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Medicine Wheel Systems Theory (MWST): A Holistic Framework for Organizational Empowerment

ByAndrea January 27, 2025January 28, 2025

In a world dominated by colonial systems that prioritize profit, hierarchy, and individualism, organizations are increasingly seeking frameworks that foster equity, sustainability, and collective well-being. The Medicine Wheel Systems Theory (MWST), a powerful integration of the Indigenous Medicine Wheel and General Systems Theory (GST), offers a transformative approach to understanding and transforming organizations. MWST is a…

Medicine Wheel Systems Theory and Combating Colonial Epistemic Violence

ByAndrea October 30, 2023October 30, 2023

‘Beaded Elder: Tears of Colonial Devastation’, 2023 curated by Andrea Menard Abstract The Confluence of Medicine Wheel Systems Theory and General Systems Theory This paper employs an interdisciplinary approach by amalgamating Medicine Wheel Systems Theory (MWST), rooted in Indigenous cosmologies, with general systems theory, originating from Western scientific traditions. MWST adopts a wholistically-oriented, cyclical perspective…