Can Chaos Help Us Flourish? with Peggy Holman

Peggy Holman is an author and consultant who employs dialogical practices to turn passivity into participation. Her award-winning book, Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity, provides a roadmap for tackling complex systems challenges. In the Change Handbook she and her co-authors profile 61 processes that enable diverse groups to create their desired future. As co-founder of the non-profit, Journalism that Matters, Peggy has helped to cultivate a journalism community of practise that is committed to journalism, which supports communities and democracy to thrive.

Today we’re talking to Peggy about what researchers are learning enables workplaces and systems to flourish, and why chaos rather than balance holds the key to learning and growth. Peggy shares her insights on how to create positive disruptions that enable a system to change, why passion and responsibility are the keys to authentic leadership and how leaders can mobilize and support people in taking action.

Connect with Peggy Holman:

Website: www.peggyholman.com

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You’ll Learn: [03:40] - Peggy explains why it's important to challenge the current systems in place, and how disturbance can prompt change. [07:47] - Peggy talks about how to actively guide disruptive factors, rather than taking a passive approach. [15:16] - Peggy discusses the benefits of open space technology. [18:47] - Peggy explains why organisations have difficulty embracing self organisation. [21:10] - Peggy covers how self organisation has been proven to benefit work processes. [22:25] - Peggy gives examples of principles and support that can help open space technology function at it's best. [23:20] - Peggy talks about some new approaches that have been discovered. [25:11] - Peggy lists some cautions and caveats when implementing these approaches. [25:51] - Lightning round with Peggy Holman Your Resources: Engaging Emergence by Peggy Holman Personal History by Katharine Graham Thanks for listening!

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Until next time, take care!  Thank you Peggy!