In conversation with Dr Peter Senge

As we prepare to bring the Introduction to the Compassionate Systems Thinking Framework workshop to Australia for the first time, I had the privilege of spending some time recently with Dr Peter Senge. During the conversation, we explored the contemporary challenges facing young people, educators, and communities, the need for systems change in education, and the promising work he is currently leading in schools and school systems around the world.

About Dr Peter Senge

Peter Senge is a global leader in the fields of organisational learning and systems thinking. Starting with the creation of the Society of Organisational Learning in 1997, Peter has focused on developing learning communities within and among organisations to bring about deep change. He is the co-founder of The Academy for Systems Change, the Center for Systems Awareness, and the MIT Systems Awareness Lab.

His current work in education honours the mind-heart-body system of the learner and the social reality of relationships, family and community that is the context for all learning, while responding to the need of engage learners of all ages in fostering systemic wellbeing at all levels, from the individual to the larger systems of institutions, society, economy and ecology.

Dr Richard Owens