resilience thinking and being a vector for positive societal change January 10, 2011

Hi Jimmy

Thanks for introducing yourself (I have copied your email below my post and highlighted relevant points in it).

Lurking at "Coalition of the Willing" (COTW)

Like you, I have gone into lurking mode at present in "Coalition of the Willing" (COTW)  while the "tech-heads" explore the various online environments where we may meet to collaborate. I appreciate the fact that they are going ahead, doing the serious exploring, and deciding where to "set up camp". (In fact I am probably not even as active as a lurker - I am more of an occasional visitor - just sampling how things are going from time to time, ready for when it may be appropriate to re-connect more actively).

I anticipate that once they have found "the best places" (and perhaps made them a bit more welcoming for people like you and me) then those of us on COTW who are less "technically intrepid" will be able to "meet and greet" and get to know each other better.

Once that happens we will be able to explore overlapping interests and possible collaboration with the benefit of all the trailblazing that the techies have done.

Resilience thinking and  a vector for societal change

I like your description of yourself as "into mainstreaming resilience thinking and helping being a vector for positive societal change. "  I especially like the two elements of it:

1. the information content - i.e. the resilience thinking
2. the communication/community focus - i.e. sharing the information with others "mainstreaming" and "being a vector for positive societal change".

I think you and I will find a lot of overlapping interests and and possible synergy. Like you I am concerned both with the information itself and with the effective sharing of such information - making the most of the Internet to learn from each other.

Systems thinking and network theory.

I also note from the attachments that you sent that you are interested in systems thinking and network theory. Me too. I don't know much about network theory, but as an active online networker and reflective practitioner I am increasingly aware of the topic of networking. I am aware of "my own awareness of it" (of lessons I am learning through years of "practical immersion") plus my hazy awareness that there is a body of knowledge on network theory. I feel I would work more effectively if I knew more network theory to apply to my practical work.

In theory I should know more about the theory of systems thinking as it was a major part of my OU degree - but it was so long ago that I think it has just got absorbed into the way I think.

Looking forward

I look forward to learning from you, to sharing with you anything of relevance from Dadamac's knowledge and networks, and to doing so through effective online collaborative strategies trailblazed for us by the "tech-heads".

Pamela
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