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Saving for Change:
Case Study of Scaling
&
InnovationMarch 27, 2009
Saving for Change:
Case Study of Scaling
&
InnovationMarch 27, 2009
Leadership
TeamsOrganization
Network Weaver
Self-OrganizationPositive Deviance
RhizomaticPathways
Embedded in a Smart Network
Opportunity Group
A group that comes together to explore a particular opportunity
They ran group
“Act your way into a new way of thinking/being”
Noticing & Reflection
• Developed the process for memorizing
• Developed pictograph methodology
Innovation
Pictographic booklet with simple process for memorizing how much
people have saved and/or borrowed and how much interest they have
accumulated
New methodology
“When we have more money in the fund than demand for loans we purchase sacks of maize and rice and then we sell them during the rainy season when the price is high.”
“If you get sick, the group will go to your fields for you.”
“Before my children would cry at night. Now they sleep better, they
have full bellies.”
“Now if you don’t have your own money you can get it from the group. This creates a good atmosphere between wives and husbands.”
Opportunity Group Embedded in a Network
These patterns influence the quality of communication and the likelihood of collaboration and innovation
Networks are sets of relationships and the patterns they create
Core consists of clusters w different perspectives who know & trust each other
Periphery draws in new ideas & resources
This represents a Field of Potential
Characteristics of Smart NetworksCharacteristics of Smart Networks
Characteristics of Smart NetworksCharacteristics of Smart Networks
Action
Many people initiate experiments & collaborations
Move from small acts to larger
Breakthroughs from diversity
Successful innovations spread
Characteristics of Smart NetworksCharacteristics of Smart Networks
Much capacity building, skill building
Trust building activities
Facilitation of initial actions
Creation of support structures & communication systems
Network Weaver
Catalytic agent
Generates tremendous energy by connecting people well and encouraging
them to self-organize
Self-organization
Anyone can see something that needs to be done, can find the appropriate others and resources to help them do it, and then is willing to share what they learn with others in the network.
Project EcosystemProject Ecosystem
Twosies build relationships
SmallProjects
buildskills
Large Projectsfor impact
Micro skills & processes
• Listening• Accurate awareness of others• Self-awareness & non-attachment• Coaching• Openness to diverse perspective• Appreciation• Facilitation
Rhizomatic
NW: Support Expansion along Natural Pathways
Animators reporting that women were started other saving groups on their own -- sharing with their existing networks!
Started providing training & coaching to them from the beginning
Can increase project impact by 10 times for little cost
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Number of Villagers Involved in Saving for Change
NW: Unnatural Bridging for Learning, Deep Reflection and
Innovation
• Overlapping clusters • Animators from different areas meet together
regularly to share what they are noticing - stream innovations from one area to another
• Getting women in villages to bring new ideas to village elders
• Getting NGOs to work together
CommunicationSystems
Resource Flow
Mapping & Metrics
Micro-skills
Innovation Funds
How can networks in different countries share & learn?
How can NGOs work collaboratively so that a stream of new strategies are introduced
and supported?
New Leadership Roles
Catalytic agents – learning group with others
Network Weaver
Self-Organizing: Opportunity group – support for change, learning group
Specific methodology for action – loan process, postive dev
Through enactment of methodology Provide model and support for self-organizing (both individual business, and opportunity group) and reflection
Rhizomatic spreadSystem/training for spread or scaling by opp grp participants to other opportunity groups
System to transfer this methodology to other action arenas - framework for self-organizing (malaria nets, ponds)
New support system
Communication Infrastructure
Innovations: Innovation Funds, Positive Deviance, etc
Training/Coaching: Network Weaving micro processes and skills
For more information:
June Holleywww.networkweaving.com/blog
www.networkweaving.com/june.htmljune@ networkweaving.comTwitter & Skype: juneholley
Also Jeff Ashe, Oxfam.orgDirector of Saving for Change
Most pics from Oxfam Brochures