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Societal Innovation in Chaos & Complexity: Some societal leadership considerations about learning, foundational social dynamics and collaboration 🌎🔍

Systems Innovation legend, Donella Meadows' highest leverage point wasn't about changing paradigms at all. It was about something much more profound: Transcending paradigms. The ability to take yourself out of your current belief systems, realize that they exist, and think and communicate across paradigms. You can think of it as learning to innovate beyond silos 😉 ...whatever silos you see now, keep abstracting 'upwards' until you realize what belief systems you currently subscribe to. Consider checking and expanding your subscriptions. Where might you learn about the highest possible number of your current blind spots? The most sophisticated responses to systemic challenges don't come from changing paradigms. They come from the ability to move fluidly between them, understanding each paradigm's power – and its limitations. Thank you to Michael Haupt for sharing👇🏼✨ #TranscendingParadigms #SocietalInnovation #InnovationLeadership #LearningLeadership Habitat for Open Innovation • Learn to innovate beyond silos

HOW IS LEADERSHIP ABOUT SOCIETAL INNOVATION? Featuring caterpillars, butterflies, science and hopeful holiday greetings 🐛🦋🤓🎄 *Partly translated, adapted from and fully inspired by a great post by Christa Breum Amhøj. Hi Christa 👋🏼* To lead societal innovation means to lead experiments. 🦋 It’s about the courage to shift focus from narrow goals to asking: What societal mission are we actually helping to solve together — across silos and with citizens? 🦋 It’s about creating meaningful and creative meetings and relationships that open space for imagining new futures. 🦋 It's about becoming attuned to our surroundings. What are we giving back to places? How can we form life-affirming partnerships? How can we listen to the unique qualities of local places? How can we shift focus from centers of power to peripheral and silent innovation? 🦋 Instead of closed decision-making processes, it's about facilitating learning through open, experimental processes. By doing this, we create value for both inner and outer sustainable regeneration.
 We move from 🐛 the caterpillar, here symbolizing linear thinking, to 🦋 the butterfly, here symbolizing transformation and sustainbly regenerative value creation. You can call it wellbeing economy. 🐛🦋💔🦗🤨😵💫🔥 #SocietalInnovation #WellbeingEconomy #TransformationLeadership #ChangeManagement #RegenerativeLeadership #RationalLeadership Habitat for Open Innovation's concept developer, Societal Innovation Advisor & Systems Entrepreneur, May-Britt Vangsgaard Andersen's additions: 🐛🦋💔🦗🤨😵💫🔥 You can also call it aiming to do good science. Good science is great at experiments. Unfortunately, science can get meddled with. Humanity tends to: 💔 feel preferences towards some objective scientific findings and fields more than other objective findings and fields, 🦗 trip over itself by jumping to conclusions, 🤨 invent causations, in other words come up with flawed explanations, 😵💫 misunderstand complexity and, 🔥 escalate conflicts in uncertainty. Fortunately, we got this far, you guys... maybe we'll figure out this part too. 😄💪🏼🥳🥂✨ What transformations do you and your ecosystems need? Truly? 🧐🤓😌 Merry Christmas or happy holidays to all of you following along from the Habitat for Open Innovation 🌲🎄🌲

"To me, the engagement with a social purpose and the focus on learning-by-doing are critical." 🔍 TRANSDISCIPLINARY (Open) INNOVATION 🔎 Marc Steen 🌿 and his research friends recommend these key elements to approaching transdisciplinary innovation: Philosophical pragmatism 🛠 We start from people’s practices, then turn to theory and concepts, and then return to people’s practices, with interventions that can be tried out and evaluated in practice, in an iterative process. A systems view 🕸 We look at the macro-level of society, the meso-level of the project, and the micro-level of the team–and the relationships and interactions between these levels. Attention for the role of boundary objects ✈ We keep attention to things that people jointly work on, which can promote collaboration across disciplines – they can help people to cross boundaries, fx use cases that they jointly develop. Attention for the role of virtues 🕊 We keep attention to the role of certain virtues to better understand the sorts of dispositions or practices that people need to cultivate in order to engage in Transdisciplinary Innovation effectively – notably, virtues like curiosity, creativity, collaboration, empowerment, and reflexivity. #TransdisciplinaryInnovation #SocietalInnovation #SocietalLearning #HowToInnovate #RegenerativeInnovation #SystemsThinking #BoundaryObjects #Curiosity #Creativity #Collaboration #Reflexivity More here: https://lnkd.in/dAGkccQU Some examples of their application of Transdisciplinary Innovation: "Transdisciplinary Innovation entails a participatory approach: to bring together people with different disciplinary backgrounds and different roles. This is not always easy. People with different experiences or perspectives typically find it hard to communicate and collaborate. Participation, inclusion, and diversity can be organized in various ways: by integrating Ethical, Legal, and Societal Aspects in the development and deployment of AI systems, e.g., in ELSA Lab Defence; by involving diverse partners, from academia, government, industry, and society (quadruple helix), e.g., in AI-MAPS; or by involving citizens/civilians or Civil Society Organizations in the design and application of security technologies, e.g., in TRANSCEND."

INNOVATION CULTURES: How is your city and organization connected in Innovation Ecosystems? 🌀 A slight rewrite of Frank Kumli, thank you! My advice added in parentheses 👋🏼💡✨ Leadership Capabilities 1. Build innovation capabilities of senior leaders (ahem, learning organizations here… 👋🏼🤭) 2. Ensure cities and organizations have strategic approaches to innovation, which go beyond support for the innovation economy and focus on building innovation capacity (again, learning organizations). Organisational Capabilities 1. Establish dedicated, long-term funding to support innovation and the scaling up/out/deep of successful innovation approaches. 2. Remove barriers to and support the recruitment, development and retention of innovation expertise (🦾♥️ …such as tech competencies paired with people competencies - recruit or develop us or get us to collaborate). 3. Build organisational cultures that embed innovation at all levels of governance (this is innovation integration, like what you’re trying to do with tech digitalization). Analytical Capabilities 1. Collaborate across departments (🎼beyond silos🎼) and with partners to develop shared standards for data use and integrate city-wide/organizational-wide data. 2. Develop expertise in the full range of innovation methods, including approaches based on behavioural science and foresight techniques (across people and specialized in depth based on interest and actual potential). 3. Explore innovative approaches to finance and procurement. 4. Ensure that innovation work is properly evaluated and learning embedded into practice (🎼in-practice-learning🎼). Partnership Capabilities 1. Foster partnerships with universities, think tanks and other research institutions, not only to support the knowledge economy but also drive innovation (🎼open innovation🎼). 2. Explore the creation of new cross-sector institutions able to unite different stakeholders to tackle critical challenges (🎼open innovation organizational models🎼). 4. Invest in strengthening existing infrastructure, as well as forging new forums for collaboration and democratic innovation (🤔think: Where does collaboration and democratic open conversations take place in your city and organization?) #InnovationCulture #InnovationEcosystems #RegenerativeInnovation #SocietalInnovation #OrganizationalInnovation #CityInnovation #WellbeingEconomy

Societal (Open) Innovation needs Open Science: Learn to innovate beyond silos …in other words, transdisciplinary societal innovation 🙌🏼☺️✨ Examples of application: 🤔🫘 Do you need to spot and drive meaningful AI projects to work smarter? 🤔🌳 Do you need to bring to life an innovation ecosystem? 🤔✨Do you navigate government politics and need to refocus on meaningful innovation? 🤔🌀 Are you part of a large network association or educational institution reimagining learning? Learn to innovate beyond silos. Love, Habitat for Open Innovation #SocietalInnovation #OrganizationalInnovation #RegenerativeInnovation

𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩: Is your country also putting out fires? That’s short-term leadership. Let’s talk strategy. If we wish for our societies to develop: ✨ ideas need conditions to happen. 🌱 ideas need conditions to be born. 🌳 ideas need conditions to grow. Longterm societal strategies depend on healthy innovation ecosystems as strategic tools for transforming our societies meaningfully. ✨🌱🌳 This week, Nadja Nordling defended her PhD dissertation at Tampere University, Finland. She discusses “𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭𝘴” and “𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳.” In other words, what is necessary for us to collaborate on developing society across silos? ✨🌱🌳 “𝘋𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴, 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. (…) 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤, 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴.” One conceptual example of such open innovation platforms is Habitat for Open Innovation • bioregional learning & innovation network. You can contribute to the Habitat for Open Innovation project and learn by following it here on LinkedIn via the link above. You can read Nadja Nordling’s full PhD dissertation, Transformative Innovation Ecosystems, via the link in the comments below. ✨🕸️✨ This is me diving in Lanzarote. Just spotted a huge ray 🥹

"Bioregionalism is not a shiny tech platform we can design and scale in six months. Building trust amongst human communities, and more importantly, learning to trust our selves again, is the work of a lifetime and many more. Bioregionalism is a movement that works to help humans reinhabit their local ecosystems, living with what the genius loci has to offer, rather than extractive, fragile, globalized supply chains. Bioregion is shorthand for bio-cultural region and expresses the insight that healthy human cultures are rooted in the natural ecosystems they inhabit. To bioregionalize means to become native to place again, and to develop solutions and responses appropriate to place. Whereas talk of carbon emissions is completely gobbledegook to the average person, bioregionalism can speak a language rooted in everyday experience: what does the land, water, and air offer? What can my business, my farm, my town, offer? How can I build trust with my neighbors? How are we going to survive, and perhaps thrive, together?" Great article by Félix de Rosen 👏 It also includes a great list of meta-initiatives that empower bioregional development 📃 #bioregioning #bioregionalism #bioregion #BioregionalWeavingLabs #regeneration --- PS. Learn more about how we are mobilising 1 million changemakers to restore, protect and regenerate 1 million ha of Europe’s land and sea in our newsletter https://lnkd.in/e2EZs23v 🌍

We are facing interconnected wicked problems. A siloed approach does not work. We need a systemic, strategic and bioregional approach to navigate this complexity. Nature-based solutions (NbS) are key for addressing the complexity and interconnectedness of the challenge. However, a key barrier for scaling NbS is a lack of collaboration and our inability to recognize the interconnected nature of systemic obstacles. Two years ago, through the support of Pieter Ploeg from Commonland, Master's in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability (MSLS) students Sally Hussain, Carolina Obara, Leon Seefeld and Tijn Tjoelker researched how Weaving practices could foster the conditions for scaling NbS to the landscape level 👇 “Weaving is “𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯, 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘰-𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴”. It is a relational leadership practice, and weaving metaphors embody our relational nature and fundamental interdependence with the web of life. We found 5 core interrelated Weaving practices: • Cultivating trust-based relationships ❤️ • Aligning on a shared purpose and vision 🧭 • Helping systems see and sense themselves 🌐 • Fostering experimental action 🧪 • Facilitating collective (un)learning 🌀 Our research showed that weaving has the potential to help cohere fragmented change-making efforts and increase the adaptive capacity of socio-ecological systems. Simply put, we need more relational weavers. 𝗔𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀.” Link to the full thesis is in the comments 👇 Are you a Weaver? #weaving #naturebasedsolutions #research #bioregions #landscapes

Your job likely pays you to put out metaphorical (or actual) fires 💦🔥 What pays humanity to aim longterm? 👣🐾 Habitat for Open Innovation is an innovation network reviving living innovation ecosystems necessary for regeneration of a bioregion. It is a societal learning concept based on evolution biomimicry, bioregional financing facilities (BFFs) and bioregional learning centers asking the question: “Can collaborative learning organizations help (re)build our habitats?” 💦👣🐾 #BioregionalRegeneration #Evolution #Biomimicry #BioregionalFinancingFacilities #BioregionalLearningCenter #SocietalInnovation #SocietalLearning