A simple truth of systems is that they are made up of people. Once we recognise that simple truth, it becomes obvious that a system’s structures will continue to produce the same outcomes until we catalyze profound shifts in the ways of working and ways of relating among the people who make up that system. 

A growing number of social change leaders are trying to do exactly that, due to a growing recognition that structural changes alone will not transform systems towards more just and equitable outcomes. Collective Change Lab helps social change practitioners and philanthropists experiment with transformative practices in their collaborative systems change efforts,  which tend to have five qualities in common;