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Honouring Joanna Macy: A tribute in the time of compost and collapse
In a world unravelling through ecological collapse, social fragmentation, and the spiritual exhaustion of late capitalism, some voices...

Helen Ireland
Jul 273 min read


When the System Gaslights the Soil: Practising Relational Courage in Rigid Environments
At times, entering a meeting feels like stepping into the past; a place where lived experience is dismissed and reciprocal care has no...

Kirsten Ireland
Jun 214 min read


From Sticky Notes to System Stewards: Why Service Designers Must Evolve to Meet the Moment
Let’s get real. The world is in flux, and Service Design as it currently stands, is not equipped to hold the weight of what's coming....

Kirsten Ireland
Mar 315 min read


Listening sideways: What systemic design and design futures can learn from Gillian Tett
In the fractal swirl of collapsing systems and emergent possibilities, systemic designers and design futurists often find themselves...

Helen Ireland
Mar 295 min read


From Knowledge Transfer to Living Systems: Reimagining Universities Through a Systemic Design Lens
We live in a time when the scaffolding of our modern institutions is straining under the weight of the polycrisis. Climate disruption,...

Kirsten Ireland
Mar 294 min read


Living the Questions: Responding to Nora Bateson and Expanding the Imaginal
In her recent reflections on No Limits to Learning (Botkin, Elmandjra and Malitza, 1979), Nora Bateson invites us to reconsider the...

Helen Ireland
Mar 84 min read


David Lynch and the Power of Imagination: A Manifesto for the Imaginal
David Lynch was not just a filmmaker. He was a cartographer of the unconscious, a sculptor of the ineffable, and a relentless explorer of...

Kirsten Ireland
Feb 223 min read


Rethinking Sustainability Consulting: A Call for Radical Transformation
Let’s cut to the chase: the world is burning—literally. From record-breaking heatwaves to catastrophic floods, climate change isn’t just...

Helen Ireland
Dec 29, 20245 min read


New Stories, New Possibilities: The Transformational Power of Coaching and Self-Reflection
In the intricate tapestry of human experience, the narratives we construct about ourselves profoundly influence our perceptions,...

Kirsten Ireland
Nov 10, 20243 min read


Regenerative Leadership: Redefining Leadership for a Complex, Interconnected World
“Whatever leadership used to be—it used to be. Now, it has to be something different. Now, we all have to be more than we were.” Nora...

Kirsten Ireland
Nov 10, 20243 min read
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