From turfdom and territoriality we will move to collaboration and networking within and between systems and organizations. This is a key transition which will make it possible to utilize each others' resources, ideas, knowledge, spaces and places. It will enrich all the participants and their client systems. It will be necessary to learn to accept differences of commitment on the part of different persons and groups. It will be important to communicate goals and purposes in clear, useful ways.
Transition provides a beautiful opportunity to learn about and from others.
We are moving from clear accepted norms and values to shifting and changing values. There is a push to move from little or no focus on the future toward more thinking about the future and how to plan to meet it. Much knowledge is available about scenarios of the future, and many techniques have been developed to do realistic planning. To involve and integrate additional populations or remain without the beauty of difference we so need to be creative and pro-active. To involve all parts of the system in planning and change making or risk building or increasing the resistance to change.