Freeing Up Our Future

A Field Guide to Systemic Intelligence, Leadership and Practice
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-11915-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm

In a world of increasing complexity and disruption, many change efforts stall or have only surface impact, as they 'bypass' or overlook the deeper patterns holding systems back. These patterns often stem from the unresolved past.

Freeing Up Our Future introduces a new lens — systemic intelligence — a powerful, practical way to perceive and work with the hidden architecture and dynamics of human systems. Drawing on over 20 years of practice, 4,000 case studies and over 90 client stories, this is both a field guide that blends insights with hands-on application, and a learning companion for leadership development and systemic coaching with constellations.

Rather than driving change through force or strategy alone, this guide helps leaders and change-makers reveal the hidden patterns beneath problems and attune to the natural order of systems — to restore flow, coherence, and harness their potential. It explores the capabilities and ways of being that leaders now need, and offers practical tools for systemic partnering, to support transformation across individuals, teams, organizations and ecosystems.

Whether you are a leader, manager, coach, or simply curious, this inspiring and pragmatic book will help you co-create the conditions for healthier, more purposeful systems to unfold — and free up a future where people and the planet can flourish together.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development and Professional Training

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rowland, Edward

Haskew, Deborah

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Coaching, Training, Supervision
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Management: Führung & Motivation
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Organisationstheorie, Organisationssoziologie, Organisationspsychologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensberatung, Unternehmenssubventionen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Personalwesen, Human Resource Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword Beginnings: Why did I Write this Book? Introduction: The Shape of Things to Come PART I: SYSTEMIC INTELLIGENCE 1. Seeing the Unseen: A New Lens for Discovering Hidden Dynamics 2. The Hidden Life of Systems: Five Key Principles of Systemic Intelligence 3. Evolutionary Purpose: The Hidden Heart of Systems 4. Hidden Architecture of Systemic Health: Four Ordering Forces PART II: SYSTEMIC LEADERSHIP 5. Leadership in Crisis: What is Systemic Leadership? 6. Essential Leadership: Leading from Heart and Purpose 7. Leading the System: 4 'Outer' Capabilities PART III: SYSTEMIC PRACTICE 8. The Art of Systemic Partnering: Balancing Presence and Distance 9. Our Patterns Serve our Purpose: Stories of Personal Transformation 10. Leading to Wholeness: Stories of Organizational Transformation 11. Endings — and New Beginnings

Über Autor(innen)

Edward Rowland is a systemic leadership coach and certified Master Trainer in Organizational Constellations. Founder of the Whole Partnership, he brings over 25 years’ experience guiding leaders through systemic change.

Deborah Haskew is a Chartered Coaching and Organisational Psychologist with over 30 years’ experience. She integrates systemic leadership and constellations into her senior leadership coaching, consulting, and supervision practice.