Posts tagged systems change
6.13: Outside Conversations with Christel Scholten - On the formative experiences of change

Tuesday and Tim welcome Christel Scholten, long-time friend, colleague and Managing Director of Reos Partners - Brazil. In this episode, Christel shares her background and journey from circle work to large-scale change. She emphasizes the importance of courage and audacity in pursuing one's purpose and she discusses her deep connection to the feminine and her work in Brazil, particularly in transforming the fashion industry.

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6.12: Outside Conversations with Geneen Haugen + Laura Blakeman - An invitation for a deeper relationship with the animate world

Tuesday and Tim welcome Dr. Geneen Marie Haugen & Dr. Laura Blakeman, of the Animas Valley Institute, where they invite listeners to imagine a different future rooted in interconnectedness and a deeper understanding of our place in the world, discuss the concept of animacy and the importance of recognizing the aliveness and intelligence of the world around us. They explore the profound intimacy and reciprocal relationship that can be experienced with all beings, and the implications of this worldview at different scales. They also discuss the need to invite back the wild twin within ourselves and the importance of engaging in full aliveness. Geneen and Laura also provide practical advice on how to begin cultivating a deeper relationship with the animate world.

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6.11: Outside Tues + Tim - On shifting paradigms for a changing planet

Tuesday and Tim reflect on the Changing Planet series and their grounded conversations with Zaid Hassan, Brett KenCairn, Katie Redford, and Annie Plotkin-Madrigal. They reflect on the importance of a coherent articulation of your stance, shifting paradigms, embracing nature-based solutions, and the role of spirit and indigenous ways of being in creating meaningful change. They also invite YOU to the final series of the pod in which we will explore the intersection of spirituality and transformation. Season 6 is off the charts!

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Special Episode: Luminosity Intensive: A Program for Women to Light up the World!

On today’s special episode of the pod, join Tuesday as she describes her latest offering: Luminosity Intensive: A Program for Women to Light up the World. The intensive is a transformative 12-week online journey designed specifically for women who are ready to embrace their true essence and illuminate the world with their light. But the Luminosity Intensive is not just an offering, Tuesday shares "it feels like I am the butterfly coming out of the chrysalis on this one. This offering is ushering in the next me in so many ways, and so I want to share these tender new, unfurling wings." Listen in to learn more!

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6.10: Outside Conversations with Katie Redford & Annie Plotkin-Madrigal - On being a standing rock

Tuesday and Tim welcome Katie Redford and Annie Plotkin-Madrigal of the Equation Campaign. In this pod, Annie and Katie explain the need for a different approach to climate philanthropy, how they confront and challenge the power of the fossil fuel industry by investing in frontline communities and movements, and the way they approach their work with a combination of head, heart, and hands. Driven by the belief that true change requires confronting corporate power, disruption, and a focus on justice, the Equation Campaign has set a 10 year deadline for their audacious work. Welcome to this brilliant conversation.

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Special Episode: Behind The Mask of the Survivor - The cost of elite boarding schools

Today’s special episode of the pod is an introduction, and invitation, to the inaugural “Behind The Mask of the Survivor." The Outside is both honoured and excited to be organizing the first “Boarding School Survivors Workshop” in North America. This is not to be confused with Indigenous Residential and Boarding Schools, especially as we are hosting in Lnu territory. The focus of this workshop is largely on the elite boarding schools that children, largely from middle to upper class families, are sent away to from as young as 7 years old. This Workshop kicks off in June 2024. Join us.

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6.09: Outside Conversations with Brett Kencairn - On the promise of the fourth wave

Tuesday and Tim welcome Brett KenCairn, a leader in the development of a new field of urban nature-based solutions. Brett brings a fresh eye to what is happening around the world, climate and ecology as well as a deeply visionary and hopeful stance for the future. This conversation, much like Brett, is both strategic and soulful. Come on in.

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6.08: Outside Conversations with Zaid Hassan - Making a moral argument for unintended consequences

Tuesday and Tim are excited to welcome back writer, strategist, facilitator, CEO of 10-in-10, and author of The Social Labs Revolution, Zaid Hassan, where he helps us kick off our first episode in the “Changing Planet” series through his second book - “How To Evolve: Using evolution to fix culture, politics and economics, stop the world from frying, & why it’s not that hard.”

Tim, Tuesday and Zaid explore the necro-paradigm (doing terrible things in the name of the greater good) and how this requires the courage to make a shift to imagining something different and valorizing new practices. They also explore how the climate crises needs to be addressed as a complex challenge, not a technical problem. This is a very provocative and evocative conversation, friends. Tune in.

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6.07: Outside Tues + Tim - Reflections on Changing Community Series - On action and discernment

Tuesday and Tim reflect on the Changing Community series, share The Outside’s AWESOME upcoming course offerings and trainings, introduce the Changing Planet series, highlight the importance of action and discernment in creating change, and discuss why Tim and Tues do not believe in New Year’s resolutions. This one has it all, friends. Tune in.

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6.06: Outside Conversations with Manish Jain - On the exponential possibilities of love and trust

Tuesday and Tim are joined by the brilliant Manish Jain, co-founder of Swaraj University, and one of the leading planetary voices for deschooling our lives and reimagining education. A longtime friend and colleague of Tuesday and Tim, Manish continues to provoke and challenge our thinking as the three dive into differing worldviews, how we can love and trust each other, and how we can support ourselves and others to build community in all kinds of different ways.

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6.05: Outside Conversations with David Stevenson - Some things are better left said

Tuesday and Tim are joined by David Stevenson, CEO of the Moose Hide Campaign, where they deep dive into the practice of Circle, the incredible work of the Moose Hide Campaign; including the reason they’ve identified men and boys for their work, the need for connection and skill-building in our relationships to address intimate partner violence, how this campaign is creating social connectivity, and how the Moose Hide Campaign is focused on scaling wide to let the medicine carry its own depth and conversation.

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6.04: Outside Conversations with Francis Kangata + Tim Merry - How following your joy makes a community

Tuesday is joined by Tim Merry and Francis Kangata, co-founders of Mahone Bay United, where they talk about the founding and purpose of Mahone Bay United, the positive impacts that football can have on players, families and the larger community, their working relationship, what’s next for the Club, and the opportunities and challenges of making change in community. This one has all the feels, friends. Tune in.

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6.03: Outside Conversations with Deanna James - Doing philanthropy differently

Tuesday and Tim are joined by Deanna James, President of the St. Croix Foundation, where they talk about philanthropy as a system, how the St. Croix Foundation is doing philanthropy differently, and how Deanna is redirecting power in new ways to drive social change that will make impact beyond the boundaries of St. Croix. This one is provocative, friends. Tune in.

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6.02: Outside Conversations with Chris Corrigan + Caitlin Frost - On the reciprocity of community

Tuesday and Tim are joined by long-time friends and colleagues, Chris Corrigan & Caitlin Frost, where they help us kick off our first series of the pod on Changing Community. Chris and Caitlin share stories of what community means to them, the idea of “claiming and being claimed,” creating the container, boundaries, and reciprocity. What a delicious way to start!

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Book Chapter: “Collaboration in the Spirit of Democracy - A Method to Tackle Complex Challenge, by Sandra Hedman & Roberto Scaramuzzino

We’re pleased to share “Collaboration in the Spirit of Democracy - A Method to Tackle Complex Challenge.” This book chapter describes collaboration between sectors and organizations as a method for social change, as well as reflections on its possibilities and challenges. The content of the method described in this chapter has been developed through experiences from Forward Malmö, which is a local arena for collaboration, as well as models and materials developed by Sensus' collaboration partner The Outside.

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Article: "Not this" - a quieter aspect of transformation, by Tuesday Ryan-Hart

This is the third in a three-part series that Tuesday has written about transformation (revisit Part 1 & Part 2). In hindsight, this could actually have been the first instalment of the series, but that is not how it flowed from her. In fact, she says that it feels like this could only be written at this specific moment in her own transformation.

She reflects on staying in the liminal space of transformation far longer than she anticipated. This extended period has allowed her to uncover and articulate long-held.

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5.23: Outside Tues + Tim - Choose your own Change Adventure

For the final episode of Season 5, Tues and Tim chat about the mosaic of this season’s podcast guests who pushed, expanded, and made them think differently. Change is on and we are all adapting, as the circumstances around us shift. Anyone who clings to a simple answer risks getting lost along the way. Tune in for some great reflections and ways to forge forwards in the midst of uncertainty.

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