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June 5, 2014 Glenda Eoyang explores four questions, relative to training ROI: What? is the process of learning in a complex system? What? is the value of learning in a complex system? So what? is the return on investment? Now what? can you do to realize ROI?
GovernmentCollaborate to Create Community
Conflict is described in many ways. I offer here my own description of conflict in three parts: 1) Conflict is where past and future meet, 2) Conflict is learning, 3) Conflict is a complex dynamic. With each part, I offer a link to the elements of HSD thought that best connect with my description, and I provide simple questions to help readers apply the theory in practical ways.
October 7, 2021 We live in a world that is uncertain and unpredictable. We see individuals, families, communities floundering as they deal with today’s challenges: Encounter forces they can’t predict, control, or even imagine Face a broadly diverse range of experiences, individuals, and opportunities that are often contradictory and confusing Experience that their lives are entangled with others’ decisions and actions Watch this webinar to learn about specific competencies required to thrive in such a world. We will explore what we need to learn for ourselves; to teach our children; to encourage our employees; and to connect with our neighbors and our larger communities.
Build Adaptive Capacity
2013 was a productive and satisfying year for the staff and Network of the HSD Institute.  We hope the same is true for you, and we thank you for your Adaptive Actions that continue to drive energy and insight into the complex dynamics of learning, work, and play. 
Build Adaptive Capacity
“Nothing is Intractable.” That’s the tagline on the HSD website. It’s the footer in our stationery. It’s on the first slide of every PowerPoint deck we create. We believe it’s true. And we continue to get questions about how that’s possible when life is so complex.  
Build Adaptive Capacity
Mathematicians call it the Baker Transformation. Biologists call it respiration. Physical therapists call it exercise. Artists call it inspiration. Teachers call it learning. Learners call it cramming. Musicians call it melody. Bakers call it kneading.
In today’s blog, Royce shares a brief memoir she recently wrote, along with a poem that was inspired as she reflected on that story this week, on Memorial Day here in the USA.