4D mapping was developed by MIT’s Presencing institute and uses the Theory U framework of awareness based systems change. It is a powerful method to gain new insights and reveal blind spots, stuckness and leverage points in a social system.

With the energy generated in the local community by the 20th September School Climate Strike, in this session we will experiment with mapping the social system in the Illawarra as it relates to the challenges associated with climate change.

What is 4-D Mapping?

• a collective sense-making approach to make visible the reality in a social system

• create a human sculpture of the system

• Each actor (10-12 people) plays a role in the system

• There are 2 roles always present in any system (the earth & the future)

About Nick

Nick works at and is completing his Master of Project Leadership at the University of Sydney. His focus is on the nexus of leadership, complexity science and developmental psychology, working in collaboration with the International Centre for Complex Project Management (ICCPM), the John Grill Institute of Projects and Global Alliance for the Project Professions (GAAPs).

Some key interests are

Navigating complexity and leadership in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) world
Systems thinking – examining the interconnected and interrelated elements of the wider system (people, processes, technology, intra & inter organisational, political)
Vertical leadership development - complex and strategic thinking, ability to perceive the interdependencies in systems and capacity to hold multiple perspectives
Action learning and research harnessing single, double and triple loop modes of learning
Theory U – Awareness based systems change