by Rob Malcolm | Aug 19, 2026 | Glossary
The Three Capacity Lens is an ASF sensemaking tool that groups the six capitals of Integrated Thinking into three connected forms of capacity: Adaptive Capacity (Human + Social Capital), Economic Capacity (Intellectual + Manufactured + Financial Capital), and...
by Rob Malcolm | Aug 19, 2026 | Glossary
Human Capital is the knowledge, skills, experience, judgement and capability held by people. Social Capital is the trust, relationships, communication, reciprocity and cooperation that enable those individual capabilities to connect and work collectively. Human...
by Rob Malcolm | Aug 19, 2026 | Glossary
Social Cohesion is the capacity of people within a community, organisation, or wider social system to maintain sufficient trust, belonging, mutual obligation, and willingness to cooperate despite differences in interests, experience, and perspective. Cohesion does not...
by Rob Malcolm | Aug 18, 2026 | Glossary
Conservation of Resources (CoR) theory proposes that people seek to acquire, protect and replenish resources they value, and experience stress when those resources are threatened, lost, or cannot be restored. Resources include more than material assets. They can...
by Rob Malcolm | Aug 4, 2026 | Glossary
The Capability Pledge is the promise a capability owner makes to the rest of the organisation and its stakeholders about how that capability will conduct its business and deliver its contribution. It is the mission statement of the capability. It sets out what the...
by Rob Malcolm | Jul 27, 2026 | Glossary
Regenerative Momentum is the reinforcing dynamic through which improving capability, relationships, trust and ecological health increases a system’s capacity to continue renewing itself. Regenerative change rarely begins as a self-sustaining process. Initial effort...