Emergent Learning Publications

Guide to the Principles of Emergent Learning

The Guide to the Principles of Emergent Learning illustrates what it looks like when teams, organizations, or whole communities apply EL principles to help them think for themselves about how to address the unique, real-life situations they are up against every day.

The Guide to the Principles of Emergent Learning is made available electronically for free thanks to the generosity of The Skillman Foundation, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, and BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina Foundation.

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Articles

Learning in the Thick of It

Harvard Business Review, 2005. By Marilyn Darling, Charles Perry, and Joe Moore

Emergent Learning: A Framework for Whole-System Strategy, Learning, and Adaptation

Foundation Review, 2016. By Marilyn Darling, Heidi Guber, Jillaine Smith, and James Stiles

A Compass in the Woods: Learning Through Grantmaking to Improve Impact

By Marilyn Darling

A Whole Greater than Its Parts: Exploring the Role of Emergence in Complex Social Change

By Marilyn Darling, Heidi Guber, and Jillaine Smith

Case studies, blogs, and impact stories from the community