Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds

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As with any setting, communication is key. This is especially the case when it comes to successfully implementing a change management initiative. There should be consistent communication during every stage of the change experience, allowing employees to feel included in the overall process. For larger organisations with various offices and departments across the globe, effective interdepartmental communication must be taken into account.

The future is not an escapist place to occupy, All of it is the inevitable result of what we do today, and the more we take it in our hands, imagine it as a place of justice and pleasure, the more the future knows we want it, and that we aren’t letting go” (164) An example of positive punishment is giving a child a time-out when they misbehave or break a rule. Adding an aversive consequence to undesirable behavior will discourage it from happening again.Jenny lee: "the role of organizers in an ecosystem is to be earthworms, processing and aerating soil, making fertile ground out of the nutrients of sunlight, water, and everything that dies, to nurture the next cycle of life. In this paradigm there is no failure. Everything we attempt, everything we do, is either growing up as it’s roofs go deeper, or it���s decomposing, leaving its lessons in the soil for the next attempt." With patience and practice, even complex behaviors can be mastered using the shaping technique. What Is Shaping Psychology? The book asks, moment by moment, of those taking action in the world: what is the most elegant next step? WHAT IS THE MOST ELEGANT NEXT STEP? Clarify the current (entering) behavior and the desired (target) behavior. Make sure that the desired behavior is realistic for the child’s age range and ability. As an individual, developing your capacity for adaptation can mean assessing your default reactions to change, and whether those reactions create space for opportunity, possibility, and continuing to move towards your vision. I am not of the belief that everything happens for a reason--at least not a discernible one; it comforts me sometime to know there is chaos, there is nonsense. But I believe that regardless of what happens, there is an opportunity to move with intention--towards growth, relationship, regeneration." (71)

Are you interested in how you can support teams whose task and skill profiles are changing to become fit for the future? If you initiate, accompany, or enable change in any way, you will find a wealth of impulses and ideas for shaping and accompanying change in this book.

Brown writes with vulnerability and great integrity about the problems of being a charismatic person, and about the organizational dysfunction that emerges from charismatic leadership. Charismitis, she calls it, while fessing up to being a former charismatic leader. Good leadership here. DARCI (Decider/Delegator, and who is Accountable, Responsible, Consulted, and Informed about decisions) (250-1) Would you like to support the drivers of change in developing a common goal and pursuing it with commitment? When we feel scared, we destroy each other instead of working to get to the root of our fear... Finding the places of healing and transformation, moving towards a world beyond enemies, is work that has to be done for our survival. Which means transformative justice--justice that transforms the root causes of injustice--is necessary at every scale, but I am particularly focused on how it comes the common orientation and practice of movements for social change, for peace for liberation" (132-133).

Transitional change. Transitional change entails circumstances such as mergers and acquisitions. Essentially, an organisation is transitioning from its current state to a new state, usually with the intention of solving a problem. All parents hope their children will develop into thoughtful, compassionate, respectful, and well-behaved people. Do you believe that change succeeds when it is approached in solidarity, at eye level, and with respectful and appreciative cooperation?

Emergent Strategy

Some of the key practices that show up in Octavia Butler's work are collaboration, compassion, curiosity, romantic and sensual and non-possessive love, play, mediation, and the patience that comes from seeing ourselves in a much longer arc of time than we are encouraged to see in the instantaneous culture of the modern world." (164) A seasoned and engaging executive coach and facilitator, Ros’s expertise spans strategic planning, leadership development, organisational culture, change management, emotional intelligence and employee engagement. Find out more about Ros here. The next stage is to establish steps to the desired behavior. Be recursive, as a step may often prove to be too large for a child to manage and may require being broken down into smaller, simpler, steps. Shaping involves breaking down a new behavior into a series of steps, and gradually guiding the subject toward the desired outcome.

also i love how brown highlights her family, friends, and other social justice folks... they offered many powerful insights, including: Bring your team along and align on what it means to have a thriving work culture and transform your workplace into a hub of creativity, collaboration, and getting stuff done! this is the kind of book that i will think about every day for the rest of my life. the book is clear that these ideas aren’t *new* but does provide a good framework. in adrienne maree browns's words: "Emergent strategy is how we intentionally change in ways that grow our capacity to embody the just and liberated worlds we long for" (3).

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There is an urgency in the multitude of crises we face, it can make it hard to remember that in fact it is urgency thinking (urgent constant unsustainable growth) that got us to this point, and that our potential success lies in doing deep, slow, intentional work." (114) You love office structures: hierarchy, meetings, planning, brainstorming, agendas, post-it notes, reports. You just wish you could apply this type of management to Good Things.