🔮 What is a marble?

In my world, a marble is a metaphorical container for a note that I want to share and shape with you. It can be a sketchy idea, an insight, a piece of knowledge, or a question that I consider valuable for my life's ongoing dialogue.

These marbles are never perfect and always a snapshot of a given moment. So, please, feel free to add your perspective at the ⬇️ bottom of the page. I try to follow the 🔮 principles for media movement building.

Read more about my intentions in 🔮 this marble.

In the past, I didn't have a way to share ideas or insights with others. This marbles website is the manifestation of my desire to share intentionally with the world. If you want to do it too, let me know. I can help you.

This note was started on February 07, 2025

Living (or Complex) Systems Thinking Resources

All pieces below have deeply influenced my action & thinking with respect to creating change toward flourishing of all life. Maybe they are also helpful to you.

Key Theories and Models

  • Resilience and Innovation Loops
    An insightful paper on how resilience and innovation cycles function within ecosystems and how they apply to social (complex) systems as well.
  • Adaptive Cycles in System Transformation
    Adaptive cycles help us understand how to transform systems effectively.
  • Autopoiesis: The force of systems to maintain an reproduce themselves Understanding the life force within living systems in nature and society

Practical Tools for Systemic Change

  • Leverage Points and System Interventions
    A crucial list of intervention points to guide systemic transformation.
    🔮 Explore the framework

Concepts and Frameworks

  • Iceberg Model for Systems Thinking
    Climate change is only the tip of the iceberg. This concept helps frame systems thinking beyond surface-level events.
    🔮 Vanasupa & Barabino (2021)

  • Patterns and Properties of Living Systems
    A comprehensive list of patterns and living systems properties. The last page of this paper contains an extensive list worth exploring.
    Mark Kroening (2025)

  • Feedback Loops and Causal Loop Diagrams
    Understanding feedback loops is essential for systems thinking. Mastering causal loop diagrams is a key skill that enhances systemic understanding.

    • Overview of Causal Loops: 🔮 Read more
    • Effort and Broken Feedback Loops: 🔮 Read more

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