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Dialogues across boundaries
We foster dialogues across boundaries, enabling empathy, understanding, and collaborative problem-solving.
WHAT IS SYSTEMS THINKING?
Systems thinking is an approach that:
- Builds on things we all do every day, to develop more tools to help us navigate a complex world
- Helps us look at the big picture, understand how different systems interact, and where we sit in the wider picture
- Emphasizes solving problems, planning for system change with others to help negotiate and achieve goals and desired outcomes
- Promotes flexible and responsive approaches that can adjust to changes and new challenges
- Can inspire new and creative thinking about any problem, using tools that make thinking fun and productive
Our Approach
Lifelong learning with others
We encourage continuous learning and knowledge-sharing to adapt and grow in an ever-changing world.
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Working with the Human System
Taking into account mind, body, subconscious and emotional aspects including trauma-awareness and neurodiversity.
Listening and reflecting back
We practice active listening and explore ideas using frameworks that help with visioning and planning.
Curiosity
We cultivate a spirit of inquiry and exploration, driving deeper understanding and innovation.
Hold Assumptions Lightly
Co-creation means learning from each other – we might change our minds!
Our Business Model
We are a new Community Interest Company registered in Wales, with a remit to contributing to social and environmental benefit.
Our People
Dr Jenneth Parker
Jenneth has a background in social movements, Education for Sustainability and research with universities, communities, NGOs, and government organisations. She is a qualified Adult and Community Educator e.g. running courses on Sustainability for the Workers' Education Association and an online international Masters developed with WWF-UK and Oxfam, working with students from across Commonwealth African countries, and policy work with UNESCO.
She has a particular interest in big-picture thinking and interdisciplinary working, supported by an academic background in philosophy and methodology. At Bristol University, she worked on social science research and on the QUEST Earth Systems Science programme facilitating interdisciplinary work and has published on these topics. She has worked on EU- funded interdisciplinary research on sustainability on global eco-justice and new economy and with the Schumacher Institute for Sustainable Systems in Bristol across different sectors – from community engagement, to professional practitioners, policy makers and complex research. A key concern is spreading awareness and use of systems thinking approaches and tools, through learning by doing – we can all use and understand systems to help work on problems.
She has recently worked with community organisations to bring richer forms of evaluation that capture outcomes across the disciplines and second-order effects. She is also completing research and development work on Water Transition for the Environment Agency. She is an active member of the Political Studies Association (UK), researching and speaking on systems thinking and politics. You can view her ResearchGate Profile.
Jenneth did her first degree in Cardiff, where she raised her daughter. She has worked with Welsh NGOs, learning organisations, and Welsh Government. She now lives in Barry in South Wales.
Sheleagh Llewellyn
Sheleagh has 40 years' experience in community development, working across voluntary organisations, social enterprises and public sector partnerships to strengthen communities and support positive systems change. Her work focuses on understanding how people, organisations and local resources connect, and on facilitating collaborative approaches that build community capacity, resilience and shared outcomes. She has held development roles with organisations including South Riverside Community Development Centre, Fairbridge De Cymru, Cardiff Third Sector Council, Safer Wales, Resolve It CIC, Care & Repair Cymru and Ategi Ltd, and has also worked as a freelance consultant, including with the British Council Active Citizens Programme and as a tutor in Community Studies at University of South Wales. She is currently a Director of Upfront Gardens CIC and Sero Ltd, a community-run environment centre in Carmarthen. Since moving to Llandeilo in 2021, she has contributed to the organisation of the Llandeilo Literature Festival and Reading the Wild literature festival in Llandovery.
Mike Parker
Mike is the founder of Liminal Coaching Ltd and the creator of the Liminal Coaching technique, which fuses a solutions-focused approach with guided relaxation practice. The results are frequently described by clients as transformational. LinkedIn Profile.
Mike is a qualified solutions-focused hypnotherapist who uses a neuroscience-informed approach to individual and organizational change in social and systemic contexts. Drawing on his experience in business, he helps organizations become more informed about cognitive and emotional systems. Mike develops customized programs for groups and individuals focused on their chosen area, such as engaging empathically without being overwhelmed, support for neurodiversity, or enhancing creativity.
He has experience helping to develop trauma-informed organizations, which includes considering the social and systemic causes of trauma. He has piloted work based on this with Pobl, the major Welsh housing association. Mike has also worked with the Wales Wellbeing Economy Alliance, providing a group coaching program to help change-makers keep inspired and avoid burnout.