The International Futures Forum (IFF) and the World Model / World Game

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Website link:  www.internationalfuturesforum.com/iff_world_model.php

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International Futures Forum (IFF) is a non-profit organisation established to support a transformative response to complex and confounding challenges and to restore the capacity for effective action in today’s powerful times.

The scale of global interconnectivity and interdependence has resulted in a step change in the complexity, uncertainty and speed of change in today’s operating environment. Many of the concepts we used to rely on to make sense of our world no longer have traction. In many respects we are experiencing a ‘conceptual emergency’.

In response organisations, communities and governments are adopting familiar strategies: intensifying standard processes, strengthening the centre, sticking to core competencies, prioritising short-term results, promising only what can be delivered.

We believe these defensive approaches are necessary but not sufficient. Over the years we have developed an effective body of theory, method, practice and wide experience in taking on seemingly intractable challenges, always in a global context.

Our charitable purpose is to share the learning from our experience more broadly and to increase the capacity worldwide to realise aspiration in the operating conditions of the 21st century.

IFF accepts grants and donations from organisations and individuals in support of this purpose.

 

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I am happy to introduce anybody interested in their work to Tony Hodgson, who is the inventore of the world model/game and a mentor of mine.  Best, Daniel :-)

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 1. Education & Communication
 1.1 Awareness and behavior change
 1.5 Train communications & education professionals in sustainability
 5.2 Transcends old stories
 5.4 Catalyzes interdependence of earth & human family
 5.6 Sustainability renaissance creates legislation with The Earth Charter as constitution
 5.8 All beings invited to be weavers of the new story
 6.1 Commitment to change
 6.4 Share information / Knowledge cross disciplines
 6.8 Recognition / awards for innovative actions
 9.1 Feedback loops & inquiry for learning & adjustment
 9.2 Inquire into purpose & surface assumptions before acting
 9.3 Methods for addressing complex problems
 9.6 Cultivate the commitment to wholeness
 9.9 Method for aligning values across/within areas
 10.9 Communicating sustainable life styles
 11.3 Equitable, sustainable, adaptation, commmunity empowerment
 11.4 Consciousness training for leadership

 Agriculture
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 Civil society
 Cultural Practices
 Education
 Energy
 Environment/ecology
 Financial
 Healthcare
 Justice
 Politics
 Professional association
 Services
 Transport
 Utilities
 Waste
 Water

 Business
 Community Developer
 Consultant
 Education
 Organization Redesigner/Developer
 Science
 Social Enterprise
 Strategy

August 14, 2009 by Daniel Wahl   Comments (0)

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