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SSIR Online, Fall 2025 Issue
['Ssir Editors', 'Liz Ruedy', 'Tom Glaisyer', 'Rachel Reichenbach', 'Yewande O. Addie', 'David Hanson', 'Emily Melnick', 'Melody Mohebi', 'Annie Neimand', 'Kevin Starr']
SSIR Articles
(Photo by iStock/ MicroStockHub)Polycrisis StrategyARTICLE | Grappling With Systems CollapseHow should social change leaders understand the potential for impact and strategize when multiple chaos factors are combining to rapidly destabilize systems?
The authors of this article diagram four possible models for action in times of potential collapse—protective, blocking, disruptive, and creative.
But how do you know if your organization’s narrative work is making a difference?
Social change is complex, nonlinear, and long-term, and it isn’t always possible to fully trace the effects of a single campaign, media piece, or storytelling effort.
What is notable today, according to large-scale social change expert Joe McCannon, is the potential scope and rate of massive actions.
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