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Nora Bateson on systems thinking and the meadow crisis

The Wisdom & Action Podcast

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Understanding Systems Change: The Situation Room vs The Meadow

Systems change can be viewed through the lens of the situation room or the meadow. The situation room approach is based on linear causal processes with direct outcomes to first-order problems, commonly seen in industry. It focuses on identifying and responding to acute, loud, and extreme problems, often overlooking the broader contextual processes. In contrast, the meadow approach emphasizes the ongoing mutual learning, relationship, and communication between organisms. It prioritizes life and the continuity of making life, where organisms continuously respond and change in relationship with each other as part of the contextual process. The meadow's process is complex and requires understanding the discontinuity of obsolete patterns of communication and relationship as the contextual process changes.

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