Wasan Huddles: A resource hub for practitioners
06/30/2025
From October 2024 to April 2025, the Wasan Network and Huddlecraft sparked eight Huddles—peer groups of up to twelve, pooling their expertise, resources and support. Each Huddle explored one of six community-driven themes:
- Case-making for relationships
- Future of community foundations
- Mission-based approaches in Canada
- Learning in networks
- Unlearning
- Working with division & grief
Now, we’ve bottled all the collective learning into one handy Wasan Huddles Resource Hub on Notion — from websites to podcasts, from articles and interviews to AI-generated session notes, from event recordings to practical tools.
Below, you’ll find a handful of standout resources — a glimpse into the learning, creativity and connection that unfolded across the Huddles. Take a look and follow your curiosity — there’s plenty to explore.
1) A cross-Huddle podcast episode
Let’s start with an overview! This AI-generated podcast weaves insights from across the Huddle themes and surfaces practical takeaways for practitioners.
👂 Listen here.
2) The Community Foundations Futures website
Two huddles explored the future of community foundations and on this beautifully curated website, you’ll find the top emerging themes and insights that surfaced — from re-imagining power to catalytic infrastructure and experimentation.
🌱 Explore here.
3) Spotlight on learning with Jotham
In this conversation with Huddle participant Jotham Sietsma, he shares his three key insights on how networks can prepare for conflict. He also shares a powerful moment from the Huddle: when they invited conflict to dinner.
🔦 Read here.
🥘 You can also explore the full Working with division & conflict Huddle resource document, including a guided exercise on designing a dinner experience where conflict is the guest.
4) The 12 steps to unlearning
This resource, developed by Unlearning Huddle participant, Amy J. Wilson, shares the 12 steps of unlearning. The first step? Awakening. Acknowledging the values and patterns from dominant culture that shape how we live, lead and relate. After the 12 steps, there’s a powerful question: Where are you on your journey to unlearning?
🧭 Explore here.
💻 Follow the Unlearning Huddle on this website as they continue to develop Unlearning Circles, a Community of Practice and tools.
5) The relational podcast
Among the incredible Huddle creations, you’ll find an entire podcast series from the Case-making for relationships Huddles. Listen in on Huddle participants in conversation about making the case for relational work in the social sector and complex world.
🎙️Listen here.
6) Mission-led approaches in social innovation: Key themes
This article, using AI, distills the Mission-led approaches Huddle’s session summaries and hosts’ reflections into five key themes and takeaways—offered as prompts and provocations to other practitioners. One surprising takeaway? The idea that arts and culture can be crucial drivers of systems change.
📝 Read here.
7) Learning in networks website
Last but definitely not least, another beautiful website creation by the Learning in Networks Huddle. There you’ll find reflections on the learning process, as well as a list of tensions and polarities that are essential to whether learning in a network flows or falters.
✨ Explore here.
Curious to explore more?
You can find all resources and deep dives in the full Wasan Huddles Resource Hub. We hope the learning and connections from the Huddles continue to ripple across the Wasan Network and beyond.
