Interview with Joel Veborg and Rodolpho Zuniga of Save The Children, and Sabina Tethorey of City of Malmö. Forward Malmö is a movement that brings together a number of organizations with shared and overlapping mandates to multi-sector, multi-stakeholder change. How can we best convene to change the conditions that impact shared problems?

At a working session on systems change last fall, Tim and Tuesday's opening remarks focused on how to show up. If we’re going to approach difference differently—in the interest of different (better!) results—how should we fend-off the shut-down of our automatic turf protection mode?

In episode fifteen, Tim and Tuesday share insights on their many rapid-pace leaps and lessons over the last year. The Outside’s team, delivery, story, and facilitation is a constant iteration—a balance of incredible field work, personal growth, and big building. This week, they explore how to do justice to the work—and work to justice.

Happy birthday to us Outsiders—from launch day in March 2018 to now, we’re into our second year of existence. Tim and I got together to reflect on such a big, challenging, and exciting year—one rich with expansion and travel, new movements and longtime colleagues.

Facilitators aren’t naturally better at levelling-up the possibility in a room. They practice it. In episode fourteen of FIND THE OUTSIDE: THE PODCAST, master facilitator Gibrán Rivera joins Tim and Tuesday for a conversation about how to co-create the space to tackle insurmountable problems.

To understand today’s reality, we need to examine yesterday’s actions and our connection to them. In episode thirteen of FIND THE OUTSIDE: THE PODCAST, Tim and Tuesday continue the conversation around history, impact, and our world.

To understand today, we examine our connection to yesterday’s actions. In episode twelve of FIND THE OUTSIDE: THE PODCAST, Tim and Tuesday honour and interpret their ancestors’ roles and impacts — think reverberations of colonialism and class — to grasp the underpinnings of our current world.

To sustain momentum, we need to be able to recognize and opt out of limiting beliefs. In episode six of FIND THE OUTSIDE: THE PODCAST, Tim and Tuesday explore the role played by limiting beliefs in their work on systems change, equity and leadership—and the practice of letting them go.

What would we say to a group of collaborators tasked with a new mandate and about to set out into that new territory? What’s most important to remember, especially given the certainty of facing difficult realities and doing things counter to ‘the way things have always been done’? For a primer and refresher in-one, watch the whole 20x20 presentation. Let’s keep stretching!

How can we combat cynicism and despair in leading change? In episode ten of FIND THE OUTSIDE: THE PODCAST, Tim and Tuesday talk to author and collaborator Kate Inglis on the parallels of being light-keepers despite impossible loss as human beings, and impossible odds as change leaders.

How to build bridges for action and capacity? Hint: it’s all in the listening. In episode nine of FIND THE OUTSIDE: THE PODCAST, Tim and Tuesday dig into the reflex to act without pausing to consider the schisms at-play — and illuminate how and why we retreat from difficulty (and from each other).

Progress requires facilitators to stage the room for healing. In episode eight of FIND THE OUTSIDE: THE PODCAST, Tim and Tuesday empathize with facilitators and collaborators separated by organizational difference or mandates — and explore how to go deep and draw out the greatest value.

Change is scary. It’s uncertain territory. Even when we think of ourselves as pretty open to change—even actively seeking it—we’re more skittish and territorial animals than we like to think. The good news: forging a way through stuckness is a skill and a self-awareness we can practice.

As a facilitator, it’s not always easy to lead change and bring always-on energy when you’re worried about paying the bills. In episode seven of FIND THE OUTSIDE: THE PODCAST, Tim and Tuesday invite us ‘backstage’ to share revelations and lessons along the path of making their work of systems change into a repeatable, bankable business.

In our two-part series on power, we talk about keeping big ideas on-track by aligning the green-light givers, the icebreakers, and the potential blockers. In part two, we share the story of change leaders who struggled with sharing power—and what we did to shift the room's capacity and problem-solve through complexity.

To sustain momentum, we need to be able to recognize and opt out of limiting beliefs. In episode six of FIND THE OUTSIDE: THE PODCAST, Tim and Tuesday explore the role played by limiting beliefs in their work on systems change, equity and leadership—and the practice of letting them go.

In our two-part series on power, we talk about keeping big ideas on-track by aligning the green-light givers, the icebreakers, and the potential blockers. Part one is on the peril of ignoring power dynamics—and on the steps to securing power and mandate behind systems change work.

When you choose to stay small rather than scale up, you have the freedom to point your energy with greater precision. In episode five of FIND THE OUTSIDE: THE PODCAST, Tim and Tuesday unpack why they’ve declined invitations to grow bigger, choosing instead to make The Outside small, flexible, and connected.

Facing setbacks, disappointment, and injustice isn’t just a matter of optimism or talent. It’s a practice. In episode four of FIND THE OUTSIDE: THE PODCAST, Tim and Tuesday reflect on the mindset shift of seeing reality clearly—not just the future that we hope for—and the value of working with what is, right now.

Today, we explore the how-to of facilitation that brings more—ideas, voices, clarity—forward. In episode three of FIND THE OUTSIDE: THE PODCAST, we contemplate the nature of neutrality. Is it even possible—or desirable—to be neutral as a host or facilitator? What are our obligations towards the people in the room?