About the module

In this module, we will be stepping into a complexity worldview to understand and diagnose issues on a systemic level through

• Gaining frameworks and concepts in systems diagnosis practice;
• Learning from other funders about where they are in their systems practice journey;
• Challenging assumptions about the ways of working as a funder; and 
• Inquiring into your own systems learning journey and setting up intentions for next steps into your systems practice.

Learning outcomes include:

• Equipped with a better understanding how to work with complexity and uncertainty as a funder
• Seeing the change journey towards systems practice and locating yourself on this journey
• Initiated into tools and approaches for interconnections and systemic challenges

Past module included contributors such as:

• Alice Evans, Cultivating Leadership and formerly Lankelly Chase
• Anna Marie Harling, Co-Impact
• Gurpreet Singh, Skoll Foundation
• Mary Tangelder, Mastercard Foundation
• Phumlani Nkontwana, Stellenbosch University
• Rob Ricigliano, The Omidyar Group
• Rodrigo Bautista, Forum for the Future
• Ruth Rominger, Rominger Design and formerly Garfield Foundation

Module structure

Each module runs 5-weeks long with 3 consecutive half-days of online learning, followed by 3 weeks of weekly peer learning groups between the start and closing session. Those 3 weeks consist of weekly 60 min calls (timing TBD by participants) with your small group and coach.