Bridgeway Partners Blog
Confronting the Rise of Authoritarian Leadership Now
Learn why authoritarian leaders are becoming more popular in developed nations, and what we can do to strengthen support for democracy.
Systems Thinking Leverages Change
Systems thinking helps people achieve sustainable, breakthrough change in four ways that are distinct from conventional approaches. It shifts the bases for people’s: Motivation to
Systems Work in Denmark: Lessons from Abroad
A five-year project to bring a systems approach to burglary prevention in Denmark serves to reinforce both the natural and paradoxical nature of systems work.
High Leverage Leadership
This post introduces four principles for finding leverage in yourself, your organization, and the larger system you want to impact.
When Progress Isn’t: The Case of Gas-Fired Power Plants
Learn why reducing carbon emissions through investing in gas-fired power plants undermines our ability to mitigate climate change in the long-term.
How to Make Systems Mapping More Accessible
The purpose of this post is to make systems mapping more accessible to funders, institutional leaders, and consultants by identifying six characteristics of effective maps. We describe common misunderstandings, principles, and practices related to each of these characteristics.
Confronting the Rise of Authoritarian Leadership
Learn why authoritarian leaders are becoming more popular in developed nations, and what we can do to strengthen support for democracy.
How Wealth Inequality Compounds Racism
Our combined outrage at the brutal treatment of Black people by police and the differential impact of COVID on people of color who comprise essential
Systems Thinking and COVID-19
How does systems thinking help us understand the COVID-19 crisis? What are the implications of a systems view for responding more effectively to this crisis
Our Work Is Connected – But We’re Not
Our recent work with nonprofit service providers committed to reducing poverty has uncovered a concern shared by many of them across a wide range of communities, “Although our work is connected, we’re not connected to each other.” This blog post describes the costs incurred by all stakeholders when nonprofit service providers fail to collaborate, uses systems thinking to explain why collaboration is so difficult despite the shared aspirations held by many of these providers, and identifies four strategies for enabling providers to increase their individual and collective impact while leveraging limited resources.
