Certification Courses

Certification Courses

HSD Professional Certification

Human Systems Dynamics Institute invites you to become a certified HSD Professional. Join a global network of committed and curious individuals who use HSD to understand their world in new ways. HSD Professionals realize a…

Adaptive Action Labs

Leading in Uncertainty

Monthly Sessions Sep 2023 - Dec 2023 | 10a - 11:30a CDT | Online

We are living in turbulent, chaotic, and complex times. Right now, every hour seems to bring a new challenge, and change feels more and more radical. Resources are short, and expectations are high. People who are under great…

Shape Resilient Systems: Build Adaptive Capacity to Move into Your Future

Oct 10, 12, 2023 | 12p - 3p CDT | Online

Personal and professional stress wears us down. Political and environmental disasters dash our plans, drawing our attention and resources. Obsolete infrastructures chip away at our sense of stability and safety. Sensational…

HSD Adaptive Action Coaching: for systemic growth and development

Begins Oct 30, 2023 | ICF-Approved Online Course

In this Adaptive Action Lab, Miriam Bayés, HSD-certified professional and ORSC-certified coach, joins Royce Holladay, a leader in the field of HSD, to share a simple, powerful approach to systems-informed coaching.

Upcoming Labs

An Adaptive Action Lab offers the best of consulting and training into a single event. As a participant, you define and work on your most intractable challenge. Then you learn about human systems dynamics (HSD) as you apply your new learning to frame your challenge in a way that points to your best next wise action.

Adaptive Action Labs

Live Virtual Workshops

Live Virtual Workshops

Power of Questions: Inquiry Really Can Be the Answer!

October 5, 2023 In times of chaos and confusion, a good question will serve you much better than any answer. Answers shift and deceive, while questions keep you open to learning and adaptation. In this workshop, we will explore…

Decision Making for an Emergent Future

November 2, 2023 We all know a simple, structured process for making decisions. We also know when and how that process fails. The simple step-by-step falls apart when change is fast, information is unreliable, and perspectives…

See, Understand, and Influence: CDE Model in Action

December 7, 2023 Three conditions influence the path, speed, and outcome of self-organizing processes. When you see the three conditions, you can understand the current patterns as they emerge at any level of human experience.…

Upcoming Live Virtual Workshops and HSD Community Commons

Glenda Eoyang, founder of the field of HSD, hosts free, online Virtual Workshops (webinars) every month. Covering topics from health care to education reform to world peace, she draws on current events, global opportunities and concerns, and local actions.

Custom Design Labs

Partner Offerings

Online or in person, wherever you are…

Your intractable problems are one-of-a-kind. Your people are special. Your industry is transforming. Your market is shifting. Your challenges are wicked. Consultants make assumptions, give advice, and leave the work to you.…

Custom Design Labs