Lineages of Systems Practices – by Laura Winn and Saskia Rysenbry – January 29, 2026

[A good example of how ‘systems practice’ means many different things to different people. I would say this is a good example of many of the most important lineages present in what is generally called ‘systems change’]

How might we go about visualising lineages of systems practices?
A couple of years ago, us two – Saskia Rysenbry and Laura Winn – working together at the School of System Change – spent a few months in Aotearoa New Zealand. In the swirling energy of a post-cyclone summer season, we started to visually explore our understanding of how different currents of systems change thinking had come about, the lineages they have formed, and where the tools and frameworks of this field situate themselves in wider origins of practice. The image we created – beautifully drawn by Saskia – has now had the chance to be socialised with multiple groups of people, and we would like to share it more widely.

Lineages of Systems Practices – School of System Change

https://www.schoolofsystemchange.org/blog/lineages-of-systems-practices