The Path e-Mission
The Path e-Mission is a blog that contains action-sparking ideas of today for tomorrow. In this journal we share reflections and perspectives derived from our experiences working and learning at Syntony Quest.
Winter Solstice
As the Winter Solstice approaches and we near the end of 2008, we would like to share with you some reflections that can be summed up in the three words Gratitude, Hope and Commitment.
Syntony Quest
in celebration, commitment, gratitude, holidays, hope, new year, reflection
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Systems thinking and systems practice in Latin America
I had the honor to participate in two systems events in Latin America in the past 2 weeks. The first event at the end of October was the 4th Brazilian Systems Congress that took place in the city of Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The second event in Mexico City, during first week of November, was the 3rd Regional Reunion of ALAS - the Association of Latin American Systems, where researchers from Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Cuba and Peru participated. My experience in these systems conferences is that they are very similar to family reunions: encounters of friends and colleagues in a warm and celebratory way.
Learning in Conversation
here is no doubt: I learn better through conversation. Dialogue means “thinking together,” so when I have the opportunity to be with people with diverse perspectives and experiences, that thinking together is incredibly productive. That’s what I experienced again in our most recent learning conversation. The topic was “Evolutionary Leadership for Sustainability: a learning conversation among practitioners” hosted it at Saybrook Graduate School a week ago. We set it up as a space for organizational practitioners in the sustainability field – consultants, educators, change agents – to reflect together and share knowledge, insights and questions.
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in Reflections, dialogue, leadership, learning, sustainability
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Creative collaboration for championing sustainability
On February 8th we hosted our second Championing Sustainability creative forum. A dynamic and diverse group of 50 participants came and engaged with opennes and passion in the creative exploration of what sustainability means to them. Through this process they sought to design strategies that would translate their personal and shared visions into action. Bringing people together not only to learn what we already know (what is) but also to create new knowledge and insights about possibilities yet to be created (what could be) is a core aspect of what we do at Syntony Quest. Ours is a work of gardening: we seek to provide fertile ground, sunlight, air but participants bring the seeds... which we water and help grow together with them.
Learning by teaching, learning by doing
A week ago we had a teaching weekend at Presidio School of Management. This residency was held at the Marin Headlands Institute in Sausalito — where we also conduct some of our public workshops like the Evolutionary Leadership for Sustainability. The weather was amazingly beautiful and the views of hills and ocean were the perfect background for engaging with MBA students in Sustainable Management who are so passionate about integrating social and environmental considerations into business practices.
