10 Stories of Transition in the US: Woodstock NY Transition’s Working Group Support
One of the biggest challenges faced by any Transition Initiative is that they are largely non-hierarchical, volunteer-based organizations.
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Information overload, sustainability, and the emerging organization
Right now humans are not getting the feedback from their own systems needed to set society on a sustainable course. Could an emerging new form of organization change that and provide the structure for making rapid progress on critical issues such as climate change and resource depletion?
Getting Things Done Together: Self-Organisation Beyond Hierarchy
There’s something mysterious about how complicated things gets when other people get involved!
Tina Clarke on resourcing your Transition initiative
How important do you think securing funding is for Transition Initiatives? Is it essential or can TIs survive and thrive well without it?
Effective Groups: Finding direction
How do we decide where we want to go as a group? What is our vision as group and how does this fit with our purpose? What re some of the common problems with not knowing where we are going and how can we create a culture where we are all pulling together?
Tina Clarke on the Joys of Discovering Effective Collaboration
Are group problems the result of the “wrong” personalities? Or of communication problems? Or of lack of information or skills?
