{"id":254,"date":"2025-07-01T20:56:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T20:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo-ps.com\/christinespinder\/?page_id=254"},"modified":"2025-07-23T23:54:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T23:54:17","slug":"facilitating-systems-change","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/demo-ps.com\/christinespinder\/facilitating-systems-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Facilitating Systems Change"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"254\" class=\"elementor elementor-254\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58b3dd4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"58b3dd4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82113d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"82113d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FACILITATING SYSTEMS CHANGE<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6299f5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c6299f5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a1df4e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7a1df4e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4e6ec1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b4e6ec1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea7c4ae e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ea7c4ae\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d783f6e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d783f6e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56f40b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"56f40b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">STRATEGY ENGAGEMENT <br>INNOVATION COLLABORATION<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7990353 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7990353\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>I facilitate ecosystems for transformative change.<\/strong><\/p><p>In these times of uncertainty, prepare yourself and your teams to be regenerative changemakers: I facilitate to create ecosystems of uplifting social impact, for resilient, vibrant, environmentally sustainable and socially equitable communities and organizations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19c3a4f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"19c3a4f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5223629 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5223629\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c93bf21 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c93bf21\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fa163a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7fa163a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>When social impact organizations and networks need coherence,<\/strong>\u00a0collective buy-in, new structures and frameworks to up-level their reach and relationships, I cultivate these with clarity and readiness for action.<\/p><p><strong>I regularly am told, \u2018You\u2019re the best facilitator we\u2019ve ever worked with.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>My projects range<\/strong>\u00a0from wide-scale systems change initiatives to nimble consults, in community systems, health &amp; social engagement, Indigenous rights, DEI, food and energy sovereignty, and cultural sectors.<\/p><p>My unique skills bring me to leaders who make deep waves, channelling the creative brilliance that can happen when diverse changemakers collaborate.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0be9524 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0be9524\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b89fcf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0b89fcf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cYou facilitated something entirely different. And its the best experience<br \/>I\u2019ve ever had in strategic planning and making it happen.<br \/>I never imagined we would get this far in a single retreat.\u201d<br \/>Board Chair, First Nations Health Consortium, 2022.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1679f13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1679f13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>My special sauce\u00a0<\/strong>connects individuals\u2019 personal visions and attunes their diverse assets into collaborative webs of action: confident and learning, innovating our new engagements for win-win-win impacts.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a6bd50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9a6bd50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">I facilitate so that:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af2aa8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af2aa8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Collaborative belonging<\/strong>\u00a0builds the agency to act, engage and evolve;<\/li><li><strong>Behaviours and Structures evolve\u00a0<\/strong>to mirror our shifts to collaboration, reciprocity, and purposeful change;<\/li><li><strong>You develop with your relationships and partnerships,<\/strong>\u00a0creating networks of mutuality and collective uplift;<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Diversity and inclusion\u00a0<\/strong>enables us to innovate relationships, structures and practices that reflect our actual communities\u2019 ways of being and brilliance;<\/li><li><strong>Intersections of conflict<\/strong>\u00a0become rich gateways to mutuality, innovation and clear purpose;<\/li><li><strong>Engagement builds networks\u00a0<\/strong>of collective trust, action, and resilience;<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Evaluation<\/strong>\u00a0becomes a welcome pause of curiosity, relationship strength, and claiming our new stories of becoming;<\/li><li><strong>Innovations<\/strong>\u00a0combine systemic honesty with interdependency, grounded impacts and collective uplift;<\/li><li><strong>Operators<\/strong>\u00a0participate with their whole selves, with consciousness of vision and our wants for equity and inclusion in our diverse communities.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1f1cfa e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f1f1cfa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ad6f49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ad6f49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Awards include being named an\u00a0<strong>Ashoka Changemakers Social Innovator<\/strong><br \/>and a earning\u00a0<strong>Canadian Gemini\u00a0<\/strong>for innovations in<br \/>integrated adult learning and collaborative creativity methods.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c09030 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c09030\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Food systems, along with housing, health care, culture and energy, are anchors for the wellness, resilience and efficacy of our communities.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4097dd6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4097dd6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b58741 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0b58741\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbbb69d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fbbb69d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Case Studies<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74532bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74532bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-2265\" class=\"post-2265 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized tag-changemakers tag-consciousleadership tag-restoration tag-somatics tag-systems-transformation tag-winter tag-yin\"><div class=\"entry-content\"><p><strong>See this year\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/christinespinderconsult.com\/portfolio\/coaching-expansion\/\" data-type=\"jetpack-portfolio\" data-id=\"1554\">Dr. Peter Centre Team Coaching<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0project for the story of Leadership and Collaboration Coaching, National Engagement Network Strategies, and collective governance structures for their rapid, complex and intercultural national systems growth.<\/p><p>See\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/christinespinderconsult.com\/portfolio\/homepage-case-2\/\" data-type=\"jetpack-portfolio\" data-id=\"146\"><strong>The Restoring Collective\u2019<\/strong>s<\/a>\u00a0<strong>10 year Indigenous Community Knowledge Mobilization, Engagement and Collaboration<\/strong>\u00a0Trainings for Peace building communities.<\/p><p><strong>5 Year Organizational Resilience and National Community Engagement Strategy<\/strong>\u00a0for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abfnhc.com\/\"><strong>First Nations Health Consortium<\/strong>,<\/a>\u00a0leading federal precedents for Jordan\u2019s Principle.<\/p><p><strong>Facilitator &amp; Infrastructure Model Co-Writer:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/christinespinderconsult.com\/portfolio\/creative-case-1\/\" data-type=\"jetpack-portfolio\" data-id=\"138\">Raise the Profile Project,<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0BC-wide consultations built 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