In this episode, we’re continuing our pattern of inquiry with active members of the HSD community. Our special guest is Royce Holladay, Director of Services for Human Systems Dynamics Institute. 
Royce Holladay, M.Ed. is a self-proclaimed "hunter/gatherer/sharer" of ideas, insights, and possibility as she steps into life's complexity. Looking at the world through multiple lenses, she hunts for patterns and unexpected perspectives in times of uncertainty and turbulence. Gathering them to explore and catalogue, she shares them as new connections and ideas she finds true and useful. Royce enjoys seeing a slow, growing recognition, as well as great bursts of ideas that are slightly new, creating a greater understanding of reality.
Royce Holladay is a leader among Associates from around the world who use human systems dynamics (HSD). She serves as a teacher, consultant, and coach with individuals, groups, and organizations as they engage in complex change. Well-grounded in theoretical foundations of HSD, she brings a practitioner's voice to applying the theory, models, and methods to everyday opportunities and challenges. Ms. Holladay's long experience as an educator and district administrator in the USA has gifted her with a deep understanding of the dynamics of human systems. This has been a springboard for the development of a number of models, methods, and approaches used by practitioners across a wide variety of sectors and agencies.
Along with a number of blog posts about using HSD in day-to-day life, Ms. Holladay has co-authored nine books and guides. Her writings are designed to support others in using HSD as a foundation to see, understand, and influence patterns in the organizational and personal lives of individuals, teams, and communities. One of those co-authoring partnerships produced two books: Radical Rules for Schools: Adaptive Action for Complex Change and Deep Learning Ecologies: An Invitation to Complex Teaching and Learning. She also partnered with Glenda Eoyang, Ph.D., to co-author Adaptive Action, Leveraging Uncertainty in Your Organization.
 Additionally, she has published a book of Haiku, based on complex images in nature; a book of poetry offering her observations of women she has encountered in her life; and a four-part series of Haiku that trace nature’s patterns across the landscape of a full year. All her books are available online through Amazon and other online booksellers.
Using a unique training format called Adaptive Action Labs (AA Labs), she establishes a deep learning ecology. In these sessions, participants focus first on their own intractable challenges, relative to the topic at hand. They describe and explore the nature of those challenges, from their current perspective. Then throughout the learning experience, Ms. Holladay sets conditions for the Participants to use new learning to build understanding of the dynamics of the intractable challenges they face. They come to see new options for forward action in those areas. Each participant leaves the session with three value-added outcomes:
• New insights about the dynamics of human systems
• Viable action plan to address the next challenge in an intractable issue
• Skills and understandings they can generalize to complex challenges in all areas of their life at home, at work, and in their community
To find out more about Adaptive Action Labs, visit the HSD website to see the AA Labs that are offered this year!

---

Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hsdpatterns-possibilities/message