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7 CO-EVOLVING

Phase 7. Co-evolving- Integrate the learnings from the experiments to the strategic level

This phase is the more high-level or strategic counterpart of step C( ollecting learnings). Through a careful assessment of the experiments’ outcomes, learning can be fed back to a higher, strategic level, for instance when they lead to reconceptualizing the problem or shift the frame of reference. Meanwhile, also circumstances might have changed, new knowledge emerged, political decisions altered, and focuses shifted. The phase of co-evolving requires to adopt a long-term yet transformative perspective, when assessing these new developments together with the conceptual learning that experiments gave rise to, to ensure that the visions, practice and plans remain relevant in the light of the broader trajectory of long-term societal change.