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Systems weaving
Relational and network-building work that notices, connects and strengthens people, groups and resources so new collaboration and self-organisation become possible. It overlaps with systems convening but usually puts more emphasis on network health and connection.
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Summary
Systems weaving is used here for practical work which strengthens relationships, closes useful triangles, connects resources and helps networks become more capable of self-organisation and coordinated action.
Implications for practice
It brings attention to the relational infrastructure of change. The term is less standardised than network weaving and can easily become decorative language unless the actual connections and effects are shown.
Key distinctions
- network health vs one-off stakeholder engagement
- connection and brokerage vs formal coordination
- weaving vs convening a specific learning space
- enabling self-organisation vs centrally directing a network
Historical development
- network weaving and community network practice
- social-capital and brokerage traditions
- movement and ecosystem organising
- systems-change practice
Ideas it depends on
- Networks
- Relation
- Trust
- Agency
Further developments
- Collaboration
- Self-organisation
- Network leadership
- Collective action
Connections to practice
- notice disconnected people and resources
- make strategic introductions and close triangles
- support shared infrastructure and communication
- watch who remains excluded from the network
Common confusions
- that more connections are always better
- that a visible network has no power centre
- that weaving is a substitute for purpose or accountability
- that systems weaving has one settled definition
Further checks
- clarify how practitioners distinguish systems weaving from network weaving
- add evidence on network overload, exclusion and brokerage power
Recorded connections
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Systems weaving applies Networks
Status: accepted · Relation: applies
Working distinction based on the named public sources and curator materials; rival usage remains admissible.
Locator: Release 0.10 public systems-work distinctions
- Network Weaving (checked)
Systems weaving commonly combined with Systems change
Status: accepted · Relation: commonly combined with
Working distinction based on the named public sources and curator materials; rival usage remains admissible.
Locator: Release 0.10 public systems-work distinctions
- Network Weaving (checked)
- What do systems leadership and systems change mean to you? (checked)
Systems weaving complements Systems convening
Status: accepted · Relation: complements
Working distinction based on the named public sources and curator materials; rival usage remains admissible.
Locator: Release 0.10 public systems-work distinctions
Status: candidate · Relation: source text mentions
Exact phrase in extracted source text; page-level checking may remain pending as recorded by the locator. Its appearance may be in discussion, a quotation, a reference, or a critical comparison. No semantic or historical claim is inferred.
Locator: PDF page 4
- Systems leadership, change, theory and practice (located public record)
Sources and passage locators
- Network Weaving (checked)
- What do systems leadership and systems change mean to you? (checked)
- Systems convening and boundaries core slides (public file identity checked)
- Systems convening: the art of convening diverse voices across difficult boundaries (checked)
- Systems leadership, change, theory and practice (located public record)
Cite this entry
Taylor, B. P. (2026). Systems weaving. The Necessary Tangle, release 0.35. https://transduction.systems/entries/practice_systems_weaving/
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