Build Systems for Resilient Teaching and Learning: Step into Uncertainty

Royce Holladay has been working to support people as they navigate change for over 30 years. With a Masters degree in counseling, she began learning about the dynamics of personal change. Since learning about Human Systems Dynamics, she builds on and expands those skills in multiple areas of her work and personal life. She works with individuals of all ages, supporting them in the challenges of living, working, and playing in the complexity of today's world. Over the past decade, Royce has co-authored five books based on Human Systems Dynamics, including the book she and Glenda co-authored, Adaptive Action: Leveraging Uncertainty in Your Organization. Her most recent books are a series of brief guides designed to help people apply HSD principles to specific areas of work in human systems, such as coaching, instructional design, and facilitation.

Leslie Patterson taught English and language arts Texas middle and high schools for ten years before becoming a teacher educator in Texas universities until she retired in 2005. As a Co-Director of the North Star of Texas Writing Project, Patterson integrates her support of K-12 literacy leaders with her interest in complex systems and literacy learning communities. She has consulted with teachers and school districts in Texas, California, Alaska, and Brazil. Her publications include numerous articles and books on language and literacy instruction, with a particular focus on writing instruction for adolescents and English learners, as well as human systems dynamics (HSD). In recent years, she has co-authored two books with Royce Holladay and Glenda Eoyang: Radical Rules for Schools: Adaptive Action for Complex Change and Deep Learning Ecologies: An Invitation to Complex Teaching and Learning.