CivicLab is proud to announce the selection of fourteen collaborative leaders for the inaugural class of the Systemness Leadership Academy.
Systemness is a twelve-month leadership experience for co-creating better social systems designed to serve whole people. Leaders in the academy represent communities that want to use a coherent and holistic approach to addressing complex social problems. The academy teaches systems-building principles, shares concrete examples of the ideas in action, and provides a space to practice the skills. it’s goal is to create a cohort of national leaders dedicated to transforming social systems to better serve all people.
The vision for the academy to is create more “systemness” across the programs, agencies, and organization that serve communities. Systemness is a quality that exists when people think of themselves as being part of a larger social system and then work together in new ways because they can collectively see and understand a structure that was previously invisible to them.
Participants from seven states have been selected from an applicant pool for their ability to affect systems change in the areas of educational attainment, talent retention, population growth, economic development, and quality of life. Each participant has chosen a unique focus area relevant to their own community, region, or state to apply the principles, practices, and frameworks provided by CivicLab.
