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EVOLUTIONARY Leadership for sustainability

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ART OF HOSTING & DESIGN THINKING

ART OF HOSTING = AN EMERGING SET OF

PRACTICES FOR FACILITATING GROUP CONVERSATIONS

SUPPORTED BY PRINCIPLES THAT MAXIMIZE COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE

DESIGN THINKING = OFFERS METHODS,

PROCESSES, TO HELP US DEFINE PROBLEMS,ANALYZE INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE THEN MOVE TOWARDS ACTION.

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2 SETS OF GOALS:

1. CREATE MEANINGFUL NEW CONNECTIONS FOR THE PARTICIPANTS, OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION, THAT WOULD ACCELERATE AND AMPLIFY PROJECTS ALREADY UNDERWAY, OR UNCOVER NEW POSSIBILITIES.

2. A FLOW OF 2 DAYS. DESIGNED TO

INCREASE SELF AWARENESS TO DEVELOP A SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIFFERENT AND COMPLEMENTARY TALENTS, PRESENT IN THE ROOM, TO GET TO CO-LEARN, CO-CREATE

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ART OF HOSTING

WELCOME AND LISTEN TO DIVERSE VIEWPOINTS

MAXIMIZE PARTICIPATION AND CIVILITY

TRANSFORM CONFLICT INTO CREATIVE COOPERATION

ACCELERATING Systemic Transformation

Design, hosts, facilitating action, learning experiences

Working at work flow studio a inter section of Authentic Leadership

Sustainable Development Collaborative community Building in order to

accelerate the profound transformation that is needed in our world~

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Building flexible scaffolding to support a creative hands on,

interactive experience Day 1: Cultivating community

and creating shared understanding of the people, projects and possibilities in the room

Day 2: Through working

together, prototype new possibilities, and get a deeper sense of the capacity of the ecosystem.

Sensing and feeling with every cell.

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LEADERSHIP

JOY INTUITIVE HEART LOVE

LOVE CREATES LIFE CHEMICALS MOVING THROUGH THE BODY- WE HAVE A CHOICE

WE CAN CHOOSE LOVE TUNING IN INTO THIS

WISDOM TUNING IN INTO A

CREATIVE FIELD

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OUR NATURE = LOVE

CULTIVATING AN INVITING HEART

TO ALLOW ITSELF INTO A JOURNEY

HAVING NEW RELATIONSHIPS

SHARING AND LEARNING

POSSIBILITIES ACTIONS HEALTHY

CONVERSATIONS RESPECT OPENNESS FRIENDLY

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SYNTONY

COMPASS CONVERSATION

LADDER

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THE RIGHT PEOPLE

COLLABORATIVE BIG PICTURE SYSTEMS THINKERS ACTIVELY ENGAGED

IN CREATING CHANGE

BRING THEM TOGETHER IN THE RIGHT WAY

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I AM LUCKY

I HAVE BEEN SURROUNDING MYSELF WITH THIS COMMUNITY

BEING GENTLE WITH MYSELF AND LIMIT OUR JOY JOYFULL AND PEACEFULL , THE KEY TO JOY IS THE MENTAL SHIFT = THE EXPERIENCE OF LOVE

HAPPINEZ, HEALTH, LOVE AND JOY

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LEVEL 1 SYNTONY LADDER:

WHAT IS MY LIFE,S PURPOSE?

WHAT ARE MY TALENTS?

WHAT IS THE MEANING TO LIFE?

AM I listening with every cell of my being?

Personal sustainability

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Level 2: socio-cultural sustainability

What common cares brings us together?

Shared vision? What do we want to

create? What do we need to

learn? Deep dialogues collaborations

Considerateness Empathy Openness Joy

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Level 3: ecological sustainability

What gifts do we receive from nature?

Listening to the messages of all beings

Ultimate unity Restoring relationships

& connections

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Level 4: evolutionary sustainability

Learning to read the patterns of change of which we are a part of. Hear the rhythms of life

Cultivating our ability to play our own piece

Sing and dance our path into existence in harmony with the cosmic creation

How ? Activity? Our work

our life

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Frame insights:

Embody patterns of nature

Systems thinking into systems feeling

Integration of the rational intuitive thinking

3 principles of holism

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Holistic paradigm

Complex systems Consciousness Information Energy and matter Unitary system

evolution

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Living environments influences our creativity

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Time- in

My little son Senna told me we need to let go the concept of time out and use time in = time to give a big hugg and smile and feeling comfortable and safe

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Human biospheric sphere

New identity Wij leren van onze

kinderen Deze generatie begrijpt

beter wat sociaal zijn betekent dan wij

Kinderen troosten en warmte geven is basisbehoefte altijd

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Being in nature

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Sensing and being

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Expressing authentic self

Listening beyond words

Sensing with the whole being

Expression of human being

An envolving humanity An integration of full

human capacities

Systems being = systems livings

The journey = the transformative learning process of expansion of consciousness

From awareness to embodiment

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Systems being

Living a new consciousness

Metareflections Instant communications

To live lightley, joyfully, peacefully and meaningfull

This is an inside job Systainability is a

learning journey Empathy and love Human family relationships

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Systems being

Syntony quest• www.syntonyquest.org Humanity = one Nourished Sustained Before we can change

the way we live We need to change

ourselves

Process of recovering By living a new

consciousness Meta reflections Instant communications Organisational

transformation and social change

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Connection from head,heart, hands?

Move from teaching systems to creating the conditions for experiencing and living systems

Creating a mood Generative Strategic The connections through

life are the experiences and reflections, this involves a life long learning

Commitment to integrate cognition and emotion

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Systems feeling

Connecting to our emotions and will

Being able to make the emotional connection

Seeing has an emotional connection

Tranlating ideas into action

2 types of systems thinkers

1. those who cognitivly understand and talk the systems talk

2. those who appreciate and can feel what it means to embrace a systems view

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System feeling

Face the challenge to bridge the gap between our technological intelligence , social cultural and ethical intelligence to use technologies for the greates good

A call for participation innovating a future of peace

Abundance partnership

Translating ideas into action

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How to practice conversation?

Move To a living and

experiencing system Feel our physical space Our tone of voice Facial and body

expression

Be fully present in a conversation

Be fully present in a conversation

Be fully present in a conversation

Be fully present in a conversation

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Systems thinking into systems feeling

A big moving picture Ethical perspective To create knowledge Understandig integrating

Bridges to approaches by using both analysis & synthesis

Combining synthesis & analysis

From cognitive perspective

Patterns of change Why, what question?

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Systems thinking a new way of seeing

A cell An organism A society or a galaxy A gate opening up A system = a set of

interconnected elements that form a whole, show properties

From the Greek:” synhistanai”

= to place together Opportunities for

exploring Thinking in terms rather

than structures of processes of relationships of interconnections

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Reflecting on my journey of learning

How to become fully me A dynamic flow Interactions Archetypes Theories Not enough to sufficient Critical rational path

methods and useful tools

Systems thinking into systems feeling:

The beginning – transformative process

Leading to: expansion of consciousness

New ways of learning & the emergence

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Systems thinking into systems feeling

All our relations Playfully engaged in a

life long creativity Remembering how to

be curious enquire reconnection

Harmonize with patterns of change

Learning to listen to and change

Play Play Play Play Listen and harmonize Listen and harmonize Listen and harmonize

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Embodyment of evolutionary leadership

Heraclitus “everything flows” Proces orientation

embraced by system thinking

Abundance mental model

Higer purpose Ecologiess of

innovation

Systems feelings Evolutionary leadership Systems being Systems thinking A systems paradigm as

coherent framework of thought

1975 Laszlo came to existence

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Keywords evolutionary leadership

Aware of potential to develop a general theory or organized complexity

Pioneered by organismic biologist

Enriched by gestalt psychologist

Ecologist Capra, 1996 one hand

The other hand: Scientists 1920” developments in other: engineering< information< theory< management< cybernetics

Recognition as a relevant useful way of understanding and acting in the world

Biological technical origins

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From systems thinking into systems being:

The evolution of our way to seeing and living in the world

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International Society of Systems Science ( ISSS)

EVOLUTION OF OUR WAY TO SEEING AND LIVING IN THE WORLD

1920, SCIENTISTS 1975 ( LASZLO) GENERAL THEORY OF

ORGANIZED COMPLEXITY

1937: Introduction Ludwig von Bertalanffy,

emerging systems idea ( GTS) GENERAL SYSTEMS

THEORY: HAMMOND 1997:2

1954: together with Ralph Gerard and Anatol Rapoport, James Miller, Kenneth Boulding established the Society for the Advancement of general system theory.

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How can we connect?

Everything is possible How can we connect? We are to fragmented

so we need to enter it through music, dance to a spirit~

We get signals and perceptions and it is now an evolution

We can change the direction

It is about the deeper brothers we are oneness

Connections are real Through music, writing,

dancing, meditating we reach the field

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The idea

Everyone follows Everyone leads is

powerful Reflections of the

nature For the good of the

whole

Evolutionary leadership is an ever changing flux of interconnections that seek to intentionally create the conditions for the emergence of a better future~ quote of Peter Merry of the Wisdom University

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Evolutionary leadership

The embodiment of systems being

Creating new realities Learning how to shape

the future Creating a domain to

deepen understanding of reality and participating

No longer victims of circumstances but: participating in creating new circumstances

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multilevelness

Dabrowski System theory Ontwikkelingsnivo,s Emotionele ontwikkeling Ego centrisme naar

altruisme naar proces van uiteenvallen

Gaat samen met een innerlijk conflict, dat is normaal = gezond proces

Positive desintegration

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Syntony compass:

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Syntony conversation

Coming together~ turning together~suspension~ internal listening accepting difference mutual trust building~ dialogue~building common grond~confronting each others assumptions, reveal feeling~

Metalogue~thinking and feeling as a group~ building shared assumptions culture~

4 practices of syntony No discussions or

advocay = competitions & conviction- no dialetic = examing opposites~no debate = resolving by logic= beating down

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Concept of Syntony:

Listening to the rhythm of change learning how to play our own melody in ways that harmonize with the larger piece = zingeving wie/wat is er nog meer?

It is possible to elicit harmoneous patterns of change in ourselves, in others, in our broader environment

Purposefully and consciously & intentionally

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Tune into useful frequencies

We can learn to find and create resonant processes with the dynamics of those things we interact.

In its highest form, syntony becomes a natural way of being and becoming with the world and is effortless, spontaneous, as breathing

We can re-learn of them how to live as a system of syntony. Our mission, our identity and who I am?

It is the ability to read the environment, to listen to messages, to pay attention with hightened sensitivity, this confered evolutionary advantage on creatures whose survival needs were based on inter connection and inter dependence

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Action:

Changing course Orientating yourself Navigating through chaos Re orienting to

sustainability patterns of change

Re-aligning with sustainable processes of transformation are challenges!

Strong sense of syntony Ability to engage in

complex learning Through effort and

practice we can learn to navigate in any of 3 ways :

1.computer, navigational technologies

A you are here technology, simple and easy to use

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Thanks to Kathia Lazlo _ leadership for sustainability

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Sarah Verwei Catalyst, Facilitator, Coach & Ambassador

+31 6 507 483 33Skype: synergie63

sarahverwei@gmail.comFacebook : Work Flow Studio

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With special thanks to Dr. Kathia Laszlo for her inspirational Leadership of Saybrook,s Project X

Thanks for the connection and collaboration with Syntony Quest