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By:\u00a0Steve Waddell, Milla McLachlan, Greta Meszoely, Sandra Waddock<\/em><\/h3>\n

The really big issues of today such as climate change, poverty, food security, sustainable energy are essentially big geographically \u2013 they\u2019re part of globalization.\u00a0 As \u201ccomplex challenges\u201d, these issues require an action research approach:\u00a0 they require active engagement of stakeholders in the co-development of solutions, prototypes and experimenting.\u00a0 Working locally we always hit against boundaries of bigger systems that limit opportunities for change.\u00a0 Transformation of the food system locally hits up against the reality of global companies and markets.\u00a0 But how do we do action research that addresses the \u201cglobal\u201d? How do we address the local and the global as a whole?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\"Electricity<\/p>\n

Action research is just beginning to take on this challenge, informed by leading thinking about scale, transformation and complexity.\u00a0 These are summarized as seven guidelines:<\/p>\n

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  1. Make a conceptual distinction between the \u2018change\u2019 and \u2018production\u2019 systems:\u00a0 the former is distinguished by efforts to change the latter and they require distinct competencies and stakeholders have very different roles.<\/li>\n
  2. Support coherence amongst current change agents:\u00a0 this means moving action frameworks from change initiatives as the locus, to change systems.<\/li>\n
  3. Develop multiple initiatives at various levels:\u00a0 local, national, regional and global are all interconnected.<\/li>\n
  4. Strategize around change sub-systems:\u00a0 Policy, technological, finance, production and consumption<\/li>\n
  5. Pay Attention to the \u2018Glue\u2019:\u00a0 this means paying attention to the visions and values that can support the diversity of stakeholders and their individual as well as collective goals.<\/li>\n
  6. Build the system\u2019s ability to see itself:\u00a0 mapping and diverse stakeholder dialogues are key tools.<\/li>\n
  7. Focus on action that is meaningful for stakeholders:\u00a0 if we don\u2019t know and address their goals, we won\u2019t get far.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    You can also see more about this\u00a0HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    By:\u00a0Steve Waddell, Milla McLachlan, Greta Meszoely, Sandra Waddock The really big issues of today such as climate change, poverty, food security, sustainable energy are essentially big geographically \u2013 they\u2019re part of globalization.\u00a0 As \u201ccomplex challenges\u201d, these issues require an action research approach:\u00a0 they require active engagement of stakeholders in the co-development of solutions, prototypes and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":8350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,1412,1690],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nLarge Scale Change Action Research - AR + Action Research Plus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/actionresearchplus.com\/large-scale-change-action-research\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Large Scale Change Action Research - 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