Dynamics of Complex Community Change

Different Ways of Seeing & Leading Asset Building in Complex Systems

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How can we see and influence change in complex human systems? This question forms the basis for work underway between Search Institute staff and Human Systems Dynamics staff.

During the summer and fall of 2006, a webinar series was created to begin exploring complex change as it relates to asset-building settings, whether they are community initiatives, large systems, individual organizations, families or other places people come together to interact.

Supporting Information on 2007 Webinar Series

2006 Webinar Series

View the archived webinars from 2006

Complex Change Track at the 2006 HC•HY Conference

At the 2006 Healthy Communities • Healthy Youth conference in Minneapolis, a preconference day and conference track offered participants a chance to interact with concepts of complex change and relate them to their own settings. Read about the sessions offered in the track. (PDF)

Below are the Powerpoint files and handouts for the conference sessions

Pre-Con Understanding and Leading Asset Building as Complex Change (PPT)
Bibliography on Complex Change
Complexity 101 Handout (PDF)
Mini-Assembly Dozen Differences (PPT)
Dozen Differences Handout (DOC)
Learning Session Patterns (PPT)
Learning Session Simple Rules (PPT)
Simple Rules Handout (DOC)
Learning Session Sustainability (PPT)
Sustainablity Action Planning (DOC)
Learning Session Creating Network (PPT)
Open Space (DOC)
Saturday Slideshow (PPT)

One-Page Concept Papers

A series of one page concept papers was developed to provide discussion starters. Go to the downloadable versions of these brief overviews.