Thanks for your comment. I haven’t studied CCFSA yet, though I’ve received glowing recommendations and look forward to doing that sometime soon.

We have, indeed, started with something similar to cycles of growth. We’ve begun a quarterly system whereby we reflect on the various elements in which the member corporations have contributed to prosperity. One component of this is profitability, but we’re trying to also articulate everything we’ve learned such that we can incorporate, as you mentioned, that learning into future cycles. So this seems to be one institutional guideline…that you revisit progress on a regular basis…maybe along the same line you revisit the conceptual framework once a year. What we’ve talked about doing is actually writing the conceptual framework int he form of a wiki so that, by definition, it is reflective of the current thinking and is always a living document. If you have any other suggestions it would be great to hear!

Thanks again!

Your question is great. I don’t have any answers, but there are some insights found in last year’s Ridvan message:

“As you continue to labour in your clusters, you will be drawn further and further into the life of the society around you and will be challenged to extend the process of systematic learning in which you are engaged to encompass a growing range of human endeavours. In the approaches you take, the methods you adopt, and the instruments you employ, you will need to achieve the same degree of coherence that characterizes the pattern of growth presently under way.”

What are the approaches and methods that we are currently using in expansion and consolidation that will influence how we mold institutions and agencies that work in the arena of social action? Many things come to mind, for example: having our enterprise function in cycles of activity that generate learning through meetings of reflection, in which learnings are gleaned and articulated by all those involved, vision is unified, and then those learnings are incorporated into actions that are going to take place over the next manageable timeframe of activity (i.e. 3 months). Well, there are many other examples of methods and approaches that translate in a theoretical way, but I look forward to reading about the details of what you learn in practice with HEG…