Virtual Meeting
Navigational Leadership: From Firefighting to Systemic Agency
Join us September 29th, for our next virtual gathering
Navigational Leadership: From Firefighting to Systemic Agency
A Leader’s Guide to the Four Orders of Complexity and Transforming Human Ecosystems
Does it feel like the same big problems just never seem to go away, no matter what you do? Are you trying to tackle big challenges but feeling like you’re mostly treading water and any small wins are getting drowned out by “the system”?
Join facilitators Karyn Zuidinga & Rob Brodnick for an interactive working session on Navigational Leadership: From Firefighting to Systemic Agency
In this hands-on session, you’ll learn to see and lead your organization as a dynamic, living ecosystem, not a machine to be managed.
What You’ll Learn & Experience:
- The Mindset Shift: Transition from an “Architect” enforcing rigid blueprints to an “Ecosystem Steward” orchestrating vitality and continuous adaptation.
- Navigating Complexity: There are four orders of complexity in every system you’re trying to change: Transactional, Functional, Strategic, and Ecosystemic. You’ll learn why change at just one doesn’t stick, and how to move all four together (without getting overwhelmed!).
- Hands-On Groupwork: Bring your own intractable “Wicked Problem,” locate invisible value blockages, and build an actionable Horizon Map (Now, Next, Later) alongside peer stewards.
- Leading Without Direct Authority: Master the art of driving transformation through shared value, coalition-building, and dynamic equilibrium.
Event Details:
- Format: Online Interactive Workshop
- Date: September 29 3:00-5:00 Eastern, 12:00-2:00 Pacific
- Facilitators: Karyn Zuidinga & Rob Brodnick
Don’t miss this opportunity to gain practical navigational intelligence for leading innovation in complex human systems. Reserve your spot today and start transforming your ecosystem!
Karyn Zuidinga is the founder of NextWAVE Innovation and currently serves as Chair of AMI. With more than 20 years of experience in design research and systems change, she is co-creator of The Ecosystem Project, a methodology for transforming complex human ecosystems, and co-hosts the Positive Turbulence podcast.
Rob Brodnick, Ph.D.
Rob Brodnick, Ph.D., is the founder of Sierra Learning Solutions and a long-time AMI member. With three decades of experience in strategy, innovation and organizational change, he co-developed The Ecosystem Project methodology with Karyn Zuidinga and holds a Ph.D. in Psychoeducational Processes from Temple University.