Practices I’ve developed

I’ve developed these practices through doing the work. They are practices that reflect the nature of complex systems: two for working with knowledge, evidence and ideas, and two for engaging in the wider landscapes of social change.

Knowledge gardening

Complexity is the context, gardening is the practice.

How I nurture an interconnected, evolving and emergent network of knowledge, seeded from many sources, to grow produce that can be used.

AI-supported research synthesis

Human-led, not just a human in the loop.

A way of using AI to draw together findings from many sources into a synthesis that is more than the sum of its parts, while staying true to them.

Regulatory landscaping

Habitats shape habits, and habits shape habitats.

An approach to understanding why actors behave as they do, and to reshaping the landscape so that self-reinforcing patterns of better behaviour can take hold.

Reflective relational practice

Relational quality shapes system health.

A participatory way of assessing and enhancing the quality of relationships in a community, network or system, to strengthen its resilience.

Want to explore any of these practices together? Let’s connect.

The opening pages of Nora Bateson's meadow-verse, from her book Combining
The opening pages of Nora Bateson’s meadow-verse, from her book Combining