The Good Shift

🌍 Still seeking contributions 🌍 We’re continuing to gather insights on transformational systems change—and we need YOUR experience to deepen the conversation. Our data collection is open until the end of 2024, and we invite you to contribute your perspectives. In early 2025, we’ll share data and analysis from the collector and explore opportunities to help people make sense of the data and apply it in their own contexts. From the responses we've gathered so far, we anticipate rich conversations on key topics such as: 🔹 The role of data 🔹 Consensus and conflict resolution 🔹 Decision-making policies and practices 🔹 The impact of technology 🔹 Influence and leadership 🔹 Measurement in systems change 🔹 Collaboration, co-creation, and partnering 🔹 The ‘library’ of tools, frameworks, and methods people have used to guide initiatives What will emerge from this work? 🔹 Critical questions to ask when undertaking systems transformation (not answers) 🔹 Operating principles to test in your context 🔹 Potential areas for further exploration To enable analysis and reasoned conversations across geographies and sectors, we need a diverse range of contributions. If you’ve already contributed, THANK YOU! You’re welcome to submit additional responses based on other experiences you’ve had or heard about. 👉 We would really appreciate if you could take 15 minutes to contribute today: https://lnkd.in/g23N5PiH Please share this widely with your networks—your insights will help create a picture of what systems innovation + transformation means at this moment. Ingrid Burkett, Joanne McNeill, Cathy Boorman, Zazie Tolmer - Director at CoIntent, Thea Snow, Zainab Kakal, Shashi Bhatnagar, AVPN, Joss Colchester, Dan Hill, Michelle Pawson, Jess Daggers, PhD, Ione Ardaiz Osacar, Gael Surgenor, Penny Hagen, Christian-Paul Stenta, thegoodshift cynefinco complexability #transformingsystems #systemschange #complexity

Hello and welcome to The Good Shift - the new iteration of the former Griffith Centre for Systems Innovation (GCSI)! Ingrid Burkett, Joanne McNeill and Cathy Boorman are working on the set-up and will post more about next steps in the coming days :-)

One phase ends, another begins. On 4 November we officially cease operating as Griffith Centre for Systems Innovation. As is our way, we’ve used this milestone as an opportunity for reflection on ways of being and working in this space. As one way of acknowledging the people, the work and the journey of GCSI we created a timeline that demonstrates the long relational tail, and patient timeframes that underpin  much of our work. A huge thank you to the amazing GCSI team, everyone we’ve partnered with, embarked on learning journeys with and taught and researched alongside. And to everyone whose work has inspired our thinking, to those of you who have questioned, commented on and experimented with our contributions – long may the ripples continue. This ending has created the fertile soil for a small spin out entity – the Good Shift. The Good Shift will start operations on 11th November, and will be a partnership between Ingrid Burkett, Joanne McNeill, and Cathy Boorman. They will continue this work via a new platform and continue to host many of the outputs generated at GCSI. They will also continue to host this LinkedIn page so we do hope you’ll stick around. Athanasia Price, Michelle Smith, Rena Frohman, Neiewa Taumayauna, Sidsel Grimstad, Katie Stubley, Suzie Parnell https://lnkd.in/gM7-hkUB

One phase ends, another begins. On 4 November we officially cease operating as Griffith Centre for Systems Innovation. As is our way, we’ve used this milestone as an opportunity for reflection on ways of being and working in this space. As one way of acknowledging the people, the work and the journey of GCSI we created a timeline that demonstrates the long relational tail, and patient timeframes that underpin  much of our work. A huge thank you to the amazing GCSI team, everyone we’ve partnered with, embarked on learning journeys with and taught and researched alongside. And to everyone whose work has inspired our thinking, to those of you who have questioned, commented on and experimented with our contributions – long may the ripples continue. This ending has created the fertile soil for a small spin out entity – the Good Shift. The Good Shift will start operations on 11th November, and will be a partnership between Ingrid Burkett, Joanne McNeill, and Cathy Boorman. They will continue this work via a new platform and continue to host many of the outputs generated at GCSI. They will also continue to host this LinkedIn page so we do hope you’ll stick around. Athanasia Price, Michelle Smith, Rena Frohman, Neiewa Taumayauna, Sidsel Grimstad, Katie Stubley, Suzie Parnell https://lnkd.in/gM7-hkUB

We're seeing some really interesting responses come in on this. Make sure your insights into how transformational systems change is actually unfolding are represented. And share with anyone else whose voice you think should be heard 🙏🏾. Answer the 10-15 min collector here: https://lnkd.in/g23N5PiH Joanne McNeill Ingrid Burkett Cathy Boorman Julie Cunningham Viv Read @Dr. John Davis

The development of funding models involving several types of institutions and funding sources, while ensuring shared risk, is instrumental in nurturing the affordable housing sector. This is one of numerous findings shared in the final report compiled by Sidsel Grimstad, Linda Seaborn and Emily Taylor following a European co-op housing study tour earlier this year, in partnership with Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals (BCCM). The report, launched yesterday, highlights the untapped potential of co-operative housing to address the twin-challenges of housing supply and housing affordability. Read the report for more findings and examples from their visits to Copenhagen, Vienna, and Zurich, where rental co-ops represent 20 per cent, 21 per cent and 18 per cent respectively of the total housing stock. https://lnkd.in/gFvysdxc

So thrilled for the launch of our comprehensive report on the findings from the European Housing Cooperative study tour in April. A collaborative project between Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals (BCCM) Griffith Centre for Systems Innovation and Australian Co-operative Housing Alliance (ACHA).

Have you been a driver/activator, participant/contributor or observer/commentator in systems change? We’d love to understand your experience and perspectives.   To assist in putting a boundary around this initial data collection, we have purposefully narrowed the focus to transformational systems change which we define as **shifting the component parts and patterns of interactions in a named system to ultimately form something new that behaves in a qualitatively different way**.   In collaboration with Complexability Pty Ltd and Riteways Wanjau we are seeking to explore issues, constraints and opportunities in this space and have committed to publish the insights generated openly (from our spin out entity – The Good Shift). Answer this 10-15 min collector here: https://lnkd.in/g23N5PiH @Dr. John davis Joanne Ingrid Julie Viv Cathy

🔸Seeking your perspectives and experiences with transformational systems change🔸 In May this year we collaborated with Complexability Pty Ltd and Riteways Wanjau to host a workshop called Systems, Processes and Uncertainty: Options and Opportunities for Co-creating Change.  Around 40 of us gathered for an in-person session exploring issues, constraints and opportunities in this space. One of the outcomes of the day was agreement to explore the experiences of others, and to publish a short piece outlining the insights generated. If you are involved in the world of systems transformation and change, we’d love to include your input. We plan to publish the insights generated and thoughts on next steps in the new year. The activity should take no more than 15 minutes to complete. We’d love to include a wide diversity of perspectives, so please tag or send on to anyone you think would be interested in contributing. Access the short collector here: https://lnkd.in/g23N5PiH Ingrid Burkett Joanne McNeill Cathy Boorman Viv Read Julie Cunningham Dr. John Davis Doug Maarschalk The Cynefin Company

Last week, our post about good endings and chrysalising into The Good Shift - with some seeds landing elsewhere - resonated with many of you. This week our deputy director Joanne McNeill dives deeper into one of the activities we mentioned – Radmin in your livelihood. In a personal reflection she shares more about how it came about and the group’s experience. https://lnkd.in/gZ5Z4BPU