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Jan
28
2012

A System of Influence determines accepted practices and patterns of behavior; it sets the criteria for what's important and what's not. Over time, those who fail to conform to these requirements get labeled as deviant and pushed to the fringes. A System of Influence, like a culture, sets the values, norms, expectations, beliefs and assumptions. It determines where resources go, what practices to use, which behaviors to reward. To understand how these powerful, determining systems of influence arise, we have to look into the dynamics of emergence. Once we understand these dynamics, we can work with emergence to create a new system of influence that better serves our intentions.

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  • Everything I’ve learned about the power of community comes from working through the Berkana Institute in the Global South. Communities in many different cultures have taught us that, in spite of the worst external circumstances—war, famine, abuse, societal collapse, ecological devastation—human beings can get through anything as long as we’re together. People with little or no material resources get through desperate and difficult circumstances by uncovering the resources they really need—each other’s companionship, each other’s knowledge and wisdom. 
  • Sometimes people in these communities forget their collective strength, sometimes they get seduced by the lures of modern materialism. But time after time, when they reconnect with each other they find again their capacity to persevere.
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