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What Might SystemicInnovation Be?
An Exploratory Essay
Daniel MillerMarch 2012
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IntroductionThis is an essay about a concept. It was written from a belief that the concept can inform,
shape and inspire more effective practice for social change. This concept is full of promise,waiting for 21st-century social change makers to embrace, experiment with and discover its
potential. It is hoped that the ideas within this essay will enhance our efforts to bring about
a future of enriched lives, human solidarity and a healthy planet for all.
The World of Systemic InnovationThis essay divergently I
began to discover the ideas behind some of these interpretations while working at
Engineers Without Borders Canada (EWB). In the fall of 2011, we committed ourselves to
words meant in isolation, let alone as a whole. However, we had a belief based in
experience and intuition that systemic approaches were needed everywhere there were
human problems to be solved and opportunities to be realized. We also made the
conjecture that the stuck-ness of many global situations e.g. poverty, expiring education
systems, and governments struggling to involve and be accountable to citizens - strongly
demands innovation.
The same beliefs and conjectures have been emerging in many places and organizations.
Some use language almost
In the UK, Forum For the Future is addressing complex sustainability issues by using
System Innovationhave
A similar concept of the same name has long been explored by academics
-technical
for sustainability at the level of entire systems (Elzen, Geels and Green
2004).
The Presencing Institute, based in Cambridge, USA, with a global network of faculty
and fellows,
co-create deep innovations in communities, systems and self (PresencingInstitute 2012)
The Social Innovation Generation in Canada fosters social innovation defined asroutines, resource and authority flows or beliefs of any social system (e.g.
(Social
Innovation Generation 2013).
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Reos Partners, a social innovation consultancy with partners on four continents and
work on six, Innovation inComplex Social Systems
And some use explicitly:
Recently Denmark was the site of a Social Innovation Europe conference session
Based on the aforementioned academic thinking about social technical transitions,
a global network of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) attempting to catalyze a
(SmartCSOs 2012, 30).
The most recent and comprehensive treatment of systemic innovation is the
2013 (Mulgan and Leadbeater). It consists of two parts, each taking a unique look
at the need for, conceptual foundations of and recommendations to enhance
systemic innovation.
The theory and learning from experience of these organizations are incorporated into a
number of the possibilities explore in this paper.
These organizations and thinkers are joined by many, many social change makers around
the world who are changing systems and innovating in their own places. Many are
undoubtedly practicing or theorizing about systemic innovation without making use of
systems or innovation based language. The formalization of the concept systemic
innovation gives us the opportunity to see these change makers as part of a whole,
emerging movement.
The Need for DefinitionsAt EWB we explicitly decided not to define systemic innovation at first, as to encourage
experimentation, bottom up learning, inclusivity and the
collective wisdom. The motivation for this essay stems from the argument that those
outcomes are the right ones for the fledgling systemic innovation movement, but thestrategy of non-definition would go awry.
Definitions give people something to hold onto as they enter a new domain of theory and
practice. They provide reference points that can facilitate understanding between people
of different perspectives. Definitions explicate our assumptions and help us formalize our
hypothesis about the impacts of systemic innovation, making action-learning effective and
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fruitful. They give the formality needed for many to accept invitation into the movement
and help others decide when the movement is not for them.
However, this does not mean that we should aspire to find/determine/provide one
common definition to systemic innovation. Doing so would limit the potential of this concept
in at least three ways:
se
and constantly evolve and expand. Singular definition discourages conceptual
exploration of the potential value found in each concept.
The synthesis of these concepts will likely yield unexpected synergies. Singular
definition may restrict our openness to noticing the unexpected.
Singular definitions would exclude the contributions to understanding that can
come from social change makers who are doing/making systemic innovation but
not articulating what they are doing/making in those terms.
The alternative to both non-definition and singular definition is to provide multiple
definitions. This strategy can work if:
The multiple definitions are not in competition (i.e. multiple attempts at the best
most appropriate definition), but rather provide different lenses/perspectives
through which systemic innovation can be understood and pursued.
The theoretical or experiential foundations of each definition are made clear,
enabling those looking and working through different lenses/perspectives to more
readily understand each other and share learning.
Definitions are discarded if real-world experimentation proves them un-useful, or ifthey are similar enough to another definition that their differences do not make a
difference in practice.
Possibilities, sub-possibilities and their typesThis essay attempts to animate the multiple-definition by providing 17 possibilities and 52
sub- There are four types of
possibilities:
Possibilities #1-#4 interpret systemic innovation as a noun, an entity, an outcome.
They see systemic innovations as the results of innovation processes. In particular,they see systemic innovations as new creations whose purposes, foundations,
forms or creators (inspired by Aristotle, see Falcon 2012) are systemic in nature.
Possibilities #5- (i.e. a series of
steps, or interrelated courses of action). They are not so much concerned with the
nature of the outcome of the innovation process, as they are with its design and
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structure. They seek to describe and make accessible to practitioners the how of
implementing a systemic innovation process.
Possibilities #9-
attributed to social innovations with certain qualities. They focus on different
systemic understandings of an innovation s integration and interrelationship with(in)
systems.
Possibilities #13-
each differentiated according to different ways of measuring the degree or
significance of change.
Each of the possibilities are made up of 3- -
variations on the main theme of the given possibility. Whereas the possibilities are
generally distinguished -
possibilities are born of the many different ways of looking at and thinking about systems.
Content and Structureof the first 8 Possibilities and first 31 sub possibilities. Each of the 8 can be read
independently; the sub-possibilities require you to read the background / description of the
possibility that contains them.
The presentation of each is done by:
First providing a brief definition of the possibility in the form of an answer to the
Then the core concepts of the possibility are explained. (The follow the bullets).
Then the sub-possibilities are briefly defined and explained. The sub possibilities
A works-cited page for in text citations can be found on Page 21 An un-annotated
bibliography of sources of further theory and practice for each sub-possibility is found on
Page 26. Over 100 references to further reading are provided, grouped according to sub-
possibility.
Part 2 and descriptions of the remaining possibilities are forthcoming. An annotated
bibliography to support a more rigorous and in-depth exploration of all 52 sub-possibilitiesis forthcoming. For now, a list of the definitions/names of each possibility and sub-
possibility is provided following this introduction, which doubles as a table of contents.
End of the BeginningSystemic innovation can be a powerful addition to the conceptual toolkit of the social
innovator and change maker. If it reaches its potential, it might revolutionize the toolkit all
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together and redefine what social innovation means and how social change is pursued.
Arguments for such dramatic claims are not to be made here however. Rather, this is a
collection of playful variations on a theme, conceptual experiments in the synthesis of
concepts and broad research into the connections of the dispersed worlds of systems
thinking, innovation and social change. Global efforts to understand, put into practice and
dialogue about systemic innovation are in their infancy. It is hoped that this paper can helpthem take a step forward and in doing so contribute to our efforts to bring about a future
of enriched lives, human solidarity and a healthy planet for all.
Sincere thanks to you for taking the time to check out this paper.
Please share it with anyone who might be interested.
please send the author comments, questions and suggestions for
improvement: Daniel Miller, [email protected]
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and 52 Sub-PossibilitiesPossibility #1A solution/catalyst/ initiative designed and implemented to create systemic
change. (Page 8)sp I:change
sp II:A solution/catalyst/ initiative composed of parts from old/current systems tocreate systemic change.
sp III:A set/ combination of solutions/catalysts/ initiatives simultaneously implementedat multiple parts of a system to create systemic change.
Possibility #2:Social technology built around systems phenomena (Page9)sp IV: Social technology built around general systems phenomenasp V: Social technology built around human systems phenomenasp VI: Social technology built around institutional systems phenomenasp VII: Social technology built around grounded-bounded systems phenomena
Possibility #3:Innovation created by a system (Page 10)sp VIII: Innovation created by ecosystem-innovationsp IX: Innovation created by a innovation-ecosystemsp X: Innovation created by a social innovation systemsp XI: Innovation created by a dynamic group innovation system:
Possibility #4:A solution that is itself a system (Page 12)sp XII: A solution that is an institutional systemsp XIII: A solution that is an socio-technical systemsp XIV: A solution that is a social-capital systemsp XV: A solution that is a socio-ecological system
Possibility #5:A multi-stage innovation process actively involving a whole system (Page13)
sp XVI: A multi-stage innovation process actively involving a whole system-as-a-usersp XVII: A multi-stage innovation process actively involving a whole system-as-a-
collaborator
sp XVIII: A multi-stage innovation process actively involving a whole system-as-a-leader
sp XIX: A multi-stage innovation process actively involving a whole system-as-a-hostPossibility #6:An Organizational Systems Thinking Problem Solving Process Applied toBroader Social Systems (Page 15)
sp XX: plied to broader social systemssp XXI: temssp XXII: Critical Systems Heuristics applied to broader social systemssp XXIII: plied to broader social systems
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Possibility #7:An innovation process designed according to systems principles (Page 17)sp XXIV: e
principles
sp XXV: An innovation process designed according tsp XXVI: An innovation process designed accordingsp XXVII: An innovation process designed accordingPossibility #8:Possibility #8 Systemic innovation as a process that results in thetransformation of a system (Page 19)
sp XXVIII: Systemic innovation as a process that results in the transformation ofcollective mind
sp XXIX: Systemic innovation as a process that results in the transformation ofcollective heart
sp XXX: Systemic innovation as a process that results in the transformation ofcollective will
sp XXXI: Systemic innovation as a process that results in the simultaneoustransformation of mind, heart and will
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Possibility#1:A solution/catalyst/initiative designed and implemented tocreate systemic change
/catalyst/initiativeidea, a piece of legislation, a social (Social
Innovation Generation 2013) strategy, business model, campaign, problem
solving framework, social facilitation technique, or policy. These might address
systemic gaps or problems (solutions), realize opportunities to accelerate
change (catalysts) or open new possibilities for positive impact (initiative).
=change in the properties, functions or purposes of a systemas a whole (i.e. beyond/distinct from the sum of change in its parts) +change in
parts
Under Possibility#1, there are three types of solutions/catalysts (for systemicchange) to be considered:
sp ISolutions/catalysts/initiatives that target a leverage point. Leverage points are(Meadows 1999, 1). Any part or
relationship (or property thereof or collection thereof) in a system could be aleverage point.
sp IISolutions/catalysts which are composed of parts from old/current systems.other systems). It is an
arrangement) has never been tried together before, not because the parts
themselves are new, or necessarily because the end product they fit
together to create is novel.
sp IIISets/ combinations of solutions/catalystssimultaneouslyimplemented atmultiple parts of a system. Together, the set of solutions/catalysts is
considered to be the systemic innovation. This sort of systemic innovation
might: address multiple root causes simultaneously while also helping
mitigate detrimental symptoms, trigger multiple points of influence on a
group of power players, simultaneously increase/unblock flow (e.g. of people,
information) in one part of a system while preparing other parts to
accommodate increased inflow, simultaneously create change at multiple
hierarchical levels of a system.
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Possibility#2:Social technology built around systems phenomenaW. Brian Arthur, author of The Nature of Technology, tells us that
technology build around discoveries of phenomena: Electronics builds around
phenomena to do with electron movement (Ross 2009) and that technologicalinnovations
i.e. 1898 - meaning:the use of knowledge of... social life to bring about... soc
2013). Alcoholics
sponsor system, public education, modern corporate management techniques
be considered social
technologies. The term has recently been used, for example, by Adam Kahane
technology that brings together three already-existing technologies whole-
system-multi-stakeholder- teams, facilitated dia
oriented scenario-planning (Kahane 2012a, 20).
systemssystems
Four types of systems phenomena around which Possiblity#2 systemicinnovations could be built:
sp IVGeneral systems phenomenabased on the theory, modeling and observationfrom complexity science, living systems theory and system dynamics.
sp VHuman systems phenomenabased on theory, experimentation andobservation of group dynamics and group psychology
sp VIInstitutional systems phenomenabased on understandings of humaninstitutions, cultures and social structures
sp VIIGrounded-bounded systemsphenomena based on knowledge and experiencegrounded in the defined and specific systems one finds oneself within (e.g.
Balochistan, Pakistan, the system of managers and management policies at
company X, etc.)
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Possibility#3:Innovat ion created by a systemHere, systemic innovation is not defined by the nature of the innovation but the
nature of the innovator. Innovations are not created by, or attributable to, any
one individual or organization. Rather, the webs of relationships, the environment
and structures, and the collective attitudes, beliefs, abilities and goals that make
Essential to understanding Possibility#3 is the idea that systems are somethingmore than a bunch of connected things. Rather, the nature of those connections
gives rise to a whole that is more than the sum of its parts. A system is a whole
out this defining funct Ackoff 1999, 5-6; also see Boardman 1995).
more power than the sum of their parts; they always possess new capacities
different from the local actions that engendered them; they always surprise us
properties orfunctions of a system include
Four ways that systems might create Possibility#3 innovations:sp VIIIEcosystem innovation
business, government, and civil society from manipulation and confrontation
to dialogue and co-
sp IXInnovation ecosystems:interact to catalyze creativity, trigger invention, and accelerate innovation
across scientific and technological disciplines, public and private sectors and
in a top-down, policy-driven as well as bottom-up, entrepreneurship
sp XSocial innovation systemsaddress complex problems from multiple perspectives, using a range of
means over time and at different levels of scale, so as to transform
problems and their contexts into matrices for new understanding, new
2012).
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sp XIDynamic group innovation systems: Organizational processes that greatlyenhance the ability of groups to learn and adapt, access collective wisdom,
and realize their potential for collaborative creativity. Examples include the
Westley, Goebey and Robinson
-(Snyder and Wenger 2010).
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Possibility#4:A solution that is itself a systemTo give consumers click-of-a-button-downloads-to-their-portable-device access
to whatever music they wanted, Apple had to create a new system that
involved the music industries major players, the MP3 format, new software,
online-music retail services and the iPod (Leadbeater 2013, 27). The publiceducation system was created to address issues such as unemployment,
workforce shortages, social instability and inequality. New mobile payment
systems are helping millions of people in developing countries accelerate their
movement out of poverty.
These are all examples of how solving problems often requires the creation ofentire systems.
Note: While these are all examples of large systems, Possibility#4 could describethe creation of systems of any size and scope. A novel neighbourhood
composting initiative, new multi-institution-city-wide support structures forpeople with drug addictions, a radical but self- sustaining mentoring network for
new employees at a company- all of these are potential examples of newly
created systems at smaller scales.
Four types of Possibility#4 system-as- innovations:sp XIIInstitutional systemsmade up of policies and regulations, organizational
structures, incentives and disincentives, norms and cultures and enacting
individuals. Example: the education system.
sp XIIISocio-technical systems lements, includingtechnology, regulations, user practices and markets, cultural meanings,infrastructure, maintenance networks and
and Green 2004, 3). Example: the automobile based system of land
transport.
sp XIVSocial-capital systemsof individuals, groups, communities and localizedorganizations and the norms and relationships that connect them for the
purposes of mutual/collective benefits. Example: the collective efforts of
parents and community leaders in a given neighborhood to keep all children
safe.
sp XVSocio-ecological systemsmade up of human decisions, institutions, cultures andeconomies and biological and geological life, ecosystems and structures.
Example: a coastal eco-system and all of the life that comprises it, the
human fishers that live within or fish from the ecosystem, the man-made
structures they bring into it, and the weather patterns, water currents and
land masses that affect them all.
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Possibility#5:A multi- stage innovation process actively involving awhole systemInnovation can be described as a four stage and nine sub-stage process (Mulgan
2006):
Each stage of this process could be done by involving the insights, ideas, skillfulcontribution, leadership or responsibility for execution of a whole system.
helping large groupsmake collective decisions, design change for their systems, solve collective
problems or vision new futures. These methods combine facilitation, meeting
design, question forming, dialogue deepening, and information capturing/sharingpractices to help: large groups understand their themselves as a whole system,
individuals within the large group to contribute their best and the collective
wisdom and creativity of the whole to emerge. Such methods have been used,
for example, to reduce the company wide accident rate of more than 50 000
Hewlett Packard employees by 33% (Brown, Homer and Isaacs 2007), to bring
together Israelis and Palestinians from across the political spectrum to explore
trust and the possibility of peace (Owen 2007) and to dramatically increase
pro-active innovation at all levels and units in a large hospital in British Columbia
Canada (Axelrod and Axelrod 2007).
(Holman, Devane, Cady 2007) contains descriptions
and case studies of over 60 whole-system methods. By adapting and applying
appropriate methods to each stage of the innovation process outlined above,
the process would become a systemic innovation process.
Generating
Ideas
Understanding
Needs
Identifying
PotentialSolutions
Testing
Ideas In
Practice
Developing
Prototyping
Piloting
Innovation
Diffusion
Assessing
Scaling Up
Continued
Evolution
Learning
Evolving
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There are four depths of active involvement and ownership that a system couldhave through each stage of the Possibility#5 process:
sp XVISystem-as-a-user: Innovators not representative of the whole system involvethe whole system the way designers of new products and services do:
consulting widely to understand needs and realities, bouncing ideas off ofpeople across the system, testing prototypes in the system, etc.
sp XVIISystem-as-a- collaborator: Facilitators and leaders give whole systems (orgroups of stakeholders representing all parts of a system) the
space/ freedom and mandate to propose ideas, make decisions, influence
process directions/plans and execute deliverables during each stage of the
process.
sp XVIIISystem-as-a- leader: Whole systems (or groups of stakeholders representing allparts of a system) initiate and ensure successful completion of all aspects of
the process.
sp XIXSystem-as-a-host: Whole systems (or groups of stakeholders representing allparts of a system) catalyze, facilita or one
of their own sub-systems) participation or leadership of an innovation
process.
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Possibility#6:An Organizational Systems Thinking Problem SolvingP rocess Applied to Broader Social Systems
perspectives, power and intractable problems with no simple solutions(Ramage and Shipp 2009, 6). While strongly rooted in the conceptual world of
systems thinking, these methodologies provided clear processes and principles
that corporations, government bureaucracies and social change organizations
can effectively utilize.
The most prominent of these methodologies have at least three commonfunctions. They enable people to: understand their situations (organizations /
problems / opportunities) as social systems generate new insights or
interpretations of those situations and/or generate
new ideas and solutions for those situations. Leadership or changemanagement teams, or even entire organizations, can use them for one time
change initiatives or as ongoing innovation processes.
Given that these methodologies are explicitly designed for use withinorganizations, practitioners may find it challenging to apply them within broader
social systems made up of loose networks, diverse institutions or multiple
organizations with distinct objectives. To generate innovative solutions with
broad systemic reach, these methods need to be synthesized with best
practices/ theory in cross-system convening, coordinating and action catalyzing.
- thinking-problem-solving processesthat, if synthesized with other social change practice, could enable Possibility#6
innovation:
sp XX (Ackoff 1999) guides an organization to re- describe (insystemic terms) the problems and opportunities it faces, completely re-
imagine what their organization could and should be, and then design all the
parts, actions, processes, policies and principles that will need to come
together to bring the newly imagined organization into reality. To adapt
Idealized Design for systemic purposes, it could begin by convening of key
actors across a system in a manner modeled after The Sustainable Food
Lab s Convening Strategy (Eisenstadt, 2010).
sp XXI (Checkland 2010) facilitatescontinual action- learning on situations/problems that matter to a group.
perceived problem/situation from all relevant worldviews, constructing
the models
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Using
SSM at community, city, country and global scales would require organizing
structures which accommodate diversity while capturing the benefits
personal relationships, common learning languages and clear communication
channels bring to learning within a single organizations. Wenger, McDermott
and Snyderconflict management and collaborative inquiry when expanding communities
of practice to such scales (2002, 122-125).
sp XXII tical Systems Heuristics (CSH) is: i.e. judgments on which facts, values and
actors matter when understanding or intervening systems(Ulrich 2005a).
Practitioners can redefine systems and prospective interventions by using
e critical
boundary questions (Ulrich 2005a). These can also serve as emancipatory
tools for people affected by boundary judgments through unequal-power
relationships (Ulrich 2005b, 12-14). Realizing the full potential impact of CSH
and its emancipatory power requires people at all levels of a system to be
capable in its application. Such could be contributed to, for example, by
building CSH into the distributed leadership component of network
development emphasized in systemic action research (Burns 2007, 100).
sp XXIIIFlood (Flood 1995) allows practitioners tochoose (e.g
Systems Dynamics, Viable Systems Diagnosis, any of the methods listed
described above, many more). This choice is based on which of five
metaphors for organizations as machine , organic , neuro-cybernetic ,socio-cultural or socio-political systems - are most relevant to the situation.
TSI provides procedures and frameworks to help make this choice. The
intensive nature of TSI my require multi-organization networks wishing to
utilize it to have the sort of structured core (working groups, steering
committee, network coordinator and staff) that, for example, the Re-AMP
network (Grant 2010, 5-8) is designed around.
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Possibility#7:An innovat ion process designed according to systemsprinciplesInnovation rarely proceeds in such a linear fashion as depicted in Possibility#5.
ubject to
changes of many sorts 1987, pg 275). In other words, theprocess of innovation behaves likes a system.
It can be useful to think of innovation as a process the way Ackoff thinks ofdirected at a des
108).
numerous interacting courses of action which can influence each other and the
overall innovation process. The defining function of that whole is the generation
of innovation(s).
Understanding innovation as a process can also be done by focusing on thesystem of interconnected individuals responsible for carrying out the process.
, therefore, could be thought of in two ways.First, it can be seen as the specifications, prescriptions, guidelines or norms that
those responsible for the courses of action follow. For example, one such
prescription could be: always prototype your ideas in the real world before
revising the initial assumptions of the innovation process. A very different
prescription could be: never let the sunk costs of past courses of action hold you
back reinventing, or pivoting towards different, future courses of action. Second,
it could be seen as the specifications, prescriptions, guidelines or norms thatinfluence the way that involved individuals relate to each other and the way that
learning, creative insight, information or authority flows through system of
individuals as a whole. These could influence, for example, how much power the
ultimate beneficiaries/end-users have to influence the design of innovations
meant to help them, or how often learning is shared between those with formal
roles.
ould design specifications, prescriptions, guidelines ornorms on the basis of insights from systems thinking/theory, not assumptions
about the linear nature of innovation.
There are four types of systems principles that could shape the design ofPossibility#7 processes:
sp XXIV . For example, take the notion that thestructure at maintained by continuous exchange of
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the faster the smaller the components envisaged (von Bertalanffy 1968,
160). Such could influence the way individual, teams and organizations with
different roles in the innovation process are encouraged to pursue learning
via engagement with external stakeholders.
sp XXV . Example: tdelivered by a feedback loop even nonphysical feedback can affect only
(Meadows and Wright 2008, 189) could shape
the design of interpersonal feedback, and the norms and expectations
surrounding their use, between different stages of an innovation process.
sp XXVI Examples:(Booth
Sweeney 2009, 4) could inspire decisions about who to involve, or the
waste from one system becomes food for another. All materials in nature
are valuable, continuously circulating in closed loops of production, use, and
re
proven unusable or learnings from failure.
sp XXVII . Example:The larger the variety of actions available to a control system, the larger the
variety of perturbations it is able to compensate... Qualitatively, this theorem
specifies the conditions in which success is possible: a matching between the
(Bar Yam, 2003). This
could guide the design of decision making processes and
authority/leadership distribution within an innovation process.
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Possibility#8:A process that generates the transformation of a systemThe purpose of an innovation process is often defined in terms of outputs. The
process and everything it entails is seen as the means; the creative ideas, solved
that result are seen as the
end. By flipping this understanding of means and ends, the purpose of theinnovation process can be seen as just having a system (organization,
community, network) go through the process and the collaboration and
cooperation it entails; idea creation, problem solving and the generation of new
things are just focal, rallying and conversation points that give the process
At the core of this idea is the insight that any process which involves a group inthe creation of something inevitably requires change in the group by or before
the end of the process. A family that works together to solve its problemsdevelops stronger affection and deeper empathy for one another.
marketers, designers, their suppliers and customers co-design a new product
together and each becomes better able to help the others meet their needs in
the future. A community comes together to generate ideas for making the local
school a more exciting and thriving place, and without intending they also
increase their collective ability to understand internal problems and external
threats to future well-being.
Innovation as a process that transforms a system will probably require an explicitsetting of goals in terms of outputs. This is how you actually get people to come
together and do the work. However, this can be done with the understanding
that there is a deeper and more fundamental goal: the transformation of the
system as a result of talking and thinking and working together.
There are four types of system transformation that can come from Possibility#8innovation processes:
sp XXVIIITransformation of collective mind: that is, tra (i.e., organizations, network ) capacity to tap collective wisdom
i.e. they see
that discover
things together that are too complex to discover alone). This can happen, for
example, , which has been called
(Scharmer 2009, 135).
sp XXIXTransformation of collective heart: that is, transformation of the way peoplewithin a system relate to one another, understand each other, share
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[systems/groups] focus on the structure of how they gather and the context
in which the gatherings take place; when they work hard on getting the
questions rights; when they choose depth [of engagement] over speed [of
solution production] and relatedness [of the group] over [size or
expansiveness of the group]" (Block 2008, 78).
sp XXXTransformation of collective willwork together and collaboratively create the futures they desire. This can
happen both through practicing (simulating) collaborative work situations
(Senge 2006, 240-249 and 300-303) and by beginning with sharp clearly
defined goals and learning by doing actual projects (Murphy, Kirwan and
Ashkenas 2007, 460-461).
sp XXXISimultaneous transformation of mind, heart and willframing is drawn from the social field theory of Theory U (Scharmer 2009,
243-244). Theory U is a change methodology and systemic innovation
process that enables all three types of transformation within a system that
- solving complex problems or
transformation of reality, within and across the worlds of business,
go
process that does the same is Transformative Scenario Planning(Kahane
2012a).
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Wheatley, Margaret, and Deborah Frieze. "Using Emergence to Take SocialInnovations to Scale." Margaret J . Wheatley.
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Mar.6Scharmer, Claus Otto. Theory U learning from the future as it emerges : the social
technology of presencing. San Francisco, Calif.: Berrett-Koehler ; 2009.
Scharmer, Otto. "The Blind Spot of Institutional Leadership: How To Create DeepInnovation Through Moving from Egosystem to Ecosystem Awareness ." (2010).
www.ottoscharmer.com/docs/articles/2010_DeepInnovation_Tianjin.pdf (accessedFebruary 11, 2013).
Senge, Peter M., C. Otto Scharmer, J oseph J aworski, and Betty Sue Flowers.Presence: human purpose and the field of the future. Cambridge, MA: SoL, 2004.
sp IXInnovation created by a innovation-ecosystem:Carayannis, Elias G., David F. J . Campbell (20
Toward a 21st Century Fractal Innovation Ecosystem. International J ournal of
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entrepreneurship for development. New York, NY: Springer, 2012.
"The 'system of innovation' approach, and its relevance to developing countries."SciDev Net.http://www.scidev.net/en/policy-briefs/ the-system-of- innovation-
approach-and-its- relevanc.html
sp XInnovation created by a social innovation system:Fontan, J .M., Klein, J .L, and Tremblay, D.G. (2004): Innovation and Society:
Broadening the Analysis of the Territorial Effects of Innovation. Research Note no
2004- 07A. Canada Research Chair of the Socio-Organizational Challenges of the
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Kimball, Lisa. "Liberating Structures A New Pattern Language for Engagement." ODPractitioner 43, no. 3 (2011): 8-11.
Senge, Peter M.. The fifth discipline. 2nd ed. London: Random House Business, 2006.Snyder, William M., and Etienne Wenger. "Our World as a Learning System: A
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sp XIIA solution that is aninstitutional system:Boyer, Bryan, J ustin W. Cook, and Marco Steinberg. "Recipes for Systemic Change."Helsinki Design Lab - (2012).
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Quilley, Stephen. "System Innovation and a New Great Transformation: Re-embedding Economic Life in the Context of De-Growth." Resilience.http://www.resilience.org/stories/2012- 12-20/system-innovation-and-a-new-
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innovation and transitions to sustainability." In System innovation and the transition
to sustainability theory, evidence and policy. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2004. 1-
18.Geels, Frank W.. Technological transitions and system innovations a co-evolutionary
and socio-technical analysis. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2005.
Loorbach, D. 2010. Transition management for sustainable development: Aprescriptive, complexity-based governance framework. Governance 23: 161 183.
Schot, J ohan, and Frank W. Geels. "Strategic niche management and sustainableinnovation journeys: theory, findings, research agenda, and policy." Technology
Analysis & Strategic Management 20, no. 5 (2008): 537-554.
sp XIVA solution that is asocial- capital system:McKnight, J ohn, and Peter Block. The abundant community awakening the power of
families and neighborhoods. Chicago, Ill.: American Planning Association ;, 2010.
Plastrik , Peter, and Madeleine Taylor. "NET GAINS: A Handbook for Network BuildersSeeking Social Change." Network Impact - (2006).
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Putnam, Robert D., Lewis M. Feldstein, and Don Cohen. Better together: restoringthe American community. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003.
sp XVA solution that is asocio- ecological system:Chapin, F. Stuart, Alan F. Mark, Robin A. Mitchell, and Katharine J . M. Dickinson. 2012.
Design principles for social-ecological transformation toward sustainability: lessons
from New Zealand sense of place. Ecosphere 3:art40.
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Olsson, Per , Carl Folke, And Fikret Berkes. "Adaptive Comanagement For BuildingResilience In Social Ecological Systems." Environmental Management 34, No. 1
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ent%20for%20Building%20Resilience%20in%20Social- Ecological%20Systems.pdf)Brett M. Bennett (2010). The El Dorado of Forestry: The Eucalyptus in India, South
Africa, and Thailand, 1850 2000. International Review of Social History, 55, pp 27-
50. doi:10.1017/S0020859010000489.
Possibility #5A multi-stage innovation process actively involving a whole systemAxelrod, Dick, and Emily Axelrod. "Collaborative Loops." In The change handbook the
definitive resource on today's best methods for engaging whole systems. 2nd ed.
San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2007. 89-101.
Brown, J uanita, Ken Homer, and David Isaacs Cady. "The World Cafe." In The ChangeHandbook: The Definitive Resource on Today's Best Methods for Engaging Whole
Systems. 2nd ed. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2007. 179- 194.
Holman, Peggy, Tom Devane, and Steven Cady. The change handbook the definitiveresource on today's best methods for engaging whole systems. 2nd ed. San
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Owen, Harrison. "Open Space Technology." In The change handbook the definitiveresource on today's best methods for engaging whole systems. 2nd ed. San
Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2007. 135-148.
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and Lynne Wilson. "Designing citizen-centred governance." J oseph Rowntree
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Brown, Tim, and Barry Katz. Change by design: how design thinking transformsorganizations and inspires innovation. New York: Harper Business, 2009.
Connelly, Caitlin. "Multi-Stakeholder Decision-Making." United Nations DevelopmentProgram (2012).
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OECD (2011), Together for Better Public Services: Partnering with Citizens and CivilSociety, OECD Public Governance Reviews, OECD Publishing.
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in value creation." J ournal of Interactive Marketing 18, no. 3 (2004): 5-14.
sp XVIIIA multi- stage innovation process actively involving a whole system-as-a-leader:Hippel, Eric von. "Horizontal innovation networks by and for users." Industrial and
Corporate Change 16, no. 2 (2007): 293-315.
Uhl-Bien, Mary, Russ Marion, and Bill McKelvey. "Complexity Leadership Theory:Shifting leadership from the industrial age to the knowledge era." The Leadership
Quarterly 18, no. 4 (2007): 298-318.
Wheatley, Margaret J ., and Deborah Frieze. Walk out walk on a learning journey intocommunities daring to live the future now. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler
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Corrigan, Chris. "Hosting in a Hurry v 1.1- Putting the Art of Hosting into practice."Vancouver Island Aboriginal Transition Team - (0).http://www.berkana.org/pdf/Hosting_in_a_Hu
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Mar.6sp XXII applied to broader social systems:Burns, Danny. Systemic action research: a strategy for whole system change. Bristol:
Policy Press, 2007.
Cammarota, J ., & Fine, M. (Eds.). (2008). Revolutionizing Education: YouthParticipatory Action Research in Motion. New York, NY: Routledge Taylor & Francis
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Freire, Paulo. Pedagogy of the oppressed. 30th anniversary ed. New York:Continuum, 2000.
Ulrich, Werner. "A Mini-Primer of Critical Systems Heuristics." Werner Ulrich's HomePage. http://wulrich.com/csh.html
Ulrich, Werner. "A brief introduction to critical systems heuristics (CSH)."ECOSENSUS project website The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK, no. 14 October
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Grant, Heather MacLeod. "Transformer: How to build a network to change a system- A Case Study of the RE-AMP Energy Network." Monitor Institute Garfield
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21st century. New York: Oxford University press, 1999.
Corrigan, Chris . "The Chaordic Stepping Stones Planning just the right amount ofform for invitation, gathering, harvest and wise action." Chris Corrigan Facilitation
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Kline, Stephen J ., and Nathan Rosenberg. "An Overview of Innovation." In ThePositive sum strategy: harnessing technology for economic growth. Washington,
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applications.. New York: G. Braziller, 1968.
Dubrovsky, Vitaly . "Toward System Principles: General System Theory and theAlternative Approach." Systems Research and Behavioral Science 21(2004): 109-
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Kast , Fremont E., and J ames E. Rosenzweig. "General Systems Theory: Applicationsfor Organization and Management." The Academy of Management J ournal 15, no. 4
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Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division. Thesis (S.M. in Engineering andManagement)- -Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems
Division, System Design and Management Program, 2011. (2011).
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Meadows, Donella. "Dancing with Systems." The Sustainability Institute.http://www.sustainer.org/pubs/Dancing.htm
Meadows, Donella H., and Diana Wright. Thinking in systems: a primer. White RiverJ unction, Vt.: Chelsea Green Pub., 2008.
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Conditions for Institutional Change." J ournal of Sustainability Education 2 (2011).
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Mar.6Booth Sweeney, Linda. "Teaching about Living Systems on the Farm: Remembering
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Wheatley, Margaret . "The Unplanned Organization." Margaret J . Wheatley.http://www.margaretwheatley.com/articles/unplannedorganization.htmlsp XXVIIAn innovation process designed according to
principles:Bar Yam, Yaneer. "Unifying Principles in Complex Systems." In Converging
technologies for improving human performance: nanotechnology, biotechnology,
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Biggs, R., F. R. Westley, and S. R. Carpenter. 2010. Navigating the back loop: fosteringsocial innovation and transformation in ecosystem management. Ecology and
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Meike Tilebein, (2006) "A complex adaptive systems approach to efficiency andinnovation", Kybernetes, Vol. 35 Iss: 7/8, pp.1087 1099
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Kahane, Adam. Solving tough problems an open way of talking, listening, and creatingnew realities. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2004.
Maina , Ng'ethe, and Staci Haines. "Transformative Power of Practice." Social J usticeLeadership.https://sojustlead.org/resources/transformative-power-practice
Nilsson, Warren. "Whole person, whole system." Organization Unbound.http://organizationunbound.org/expressive-change/whole-person-whole-system/
Pedler , Mike, and J ohn Burgoyne. "Action Learning." In The SAGE handbook of actionresearch: participative inquiry and practice. 2nd ed. Los Angeles, Calif.: SAGE, 2008.319- 332.
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Isaacs, William. Dialogue and the art of thinking together: a pioneering approach tocommunicating in business and in life. New York: Currency, 1999.
Scharmer, Claus Otto. Theory U learning from the future as it emerges : the socialtechnology of presencing. San Francisco, Calif.: Berrett-Koehler ; 2009.
Wenger, Etienne. "Communities of Practice and Social Learning Systems."Organization 7, no. 2 (2000): 225-246.
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Publishers, 2008.
Association for Community Health Improvement. "A five-year applied researchproject conducted by Health Forum in conjunction with Disney Corporation and
Florida Hospital." Health Forum AHA Systems Thinking for Community Improvement
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Appreciative inquiry handbook : for leaders of change, Cooperrider, David L.Brunswick, OH : Crown Custom Publishing, Inc. ; San Francisco, CA : BK, Berrett-Koehler, 2008.
Murphy, Patrice, Celia Kirwan, and Ronald Ashkenas. "Rapid Results." In The changehandbook the definitive resource on today's best methods for engaging whole
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Senge, Peter M.. The fifth discipline. 2nd ed. London: Random House Business, 2006.The Practice of Appreciative Inquiry, J ames D. Ludema and Ro