Networking as an active verb for global change is something that we are still in early days of exploring. And of course networks can come in many forms – some are purposely structured to facilitate control. But change strategies like those of Global Action Networks require a networked mindset that a great report describes as Read More

People easily get into arguments about “correct strategies” to realize change. Often with a little bit of dialogue, they discover that they are actually talking about complementary strategies. Then, they start to understand the limitation of their own advocated strategy, and that it cannot succeed on its own. These types of insights spurred Read More

The work of Global Action Networks (GANs) as global change networks requires three types of expertise.  The types shift if importance as a network evolves.

Particularly in their early...

Simon Zadek is a leading thinker about paths of change that truly respond to the sustainability challenge.  He is founder ofAccountAbility (although left), and wor...

“Scaling up” and “change” are two topics whose relationship is preoccupying me these days.  I was delighted to discover an article that presents important insights by tying the topics to “complex adaptive systems”...