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The strategic transformations that the KM II posits require collective stewardship capacities across the globe inspired by a system’s view of life that puts our shared humanity back at the center of attention. Based on more than 20 years of experience in transformation and change initiatives, and grounded in transdisciplinary thinking that draws from, among others, physics, system’s theory, organizational theory and ecology, we put forward the ‘transformation enablers’, part of a meta-level approach for a stewardship architecture fostering multi-level collaboration for sustainability. Integrating a balance of all enablers in design and implementation of strategic transformative action ensures a contribution to shifting the grammar, not just the language, towards a new global socio-economic system serving life.
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Kuenkel, P., Kühn, E. (2022). Stewarding Systems Aliveness—Pathways to Transformation. In: Hill, S., Yagi, T., Yamash’ta, S. (eds) The Kyoto Post-COVID Manifesto For Global Economics. Creative Economy. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8566-8_17
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