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School of System Change in Finance, launched by Aviva Investors in partnership with Forum for the Future and the School of System Change, is a course for inspired and ambitious leaders from across the finance system who are keen to contribute to wider change in the finance industry and to build their own capacity to drive deep change for sustainability. Read more
Zoya is a skilled facilitator and ecosystem enabler for impact driven networks, cross-sector collaborations and social innovation. She is a network partner for the School of System Change in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, facilitating learning experiences and cultivating the field in this region. Read more
Introducing a five-week introductory dive into systems change equips change makers with frameworks and tools to increase their capacity to work more systemically on complex challenges Read more
Joy is deeply experienced in using Futures for system change. She has fifteen years experience of applying foresight and system change methodologies across a wide range of sectors and organisations. Read more
Spark is a learning offering focused on supporting leadership, facilitation and practice for system change practitioners with multiple offerings from October to November 2022. Read more
Spark Retreat is a in-person learning offering focused on supporting leadership, facilitation and practice for system change practitioners in October 2022. Read more
Marion is a seasoned global health and partnering professional with 15 years’ experience spanning a career working for leading organisations across the private, public and non-profit sectors. Read more
Do you want to create positive change for health systems? The School of System Change, with the Johnson & Johnson Foundation, is accepting applications for a six-month course that will equip you with the skills to lead transformational change. Read more
This module explores the landscape of different approaches to understanding and tracking systemic learning and impact, and what it takes to create a learning culture/organisation. Read more
This module explores different systemic strategies that can be cultivated in order to impact change. Read more
This module provides frameworks and concepts in systems diagnosis practice to help you better understand complexity and uncertainty as a funder. Read more
Our core introductory programme to system change practice, kicking off in May 2022. This programme is for changemakers from all sectors who are looking to design more effective strategies for complex challenges, collaborations and create impactful systemic change . Sessions are run from the UK but we welcome participation from anywhere with a compatible timezone. Read more
Mabel is CEO of Belcomm Limited, a Marketing and Brand building agency, and UPSTART Skills Bank which focuses on training and consultancy in Organization Development, Strategic Planning, Enterprise development, Leadership, Change Management and assisting progressive organizations design strategic plans and tailor made development programs for their staff. Read more
Constança is a facilitator and designer of collaboration and innovation processes for sustainability and regenerative development. She belongs to a collective dedicated to transformative change - in teams, organisations and fields of action - grounded on an integral and living systems approach. Read more
Jonathan is Associate Director for Criminal Justice & Care Navigation for Rethink Mental Illness, a national mental health charity in the UK. He has over 20 years of experience working in Health and Justice environments, having worked in both operational and strategic roles. Read more
Malik is Director of the Wandsworth Community Empowerment Network based in south London, which addresses the structural inequalities and systemic racism that leads to discrimination, poverty and hardship, by unlocking the capabilities of frontline community groups and their members to be the agents of change within their own neighbourhoods and constituencies. Read more
Louisa Hooper, Senior Programme Manager, leads on the UK Branch’s Environment theme at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, currently focusing on initiatives to promote the value of the ocean. She has previously worked in publishing, communications and education (including in rural Japan) and is a writer in her spare time. Read more
Rinku Sen, Executive Director of Narrative Initiative, is a writer and social justice strategist. She is formerly the Executive Director of Race Forward and was Publisher of their award-winning news site Colorlines. Read more
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 applications of complexity science to human systems, and she founded the field of human systems dynamics (HSD) in 2001. Read more
As a Blue Marble Evaluator, Charmagne supports organizations and initiatives working to transform systems to promote equity and sustainability. Read more
Myrna is CEO and heads up Professional Services training and supervising Deep Democracy Instructors. She is responsible for innovation and ongoing development of Lewis Deep Democracy. She consults internationally to the private and public sectors specializing in interventions and transformation in complex and challenging situations. Read more
Do you want to create positive change in your field? The School of System Change is accepting applications for our 2022 Basecamp Americas that will equip you with the skills and practices to lead transformational change. Read more
Martin is an author and specialist in leadership and organisation development. He is co-faculty of the Presencing Institute, Visiting Fellow of the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School, and Research Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Read more
Facilitation, Inquiry and Practice to ignite systems change with this 2-month virtual course for Europe-friendly time zones starting November 2021. Read more
A 3-month long online learning journey run in collaboration with Marine CoLAB Read more
Rob is Systems & Complexity coach at The Omidyar Group and leads a community of practice supporting teams to engage with complexity to create societal change. He brings his experience in academia, facilitation and peace-building to the School, running sessions on systems change and complexity. Read more
Anna-Marie is the Director and Lead, Philanthropic Collaboration at Co-Impact. Anna-Marie fosters collaboration and mobilizes funding for Co-Impact, helping funders contribute to meaningful improvements in the lives of millions of people. Read more
As an analyst with the Evaluation and Learning and Strategy Office teams at the Skoll Foundation, Gurpreet contributes to the Foundation’s understanding of the systems in which its grantees intervene, and supports ongoing learning & adaptation. Read more
Sean Andrew is a system change coach at Forum and a process designer and facilitator focusing on collaborative governance, conflict transformation, nature-based frameworks and developing emergent strategies that encourage people to work together to address contentious complex cultural and structural social-ecological questions and challenges. Read more
Georgia leads Forum’s global system change coaching workstream, supporting organizations to build their capacity and capabilities to catalyze and sustain structural and transformative system change. Read more
Dominic Hofstetter is the Director of Capital and Investments at EIT Climate-KIC, Europe’s largest climate innovation initiative. He is responsible for building the organization’s nascent investment function and has led the co-creation of Transformation Capital, a new investment logic at the intersection of systems thinking and finance practice designed to catalyse the transformation of place-based systems such as cities, landscapes, and transportation networks. Read more
Marieke is Chief Learning Officer of Transition Academy at DRIFT. She is an experienced researcher, teacher, organiser, facilitator and coach in sustainability transitions and complex systems. Marieke focuses on accessibility, participants’ connectivity and multiple ways of teaching & learning (beyond ‘cognitive’). Read more
Odin Mühlenbein is a Partner at Ashoka Germany and Co-Lead of the Systems Unit at Ashoka Globalizer. Read more
Phumlani is an adjunct lecturer with the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business (GSB). He is also an extraordinary lecturer & PhD Candidate with the School of Public Leadership (SPL) at Stellenbosch University. Read more
A system change learning experience in partnership with DRIFT Transition Academy kicking off in September 2021. Applications are now open to changemakers from all sectors who are looking to grow their impact. Sessions are planned around European time zones, but you can participate from anywhere. Read more
Sumi is an international development practitioner with a commitment to social justice. As Forum for the Future's Associate Director for APAC, Sumi's interest is in applying systems change practices within the social justice & human rights movement. Read more
Do you want to create positive change in your field? The School of System Change is accepting applications for our fully online course that will equip you with the skills and practices to lead transformational change. Read more
Do you want to create positive change in your field? The School of System Change is accepting applications for our next six-month fully online course that will equip you with the skills and practices to lead transformational change. Read more
Are you wanting to strengthen the sustainable social impact in your field? The School of System Change and MitOst are accepting applications for this six-month course that will equip you with the skills to lead transformational change. Read more
Abdul is co-founder of Visual Confidence. For the past 10 years he has been actively learning and teaching the communicative practice of graphic recording and facilitation, and brings his experience of design thinking and visual facilitation to the School. Read more
Darya is a Partner at Leaders’ Quest, a global social enterprise that works with leaders across sectors to tackle big systemic challenges. Her work ranges from stewarding multi-stakeholder coalitions to designing immersive leadership development programs. Read more
Ben is Faculty at Regenesis Institute and specialises in a holistic, systems-based approach to understanding and building upon the complex human, natural and economic relationships that create and sustain the vitality and viability of a place. He helps organisations to develop models of thinking that integrate ecological and living-systems approaches with large-scale development. Read more
Founder at Urbaniser, and a Senior Lecturer for Strategy and Complexity at Regent’s University London, Orit is a complexity tinkerer with a passion for designing solutions for wicked problems. An expert generalist, she has worked in tech start-ups; peace-building NGOs; innovative policy think-tanks; and corporate market research. Read more
Based in London, she has spent the last decade working on system change collaborations - from Civil Society Futures, Sustainable Shipping Initiative, Future of Sustainability and EU Innovate. Read more
Rodrigo is an award-winning designer from ICSID and AIGA and founder of 21st Century Design and Engage by Design. He is Principal at Forum for the Future and advisor for the sustainability startup Made of Air. His work has covered different sectors, including urban and mobility issues, technology for impact, sustainable materials, education and entrepreneurial ecosystems. Read more
Lisa Gibson is a transformative coach, facilitator and systems change consultant based in Vancouver, BC. With 25 years experience in local and international work at multiple scales, she specializes in working with individuals, organizations and communities to embed systemic change, transform belief systems, and construct alliances across diversity. Read more
A modular learning journey about systems change for funders from philanthropy, impact investing, and the public sector. Read more
How do systems actually change? And how do we bring about the sorts of transformational shifts that can change the world? Read more
Rachel is a systemic leadership, strategy and learning facilitator and coach, with over 15 years’ experience designing and facilitating innovative, participatory leadership and change processes for sustainable development. As co-founder of Edge Effects, she supports individuals and organisations to unlock effective responses to complex systemic challenges. Read more
Sophie is a Researcher & Consultant at DRIFT, where she works on transitions towards more sustainable and just societies. Sophie facilitates sessions in which participants learn about societal change from a transitions perspective, and how transformative governance and experimentation play a role in accelerating transitions. Read more
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Rupesh has supported learning on systems thinking at the Open University for over 15 years. He has also worked as a participatory development practitioner and community educator in the UK and India. His interests include community empowerment and relational practice in learning for change. Read more
Are you wanting to create positive change in your field? The School of System Change is accepting applications for our six-month course that will equip you with systems thinking skills to lead transformational change. Read more
Payam is an executive and team coach and a facilitator focused on creating dialogue and change in the face of conflict and resistance, supporting leaders to own their leadership through awareness. Her experience spans the consultancy services and IT sectors and beyond. Read more
Philippe is the founder of shiftN, a consultancy providing strategic services 'to change makers for good', relying on a mix of futures and systems techniques to help organisations work through complex strategic issues. His varied background includes engineering, philosophy and urban planning. Read more
Sera is a social innovator and facilitator whose work focuses on building capacity for participatory leadership and creating movement around complex issues. Her teaching covers the theory and practice of managing up, down and across within complex organisations using the tools of Deep Democracy. Read more
Rachel is Co-Founder of The Systems Sanctuary, which was created to support the growing number of pioneers experimenting with systemic interventions to systemic problems. She shares her rich experiences of this and co-leading a systems change finance initiative for 8 years. Read more
Bill is an expert in futures techniques and is one of the originators of the Three Horizons approach to futures. Previously at Hewlett Packard, he now works with colleagues to pioneer new approaches to futures, systems thinking, and transformative innovation for one planet living. Read more
Ruth is Director of Collaborative Networks Program at the Garfield Foundation. She currently focuses on sharing what the foundation is learning about designing and evaluating systems change through multi-stakeholder collaborative networks such as the RE-AMP Network and Cancer Free Economy Network. Read more
Lucía is an interdisciplinary problem-solver and collaboration catalyst, passionate about creating solutions at the intersections of climate change and social justice. Her expertise is in cultivating authentic, lasting collaborations that enable us to meet the demands of the ecological crisis. Read more
Annabel is a ‘co-conspirator’ for systemic transformation and collaborative strategy process, working with a wide variety of organisations across different sectors. Her wide-ranging work includes designing organisations and networks structures, co-hosting deep change processes and more. Read more
Eric is a leadership expert specialising in leadership development and systems change. His work has been used around the world to tackle challenges in transitioning to a low-carbon economy, improving health equity and access, and evolving the role of technology in our daily lives. Read more
Leen helps organisations and businesses innovate like nature. She is the founder of Studio Transitio, specialising in ecology, transition and systems sciences, regenerative design and bio-inspired innovation. Her previous experience includes 8 years working at the Flemish Institute for Technological Research. Read more
Russ helps people who don’t know each other, and often don’t even like each other, solve complex problems together. He teaches how to lead effective collaboration using complex systems change, design-driven innovation, and leveraging conflict and diversity as sources of strategic innovation. Read more
Conrado has had extensive experience consulting, designing and applying strategic tools and methodologies to facilitate the development and testing of corporate strategies and business transformation initiatives internationally including Latin America, North America and Europe. Read more
Jessica brings experience with both systems change theory and practice to her work as a facilitator and storyteller. She currently works to document and share the story of the Garfield Foundation’s grant-making, while also contributing to its learning, evaluation and capacity building practices. Read more
In June 2018, we co-convened an event on Wasan Island, Canada, bringing together practitioners, academics, funders to explore together how we might work together to build the field of systems change. Read more
Want to create positive change in your field? The School of System Change is preparing for our next US-based course that will equip you with systems thinking skills to lead transformational change. Read more
Learn more about upcoming system change programmes and express your interest. Read more
Jennifer is an experienced facilitator, coach and systems convener. She supports social change leaders to further develop their systemic practice, connecting and conspiring with network practitioners, facilitators, and consultants and various communities of practice. Read more
Jean researches, writes and teaches about embracing complexity. She investigates how to deal with a complex, interconnected, often fast-changing and uncertain world. Jean is particularly supporting contributors at the School in learning from each other and learning through teaching. Read more
Anna is Director of the School, overseeing the learning and curriculum and driving the vision and ambition internationally. Anna brings years of practical experience equipping people and businesses, NGOs and others with cutting edge tools for system change, and deeper thinking and inquiry from her research. Read more
Read a thought piece from Anna Birney, Director of the School of System Change and Director of Learning and Community at Forum for the Future, about the capabilities we need for system change and how to grow them. Read more
In the face of complex challenges, more people need to be able to lead initiatives that create change across whole systems. We are cultivating the emerging field of system change; helping people navigate multiple systems-based approaches; and growing a global community of change agents. Read more
