{"id":4659,"date":"2025-10-03T18:35:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T15:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dialexity.com\/blog\/?p=4659"},"modified":"2025-10-22T09:34:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T06:34:49","slug":"our-ecosystem-of-influence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialexity.com\/blog\/our-ecosystem-of-influence\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Ecosystem of Influence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The ecosystem of thinkers, strategists, and institutions we want to <strong>learn from, engage with, and ultimately influence<\/strong>. Our goal is not simply to absorb ideas, but to bring <a href=\"https:\/\/dialexity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Alanas-Petrauskas-ISSS-2025-Presentation.pdf\">structured dialectics<\/a> into the conversation, helping leaders see blind spots, navigate conflicts, and design better futures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. Leadership &amp; Strategy Thinkers<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Harvard Business Review (HBR &#8211; <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/guidelines-for-authors\">guielines for contributors<\/a><strong>)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>McKinsey &amp; Company<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mckinsey.com\/capabilities\/quantumblack\/how-we-help-clients\">Quantum Black<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>BCG Henderson Institute<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>MIT Sloan Management Review<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>World Economic Forum (Leadership &amp; Strategy initiatives)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Authors like <strong>Adam Grant<\/strong>, <strong>Amy Edmondson<\/strong>, <strong>Daniel Goleman<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 Signals <a href=\"https:\/\/dialexity.com\/blog\/eye-opener-demo\/\"><strong>Eye Opener&#8217;s<\/strong><\/a> relevance to leadership, decision-making, and strategy innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. Systems Thinking &amp; Complexity Science<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>System Dynamics Society<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Complexity Institute<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Santa Fe Institute<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thinkers like <strong>Peter Senge<\/strong>, <strong>Alexander Laszlo<\/strong>, <strong>Donella Meadows Project<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 Direct link to your method\u2019s roots \u2014 structured dialectics, systems optimization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. Policy &amp; Regulation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>OECD<\/strong> (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>European Institute of Management and Finance (EIMF)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>World Bank Governance &amp; Institutions<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>OECD Observatory of Public Sector Innovation (OPSI)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Regulatory professionals groups on LinkedIn<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 Aligns with your posts on regulation and complex policy trade-offs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>4. Ethics, Conflict &amp; Facilitation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>International Association of Facilitators (IAF)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Polarity Partnerships<\/strong> (Barry Johnson\u2019s group on polarity management)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ethisphere Institute<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Markkula Center for Applied Ethics<\/strong> (Santa Clara University)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ethical Systems (NYU)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thought leaders like <strong>Chris Argyris<\/strong>, <strong>Frederick Holscher<\/strong>, <strong>Thomas Crum<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 Bridges Eye Opener\u2019s positioning as a tool for ethical trade-offs and conflict navigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>5. Innovation &amp; Future of Decision-Making<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Effective Altruism groups<\/strong> (to connect but contrast with your \u201cEntrepreneurship with Pure Intentions\u201d angle)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>OpenAI<\/strong> (AI + decision support relevance)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cosmos Institute<\/strong> (Brendan McCord)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>World Futures Studies Federation<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Institute for the Future<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 Shows Eye Opener\u2019s place in innovation, AI, and future-ready decision tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>6. Potential User Communities<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Project Management Institute (PMI)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Agile Alliance \/ Agile Leadership Network<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>International Coaching Federation (ICF)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Corporate Ethics &amp; Compliance groups<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Strategy &amp; Leadership LinkedIn Groups<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 Direct exposure to communities of consultants, facilitators, PMs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Core 15 to follow<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Systems &amp; decision science (your roots)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>ISSS \u2013 International Society for the Systems Sciences<\/strong> \u2014 home base for your method.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>System Dynamics Society<\/strong> \u2014 simulation &amp; policy people who \u201cget\u201d trade-offs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Santa Fe Institute<\/strong> \u2014 complexity + emergence \u2192 great for thought leadership.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Donella Meadows Project<\/strong> \u2014 leverage points, systems literacy in plain language.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Peter Senge \/ SoL<\/strong> \u2014 learning organizations; exec audience overlap.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Strategy &amp; leadership (your buyers)<\/strong><br>6) <strong>Harvard Business Review (HBR)<\/strong> \u2014 strategy\/leadership reach.<br>7) <strong>BCG Henderson Institute<\/strong> \u2014 cutting-edge strategy research.<br>8) <strong>McKinsey &amp; Company<\/strong> \u2014 transformation\/ops leaders who run pilots.<br>9) <strong>MIT Sloan Management Review<\/strong> \u2014 management + analytics audience.<br>10) <strong>Adam Grant<\/strong> or <strong>Amy Edmondson<\/strong> \u2014 widely trusted on org decision quality\/psych safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Policy, regulation &amp; governance (second buyer lane)<\/strong><br>11) <strong>OECD \u2013 Public Governance \/ OPSI<\/strong> \u2014 innovation in policy &amp; regulation.<br>12) <strong>World Bank \u2013 Governance &amp; Institutions<\/strong> \u2014 public-sector reform audience.<br>13) <strong>Ethisphere<\/strong> \u2014 corporate ethics\/compliance leaders (your \u201cconflict navigation\u201d use case).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facilitation, polarity &amp; change (partner channel)<\/strong><br>14) <strong>International Association of Facilitators (IAF)<\/strong> \u2014 workshops, buy services\/tools.<br>15) <strong>Polarity Partnerships (Barry Johnson)<\/strong> \u2014 polarity management community that will \u201cclick\u201d with Eye Opener.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Optional adds later: <strong>Oxford Scenarios Programme<\/strong>, <strong>Institute for the Future<\/strong>, <strong>OECD AI<\/strong>, <strong>Cosmos Institute<\/strong> (bridges AI + philosophy), <strong>Project Management Institute (PMI)<\/strong> (for PM buyers).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to use this list<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Follow 10\u201315 now.<\/strong> Keep it lean and intentional.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Engage weekly:<\/strong> 1 thoughtful comment, 1 reshare with your take, 1 original post tying their topic to a Dialexity map\/screenshot.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tag sparingly:<\/strong> Only when your post genuinely advances their thread (e.g., \u201ctrade-off map we built for speed vs safety\u201d).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Build a \u201cpartners\u201d lane:<\/strong> DM 3\u20135 facilitators\/consultants to co-run a pilot workshop using Eye Opener.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want, tell me your priority lane first (<strong>corporate strategy<\/strong> vs <strong>policy\/regulation<\/strong>) and I\u2019ll trim this to a laser-focused <strong>Top 8<\/strong> plus a 4-week engagement plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ecosystem of thinkers, strategists, and institutions we want to learn from, engage with, and ultimately influence. 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