The need
Addressing complex (wicked) human services type problems and opportunities such as homelessness, drug and alcohol dependency, and disability entrepreneurship requires the bringing together of individuals and organisations that have very different practice approaches.
While it is not realistic for these different stakeholders to become competent in each other’s approach to practice, it is possible to increase the alignment of their approaches and create systemic change through the facilitation of a place-based Systemic Landscape of Practice Lab.
Systemic Landscape of Practice Labs bring together the practices of people with lived experience, service delivery organisations, and social enterprise support organisations to address human services type wicked problems and opportunities, while also increasing the economic self-determination of people with lived experience of the problem.
Systemic Landscape of Practice Labs
Systemic Landscape of Practice Labs are informed by a range of theories and principles, including:
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Landscapes of practice
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Systemic design
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Critical systems thinking
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Systems social entrepreneurship approaches, and
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Just design
Instead of focusing on the cohesion of different approaches to practice, landscapes of practice bring together individuals and organisations from diverse practices to create the knowledgeability that is required to address human services type wicked problems and opportunities.
Knowledgeability does not imply competence in all the practices in a landscape, but rather it is the insights and relationships that a stakeholder has with other areas of practice in a landscape of practice.
About the Masterclass
This 2 hr Masterclass will introduce participants to the Systemic Landscape of Practice approach and increase participants understanding of why this Lab’s approach is so well-suited to addressing human services type wicked problems and opportunities.
During the Masterclass, participants will be taken through a combination of presentation materials and activities.
The Masterclass will cover:
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The systemic innovation lab approach
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Wicked lab’s tool for systemic change
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Why a systemic landscape of practice lab approach is needed for human services type wicked problems
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Systemic design
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Critical systems thinking
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Design justice principles
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The two theories of change of systemic landscape of practice labs
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The six stages of the systemic landscape of practice lab approach
Activities during the Masterclass will include:
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Matching lab approaches to wicked problem types
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Embedding design justice principles into your organisation’s practice
Date and Price
The masterclass will be held on Thursday 7th September 2023 1 -3pm ACST
Cost is per participant and discounted for those with a current Tool for Systemic Change license.
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Cost with a current license - $300
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Cost with no licence - $350
The price includes access to the online masterclass, access to the recorded session and copies of the PDF materials cover in the class.
Participants of the July 2023 Complex Systems Leadership Program
will receive a free place in this Masterclass.
Team programs
Give your team the knowledge, skills and tools to embrace complexity with a Systemic Landscape of Practice Lab that is tailored to your team’s needs.
This program can be run for diverse stakeholders or distributed teams whose organisation is building the capacity of a team to lead systems change.