(an experiment from the March workshop)

What traction could we gain as a group if we focus on a single problem? Can we find a common issue to bring our respective resources to? How do we identify a tipping point?

An investigation

It’s important to understand what existing approaches have worked, what success factors, tools and motivations are around to create system change.

If system innovation is a set of interventions that come together:

• is it then possible to co-ordinate a set of disparate interventions (with different theories of change) to deliberately shift a system into a more sustainable state? when are these co-ordinated actions an improvement over individual uncoordinated activities?
• do levers come together in a way that can add value?
• what impact could we hope for? How do we measure this?

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(Expected) Outcome:

• identified issues and tipping points
• road map of tools, effects and approaches to use and [timings?] united (reflection on what has/hasn’t worked); mapping of the existing system as it is currently understood; uncovering existing alignments and interpreting the findings
• possible future experiment for a strategic set of interventions or projects designed/TOC
• framework/survey for structured reflection
• visual theory of change
• low tech and low cost documentation

• Ideally everyone can be included at different points
• Allow common evaluation with some kind of format/criteria (look at past experiences to identify components of a behaviour change [poj.?]

1. Horizon scan for tipping points, future opportunities,

• WG review of information (like-minded or interested people to reflect/draw out [levering?] and opps
• help uncovering emerging issues

2. Explore overlap of interests and scenarios for action (Venn diagrams of interests)

3. Go/no go check (feasibility)

4. Architect to design and [innovate?]

Resources:

• staff time (commission others outside of the group for research)
• separate meeting
• buy-in/contributions of learning from others
  • willingness to open up strategies
  • review of potential options to test logic, feasibility, common tipping points and future interest

• Contributions of knowledge and learning to identify components of behaviour change; case studies, reflection, stories, suggestions, interpretation/analysis
• Come to group discussion
• Buy-in to horizon scanning and where [xxx] to intervene
• Suggestion of others outside of the group
• Testing the logic

• MVL: Time, examples, analysis, [Lessons learned?], horizon scanning
• Nic: My time, reflection on past experiences, horizon scanning, interpretation, experimental project design
• Andrew Farmer: Horizon scanning, meetings
• Amy: Time, ideas, experiences, horizon scanning, meeting venue, cake
• Sue: review of success and what has worked
• NEF: share our experience, lessons in campaigning, training and movement building
• SL: Review of lessons learned, horizon scanning [+planning?]
• Louisa [intelligence?] from outside [around context?]
• Giles: System [xxx] architecture, [getting up?] hypothesis of what needs to happen when; [Horizon Scanning xxxxxxx → can’t read that whole post-it]; Look at [xxx] [“xxx”] elements from each [initiative?]

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