We all recognize we're part of any system we're trying to change, but the implications run deeper than most change makers realize. Beyond acknowledging our lack of objectivity lies a more profound concept: We and our systems, the social collectivities, are mutually constituted. These systems are key to how we become individuals, and what we think makes us unique is often a product of those systems. At the same time, the systems themselves are made up of unique individuals and are not a uniform entity that will behave predictably. In addition, both the individuals and the systems are shaped by structure and culture. 

This transindividual perspective transforms how we approach change. Rather than seeing organizations as either collections of autonomous individuals or monolithic structures directing passive members, we can recognize the reciprocal relationship between how collectives and systems make us individuals and how those individuals create those systems and groups.  In this session, we'll combine a theoretical and philosophical perspective on individual and group formation to explore how effective change leadership begins with understanding this perspective.

You'll learn practical approaches to recognize how your organizational systems have shaped you as those systems stabilize around their members and how this awareness creates new possibilities for meaningful transformation.