« This stage in emergence can never be predicted.
It is the sudden appearance of a system that has real power
and influence. .... The practices developed by courageous communities become the
accepted standard. People no longer hesitate about adopting these approaches and
methods and they learn them easily. Policy and funding debates now include the
perspectives and experiences of these pioneers. Emergence is the fundamental
scientific explanation for how local changes can materialize as global systems
of influence. As a change theory, it offers methods and practices to accomplish
the systems-wide changes that are so needed at this time. »
