RCTs
https://thomasmtaston.medium.com/pivot-or-entropy-the-end-of-the-gold-standard-1e216ce7580b
artificial intelligence
personal knowledge management
Tana
https://readwise.io/reader/document_raw_content/172274353
ecosystem
ecosystem funders
emergence
philanthropy
https://www.fsg.org/blog/embracing-an-ecosystem-approach
personal knowledge management
Tana
context(s)
complex contextual causality
political economy dynamics
https://careinternational.podbean.com/e/cozy-with-the-context/
emergence
https://podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/philosophy-for-our-times/id1151965239?i=1000655553091
governance
loving systems
sensemaking
context(s)
https://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/understand-complexity-to-understand-weather/
complexity
data in systems
evaluation
https://www.camman-evaluation.com/blog/2024/4/30/complexity-the-weather-and-evaluation
localisation
https://socialimpact.com/can-we-get-smarter-on-localization/
monitoring, evaluation and learning
causality
participation
https://unstuck.systems/embracing-complexity/
complexity
philanthropy
outcomes
https://lankellychase.org.uk/news/dissolving-separations/
evaluation
RCTs
https://thomasmtaston.medium.com/the-fall-of-icarus-e941c4466108
political economy dynamics
political settlements
complex contextual causality
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4813107
emergence
alignment
adaptive capacity
philanthropy
outcomes
https://ssir.org/up_for_debate/article/strategic_philanthropy#
portfolios
systemic finance/investing
https://medium.com/@undp.innovation/review-of-current-system-portfolio-practices-in-the-development-sector-organizational-236088b699d9
systems practice + system practices
https://schoolofsystemchange.org/systems-change/field-and-practice/stepping-into-systems-series
portfolios
systems innovation
https://oecd-opsi.org/blog/innovation-portfolio-for-development-part1/
constraints
emergence
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312446792_Emergence_Self-Transcendence_and_Education
systems practice + system practices
https://transitionbridges.substack.com/p/navigating-the-tapestry-of-system
impact
scale & scaling
https://collectivechangelab.medium.com/5-words-that-shape-social-change-and-how-they-limit-us-b9b491877cfc
storytelling
https://ecdan.org/session8-event/
emergence
https://collectiveimpactforum.org/resource/what-does-it-mean-to-lead-in-emergent-and-transformational-ways/
patterns
constraints
https://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/patterns-and-constraints/
systems practice + system practices
systems mapping
stakeholder mapping
political economy dynamics
corruption
https://www.corruptionjusticeandlegitimacy.org/post/factors-and-actors-fundamental-elements-of-corruption-analysis
monitoring, evaluation and learning
sensemaking
relationships
https://relationshipsproject.org/content/uploads/2024/04/RP_Case-Maker_Web_200424_compressed.pdf
relationships
https://relationshipsproject.org/case-maker/
portfolios
sensemaking
https://medium.com/@choraspace/portfolio-sensemaking-ce555cd34233
complexity characteristics
complex contextual causality
agency in systems
cynefin
https://thecynefin.co/st-davids-2024-5-5/
complexity characteristics
intervention(s)
cynefin
https://thecynefin.co/st-davids-2024-intervention-4-5/
compassion
evaluation
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/environmental-design/news/2022/dec/bringing-compassion-public-project-evaluation-ucl-evaluation-exchange
emergence
living systems
learning systems
portfolios
systems innovation
https://media.sitra.fi/app/uploads/2021/05/radical-uncertainty-requires-radical-collaborationsitramikael-seppala.pdf
systems change
governance
https://ddc.dk/why-systems-change-will-lead-to-democratic-renewal/#
systems innovation
emergence
enabling conditions
portfolios
directionality/vectors
https://www.griffith.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0033/1881573/GCSI-Challenge-Led-Innovation-Workbook.pdf
systems practice + system practices
https://npproduction.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/NPC-Systems-Practice-Toolkit-v1.1.pdf
systems change
https://www.rockpa.org/new-report-evaluation-of-the-shifting-systems-initiative/
systems practice + system practices
purpose/intentionality
https://lankellychase.org.uk/publication/systems-change-a-guide-to-what-it-is-and-how-to-do-it/
loving systems
awareness
relationships
community building
https://www.rotarycharities.org/about-us/blog/leveraging-love-systems-change
collaboration
emergence
enabling conditions
https://reospartners.com/blog/shifts-to-enable-radical-collaboration-for-systems-change
corruption
measurement
https://www.u4.no/blog/three-waves-of-anti-corruption-measurement-the-role-of-civil-society-in-driving-innovation-and-progress
personal knowledge management
zettelkasten
monitoring, evaluation and learning
systems practice + system practices
https://schoolofsystemchange.org/blog/unearthing-the-inquiries-to-monitoring-evaluation-and-learning-as-systemic-practice
causality
complex contextual causality
theory of change
capacity
https://hypertextjournal.substack.com/p/the-limits-of-death-star-thinking
cynefin
estuarine mapping
sensemaking
agency in systems
https://thecynefin.co/cynefin-st-davids-2024-estuarine-3-5/
granularity
typologies
comparative learning
https://thecynefin.co/typologies-in-pieces/
monitoring, evaluation and learning
https://schoolofsystemchange.org/blog/mel-as-infinite-games
open governance
political economy dynamics
https://taicollaborative.org/opening-up-about-open-government-many-happy-returns
complexity characteristics
delivery
https://www.centreforpublicimpact.org/insights/co-missioning-moving-on-from-the-idea-that-outcomes-can-be-delivered
awareness
Alan’s note – Be water, my friend, by Shannon Lee
monitoring, evaluation and learning
capabilities
capacity
complexity characteristics
https://designforsustainability.medium.com/the-deliverable-is-capability-54ef4aafd7ae
interconnectedness
systems thinking
https://schoolofsystemchange.org/systems-dialogues-maya-narayan
relationships
https://relationshipsproject.org/what-we-mean-by-good-relationships/
complexity characteristics
field theory
https://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/kurt-lewin-and-field-theory/
market systems
monitoring, evaluation and learning
https://unstuck.systems/making-sense-of-market-systems-change/
integrity/integration/integral
inter-being
sovereignty
intraconnected
monitoring, evaluation and learning
philanthropy
trust
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/numbers-trust-philanthropy
open data
https://www.d4d.net/state-of-open-data/introduction/v2
open data
https://www.d4d.net/state-of-open-data/conclusion/v2/
complexity
granularity
personal knowledge management
https://www.altshuler.io/10-strategies-tana/
accountability
emergence
philanthropy
https://www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/the-false-dichotomy-between-trust-and-results/
agency in systems
https://www.foranewworld.org/blog/when-will-we-give-hope
inter-being
loving systems
https://ernesto-87727.medium.com/awakening-to-the-flow-of-life-b9bb7b62ac29
adaptive capacity
capacity
emergence
regeneration
systemic design
https://ernesto-87727.medium.com/navigating-the-paradox-of-system-design-14170edd8620
regeneration
relationships
https://onrelationalbeing.substack.com/p/the-regenerative-movement-and-relational?r=5w5ur&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true
systemic finance/investing
cynefin
complexity characteristics
All slides on One-Drive
scale & scaling
relationships
systems change
sensemaking
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15P-YHmVx5jr6ImIimU2xAJwRhgNkvqvq/view
systemic design
https://rsdsymposium.org/lived-experience-systemic-design-approach/
portfolios
https://www.samrye.xyz/fieldnote-visualising-experiment-portfolios/
corruption
https://www.u4.no/blog/thirty-years-of-anti-corruption-a-personal-reflection-part-2
ecosystem
https://www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/to-shift-power-fund-entire-ecosystems/
power
love
ecosystem
interconnectedness
alignment
conflict
consciousness
Alan’s notes
A sacred unity: Further steps to an ecology of mind (Alan Hudson’s notes)
ecosystem
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/cultivate_your_ecosystem
corruption
https://www.u4.no/blog/thirty-years-of-anti-corruption-a-personal-reflection-part-1
rigo(u)r
relationships
https://medium.com/centre-for-public-impact/how-do-we-define-and-create-rigour-in-evaluation-of-complex-environments-cd51214a0927
systems change financing
ecosystem
https://rohininilekaniphilanthropies.org/resources/applying-an-ecosystem-approach-to-funding-experiences-from-foundations-and-philanthropies/
systems change financing
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/ecosystem_investing_achieving_impact_at_scale
capacity
political settlements
sustainability
systems change
emergence
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/investing-in-systems-change-capacity
systems coaching
coaching
emergence
systems change financing
https://blog.kumu.io/rethinking-how-to-finance-system-health-7170f4bf9074
https://readwise.io/reader/document_raw_content/60227280
https://thomasmtaston.medium.com/higher-broader-and-deeper-level-results-b1cc150b8f1c
healing
trauma
relationships
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/healing-trauma-systems
hospitality
https://richdecibels.substack.com/p/the-spiritual-ecology-of-microsolidarity
governance
patterns
systems leadership
systems health
https://blog.kumu.io/learning-a-new-dance-reflections-on-governance-and-systems-health-8a59d8089468
worldview
https://schoolofsystemchange.org/blog/the-importance-of-systemic-worldviews
https://beiner.substack.com/p/communication-is-sacred-by-nora-bateson
systems practice + system practices
https://schoolofsystemchange.org/blog/working-systemically-for-transformation
monitoring, evaluation and learning
portfolios
https://medium.com/@undp.innovation/how-to-do-m-e-when-youre-working-with-complex-problems-b91622ebc9b2
somatic awareness
https://nesslabs.com/interoceptive-journaling
complexity characteristics
estuarine mapping
polarities
living systems
loving systems
https://thesideview.co/journal/complex-potential-states/
context(s)
polarities
comparative learning
integrity/integration/integral
https://integrallife.com/deep-structures-surface-structures/
living systems
regeneration
interconnectedness
adaptive capacity
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/understanding-regeneration-beyond-good-intentions-letellier—utsue/?mc_cid=d53600f2a0&mc_eid=f1475a2927
awareness
inter-being
meditation
Alan’s notes
differentiation
integrity/integration/integral
polarities
interconnectedness
https://integrallife.com/differentiation-integration/
systems practice + system practices
complexity characteristics
interconnectedness
nestedness
emergence
living systems
https://schoolofsystemchange.org/blog/stepping-into-systems-what-are-systems
political settlements
sustainability
complexity
https://engineeringideas.substack.com/p/institutional-economics-through-the
context(s)
learning
adaptive
https://capability.fi/on-the-ways-of-learning-by-mary-catherine-bateson/
learning is change
adaptive
ways of being
https://schoolofsystemchange.org/blog/insights-from-stepping-into-systems
personal knowledge management
zettelkasten
knowledge garden
https://theinformed.life/2023/07/30/episode-119-aidan-helfant/
complexity characteristics
emergence
granularity
coherence
https://thecynefin.co/granularity-abstraction-coherence-2-of-2/
complexity characteristics
emergence
granularity
coherence
https://thecynefin.co/granularity-abstraction-coherence-1-of-2/
patterns
granularity
estuarine mapping
https://thecynefin.co/patterns-pragmatism-3-of-3/
cynefin
abduction
https://thecynefin.co/patterns-pragmatism-2-of-3/
cynefin
emergence
relationships
https://thecynefin.co/patterns-pragmatism-1-of-2/
personal knowledge management
https://www.aidanhelfant.com/aip-67-how-i-gamified-my-obsidian-to-make-notemaking-more-fun-then-minecraft/
care economy/system
https://mattlloydrose.substack.com/p/13-different-depths-of-winter
constraints
governance
boundaries
non-violent communication
boundaries
relationships
relationship behaviours
https://www.nonviolentcommunication.com/learn-nonviolent-communication/nvc-boundaries/?awt_a=2U7v&awt_l=JuXS3&awt_m=JYdu7fqMeNBd7v
PKM
Tana
zettelkasten
https://tanaforthinking.substack.com/p/launching-the-new-year-with-clarity?r=m212y
trauma
healing
trauma
healing
ubuntu
trauma
healing
https://medium.com/transformation-capital/making-connections-across-an-emerging-landscape-of-ideas-f66b0d35e374
https://markmckergow.substack.com/p/65-jazz-as-a-metaphor-for-leadership
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