Practical sessions tracking structural scaling, systemic investments, and network architecture.
with Tyler Samstag, Executive Director of Remake Learning, April 3, 2025. In this session Tyler shared the tactics, theory, and impact of ecosystem stewardship based on the nearly 20-years of Remake Learning, a learning ecosystem in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Key points from the presentation: The Pittsburgh Context The Remake Learning Ecosystem Ecosystem Stewardship: The Five C’s […]
With David Ehrlichman and Amelia Pape – 7 April 2022 Summary This Weaving Lab session provided a practical and theoretical framework for moving beyond “command and control” hierarchies toward vibrant, decentralized networks that can address complex global challenges. The central theme was networks as webs of relationships where the strength of a network is determined […]
With Nick Graham, 2 Dec 2021 Summary This session looked at the strategic mechanics of “The Art of Asking” within an Ecosystem Marketplace. The presentation outlines frameworks designed to normalize asking as a functional tool for network collaboration, moving away from transactional requests toward reciprocal, relationship-driven ecosystem exchanges Core Learning Points Key Action Points List […]
With Luzette Jaimes and Adam Molyneux-Berry, 2 Sept 2021 Summary This session explored the links between individual health, collective alignment, and systemic transformation, challenging the mainstream glorification of “heropreneurship” (a destructive cycle where changemakers exhaust their personal well-being to fix broken external social structures). Integrating raw personal testimony from the frontlines of the Arab Spring […]
With Indra Adnan and Roberto Hinestrosa, 4 Nov 2021 Summary This session explored how to build and scale localized community agency infrastructure via Citizens Action Networks (CANs) as an alternative to dry, polarizing, and bureaucratic mainstream political systems. By detailing live network interventions across the UK and Mexico, the session provided a blueprint for organizing […]
A Weaving Lab learning session with Marilyn Hamilton 30th July 2020 In this session Marilyn Hamilton presented ways of accelerating city change by weaving living systems through the frameworks of the Master Code of Care and Meshworking Intelligence. Drawing on her work looking into human systems at the city scale, action research, and designing impact […]
With Igor Polsky and Dorian Cave 1 Feb 2024 Summary This session looked for “the seeds of the future” during an era of polycrisis, biodiversity loss, and systemic collapse. On behalf of the Deep Adaptation Forum (DAF), Igor and Dorian explored the move away from ‘shallow optimization paradigms’ like “green economy” or “sustainable development” and […]
With Dr. Carlos Muñoz Piña, 30 Oct 2025 Summary This session centred on evidence as the “litmus test” for whether a weaving project is actually working. Dr. Muñoz Piña argued that weavers have a social responsibility to test their hypotheses against reality, ensuring that time and resources are truly delivering well-being. Key Learnings Key Actions […]
With Avril Kudzi and Akwasi Addae-Boahene 2 Jun 2022. Summary This session looked at the “District Managing for Learning” program in Ghana. The initiative aimed to move away from fragmented, siloed educational reforms toward an “ecosystem” approach. By “weaving” together local leaders and stakeholders at the district level, the program sought to improve holistic learning […]
With Brendon Johnson and June Holley, 1 Sept 2022 Summary This session focused on the issues of integrating and visualizing collaborative “weaving” practices within daily workplace structures and task lists. The group did some problem-mapping to sort shared operational challenges in breakouts, followed by a Fishbowl to discuss the systemic invisible nature of relationship-building, the […]
Summary This session looked at a case study in mapping the architecture of a world-class learning ecosystem. Behr detailed the growth of “Remake Learning,” an innovative educational network in Pittsburgh, USA over 15 years. In that time the initiative has woven together more than 600 separate institutions to transform an entire region into an equitable, […]
With Fernande Raine, The History Co:Lab, 3 Nov 2022 This was a “Peer Assist” workshop focussed on a real-world, “painful” case study: the effort to transform history and civics education in the U.S. through complex, ecosystem-level weaving. The session looked into the personal and professional toll of trying to align massive institutions (like foundations, testing […]
With Brendon Johnson and Rob Ricigliano, 3 Oct 2024 Summary This session was aimed at philanthropic funders. Using the Pando Grove was a metaphor for helping make the case for funding network-centric, collaborative, “weaving” work. Noting traditional philanthropy tends to fund isolated projects, the hosts described how the Pando Grove is the world’s largest organism […]
With Rachel Sinha and Tatiana Fraser 18 Jan 2024 Summary This session looked at a transition away from traditional top-down business and academic frameworks, into the systems-change practices of “scaling deep” to impact relationships, human roots, and cultural values. This was proposed as an essential, non-linear counterpart to institutional policy shifts or project expansion. The […]
With Fernande Raine, Karin Muller and Zineb Mouhyi, 6 May 2021 Summary This session focused on making structural community-building and ecosystem restoration attractive to funders. Facilitators guided 28 international participants through a “peer assist” set of breakouts to harness group intelligence. The groups explored live funding and participation dilemmas across three active initiatives: Youth by […]
