Attractors Archive

Attractors, the monthly info-letter of the HSD Institute, includes information that represents the impact human systems dynamics can have on an organization, community, or group.  To access an issue of this newsletter, click on the date to download the .pdf file.

  • December 2009 - In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on complex vs. complicated.
  • November 2009 - In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on describe vs. explain.
  • October 2009 - In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on lessons learned.
  • September 2009 - In this month's edition, Royce Holladay reflects on Simple Rules for your Complex System.
  • August 2009 - In this month's edition, Glenda reflects on simple rules for complex times.
  • July 2009 - In this month's edition, Glenda reflects on networks.
  • June 2009 - In this month's edition, Glenda shares her real-time experience at Shambhala Institute, where she facilitated a week-long module. We invite you to discuss this topic. Please share your thoughts and insights with us.
  • May 2009 - In this month's edition, Glenda reflects on patterns.
  • April 2009 - In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on dancing with uncertainty.
  • March 2009 - In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on balance.
  • February 2009 - In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on intersections.
  • January 2009 - In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on the inauguration.
  • December 2008 - In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on Thanksgiving!
  • November 2008 - In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on systems acting.
  • October 2008 - In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on dynamical change.
  • September 2008 - In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on dilema.
  • August 2008 - In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on vision.
  • July 2008 - In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on strategy to action.
  • June 2008 - In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on networks.
  • May 2008 - In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on "How will we know?"
  • April 2008- In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on self-organizing in action: Can Do Minnesota.
  • March 2008- In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on journey past conflict.
  • February 2008- In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on the nature of the network.
  • January 2008- In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on diversity:  A living metaphor.
  • December 2007- In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on planning in chaos.
  • November 2007- In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects leading change.
  • October 2007- In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects from conflict to coherence.
  • September 2007- In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on her upcoming webinar series:  The Fix That Fits.
  • August 2007- In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on Collaborative Action.
  • July 2007- In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang refelcts on 'Butterfly Effects'.
  • June 2007- In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on Patterns.
  • May 2007- In this month's edition, HSD Associate Darlene Goetzman explores the connections between Human Systems Dynamics and Dialogue Education in order to  explicate the concept of safety.
  • April 2007- In this month's edition, HSD Associate Jim Roussin reflects on a radical approach to strategic planning
  • March 2007- In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on stretching and folding.  
  • February 2007- In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on change is changing.
  • January 2007- In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on blessing and curse.
  • December 2006- In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on emergent expertise.
  • November 2006- In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang reflects on the path toward emergent patterns.
  • October 2006   - In this month's edition, Glenda Eoyang presents a Radical Inquiry Protocol to build adaptive capacity for agents of change.
  • September 2006- In this month's edition, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., explores the rules for winning the emerging game.
  • August 2006- In this month's edition, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., explains the practical implications of dynamic network theory.
  • July 2006- In this month's edition, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., talks about how to increase your return on investment in people.
  • June 2006- In this month's edition, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., reflects on the intellectual rollercoaster of learning.
  • May 2006- In this month's edition, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., talks about natural practitioners.
  • April 2006- In this month's edition, Network Director Royce Holladay, talks about how networks build strong and resilient organizations.
  • March 2006- In this month's edition, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., talks about turning powerful questions into products.
  • February 2006- In this month's edition, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., talks about practical ways to respond to wicked challenges.
  • January 2006- In this months edition, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., talks about a simple approach to complex challenges.
  • December 2005- In this month's edition, Network Director Royce Holladay, talks about using simple rules to guide decision making.
  • September 2005- In this month's edition, Network Director Royce Holladay, talks about sustainability in a complex system.
  • August 2005- In this month's edition, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., talks about the HSD certification program.
  • June 2005- In this month's edition, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., talks about establishing an evaulation system and offers suggestions for building an evaluation strategy that will fit in your environment.
  • May 2005- In this month's edition, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., talks about the many delights of self-organizing patterns in human systems.
  • April 2005 - In this month's edition, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., talks about 'getting things done,' which is a practical and familiar example of the complex adaptive nature of people and our engagements with the world around us.
  • March 2005- In this month's edition, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., talks about an alternative that captures the benefits and avoids the problems of tool-based organizational interventions.
  • February 2005- In this month's edition, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., talks about conversation, which is one foundatin of Human Systems Dynamics and how exchange is one critical factor that shapes the productivity of human processes.
  • January 2005- In the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami of December 26, 2004, Dr. Glenda Eoyang talks about how the emerging theory and practice of Human Systems Dynamics (HSD) contributes to understanding or responding to crisis.
  • December 2004- In this month's edition, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., talks about one powerful HSD tactic -- the idea of scaling or fractals.
  • November 2004- In this month's edition, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., talks about 'entrepreneurial' questions and how you encounter them in your own leadership roles.
  • October 2004- In this month's edition, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., talks about the internal dynamics of human systems.
  • September 2004- In this month's edition, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., talks about becoming certified as a Professional in Human Systems Dynamics.
  • August 2004 - In this month's issue, Executive Director Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., talks about Human Systems Dynamics in a global system.