System work is not about solutions; it’s about discovering and steering local pathways for change at a pace appropriate for our ability to learn and for what local communities can enact and absorb.
There are no Robinson Crusoes in this world. We all live connected lives. We participate in families, communities, organizations, transportation systems, education systems, political systems, health systems, and so on. Though this point may be obvious, only recently have many philanthropic organizations come to embrace explicit system perspectives in their work. But what does it mean to make such a commitment?
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