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This pandemic is racking our bodies, but it is also blowing our minds. A teenager in Soweto, the British Prime Minister, and my next-door-neighbor experience the same thing. Hospitals spread sickness. People die alone. Worship and grocery shopping are death defying acts. Institutions that protect us are putting us at risk. News anchors and political candidates work from their basements. Spring does not bring Seder, the baseball opener, or graduation.
How are we supposed to make sense of these extraordinary times?
Business & IndustryBuild Adaptive Capacity
In this interview, Jen Berg, HSD Associate, responds to four questions:
How did you discover HSD?
What HSD tool has made the biggest impact?
What is a good example of how you used HSD?
How has HSD made a difference in your professional life?
Learn more about Jen Berg at http://www.jenberg.com/
March 16, 2017
Join us to hear HSD Professionals share their HSD stories about how they use HSD principles, models, and methods to change their worlds every day. Additionally at this Annual Meeting of the Human Systems Dynamics Institute, Glenda Eoyang, our founder and Executive Director, will report about the Institute’s work and continuing growth for the future.
Teaching & Learning
June 2, 2016
There are many great ideas for excellent teaching and learning. From communities of practice to problem-based learning, if you can imagine it, there is an instructional “solution” to match your view. The challenge is that none of these strategies is always the right fit. Each one is excellent for some topics, in some situations, with some learners, but none is fit for all. Explore universal questions that lead to specific answers for unique learners in complex environments.
June 22, 2023
HSD Community Commons met to hear Janice Ryan share her "HSD Journey" and how she has continued to learn more about HSD, even as she has used it to build her practice with people who have dementia and with divergent learners. Her story is a powerful one and is captured in this video.
In the session, Glenda Eoyang, founder of the field of Human Systems Dynamics and Executive Director of the HSD Institute talked about the next phase of growth and development in the field. She talked about upcoming changes and efforts to strengthen the HSD network beyond the dependence on the HSD Institute. Listen to her compelling story and consider how you might step in to help frame the next steps.
Build Adaptive Capacity
November 5, 2015
Glenda Eoyang uses Adaptive Action to engage viewers in a discussion about emotional knowing. What? Difference generates tension. Tension generates energy. Energy generates change. So what? Notice and understand patterns of tension in self. Identify options for action. Now what? Find your own best wise action.
GovernmentBuild Adaptive Capacity
Whenever I talk about my work with someone, they eventually ask me for tips on how to deal with a difficult person. Often the difficulty arises when they, or the other, lose their temper. I find this to be a very common and important question both in the workplace and in our homes. We all get angry, and we all deal with the anger of others. It is life. It is human.