Whole Systems Transformation Through a Polarity Lens: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

Robert “Jake”Jacobs, Lynnea Brinkerhoff and Barry Johnson

Increased rates of change are driving the need to respond to ever-more complex problems.  More and more situations are emerging where factions take different positions seemingly at odds with one another.  Nowhere is this more present than in the work of Whole System Transformation.  This chapter describes an approach that can enhance all transformation work.  Regardless of the method you have chosen to use in your transformation effort, a “polarity thinking” approach will help.

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