In this series, the Human Systems Dynamics Institute (HSD) and The Collective Edge (TCE) join forces to introduce a new form of deliberate sensemaking to:
- Explain the nature of complex systems and dynamical change
- Reveal the paradoxes that live in this new paradigm, and the habitual predict and plan mindsets that attempt to apply an outdated view to such systems, leading to them appearing intractable
- Share tools and practices from the sense and respond worldview to help you adapt, even when you can’t predict or control, uncovering a barely sufficient understanding, enough to inform action
- Create a deliberate sensemaking cohort container to help you connect with ideas and people that will sustain you and your clients through the turbulent future
Faculty & Coaches
Dr. Glenda Eoyang works with public and private organizations to help them thrive in the face of overwhelming complexity and uncertainty. She is a pioneer in the field of human systems dynamics (HSD), which she founded. Through Human Systems Dynamic Institute, Glenda uses her Models and Methods to help others see patterns in the chaos that surrounds them, understand the patterns in simple and powerful ways, and take practical steps to shift chaos into order. Her clients include Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Oxfam International, Canada School of Public Service, Cargill, Fraser Health Authority (BC), and Roche/Genentech.
Glenda’s latest book, with co-author Royce Holladay, is Adaptive Action: Leveraging Uncertainty in Your Organization (Stanford University Press, April 2013).
Marie Murtagh has trodden a unique path to The Collective Edge, from IT professional (developer), to project manager beloved by her teams, to Agile explorer, to accomplished consciousness facilitator. Along the way, she has worked for small startups, medium size organizations, and Deloitte consulting. She has explored many career paths, investigating where her calling was best deployed. As her career continued to unfold itself, she became an autodidact in Integral Theory, consciousness studies, collective sensemaking, complexity science, and various transformational arts. She is the untitled head of R&D.
Michael Spayd has been a pioneer in the Agile world for 21 years, bringing in thinking and methods from professional coaching, leadership development (LD), organization development (OD), Integral and systemic methods that are relevant to the transformation of self, culture, and leadership in service of organizational agility. Michael is known as a transformational teacher and leader, with a deep ability to facilitate both compelling and transformational learning environments.
Michael is a serial entrepreneur, having co-founded the Agile Coaching Institute, Trans4mation, and most recently, The Collective Edge. He has taught, coached, and mentored many thousand Agile coaches, managers, and leaders in his years in the field. He is the co-author of a highly anticipated book, Agile Transformations: Using the Integral Agile Transformation Framework to Think and Lead Differently, which was published in December 2020.
