As more change-makers become aware of and seek to work with a systems change mindset, the need for seeing it in practice grows! We recently got to talk to Matt Healey of First Person Consulting, who shared how their systems mapping process and the resulting visualization supported both a program codesign process as well as advocacy for a policy pilot that came out of it. The organization they worked with, McAuley , have been looking at Safe at Home, an Australian policy response giving victims of domestic or family violence the right to remain at home, and why people experiencing this violence are often still unsafe. McAuley came to the process with a question: what are the barriers and the enablers, (which you can see in the screenshots). First Person Consulting used a systems lens to interview people from different parts of the system such as the police, justice system, frontline service providers, and importantly, groups that are typically more likely to experience the negative impacts of complex social issues like family violence. They asked them about what is working and what isn’t, and used a thematic analysis to come up with a rough idea of what the system is looking like. Through this, they were able to identify what you see as blue circles in these screenshots, representing contributing outcomes, or subsystems, for the broader Safe at Home system. Based on the identified barriers, McAuley developed and obtained funding for a pilot program, and what’s very cool is that the map itself ended up being a useful advocacy prop - a way to communicate at different levels of decision-making and intervention. For senior government officials, it communicated the idea of what a complex, systemic intervention like Safe at Home looks like. For practitioners closer to different parts of the system, they could zoom in on their specific barriers and enablers and have useful discussions. Some partners even printed off versions to put up in their offices as a talking point, others had it up on the wall in their zoom backgrounds, which makes our Kumu-loving hearts so happy. We’re so glad Matt shared this incredible example with us, and proud Kumu could be a small part of these changemakers' toolkit. Got a Kumu project of your own to share? Submit at https://lnkd.in/dhfPxRCM See the project here: https://lnkd.in/dcSdiMyd Pilot Program Press Release https://lnkd.in/dyCsumfP Learn more about Safe at Home on McCauley’s website https://lnkd.in/gNUc9ady #systemschange #systemsinterventions #systemsmapping #safeathome #domesticviolence #domesticabuse #policyinterventions
Daniel Bassill
2mo
Thanks for sharing another example of using KUMU for systems change planning.
Evaluation | Systems | Design
2moThanks for highlighting and raising the profile of McAuley's work! Jocelyn Bignold OAM and her team are absolute superstars. Thanks to members of my team - Tenille Moselen, Madelinne Miller, Lucy Walker (in her past role) and Daniel Healy for their contributions at various stages as well.