IP & Use
This site exists to share the principles, patterns, and practices behind Facilitated Emergence® and Narrative Architecture™ in the spirit of open knowledge. These methodologies draw on complexity science, ecological design, relational and decolonial perspectives, and years of applied practice across organisational and environmental domains. They are offered here so that teams, practitioners, researchers, and organisations can grow their capability to design and lead in living systems.
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To support this knowledge-sharing ethos while also protecting the integrity of the work, the materials on this site are made available under the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) licence.
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This means you are free to:
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Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
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Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material
as long as you follow these terms:
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Attribution — Credit “Y'ael Vorster” as the author and include a link back to this site.
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NonCommercial — Use the material for learning, internal capability-building, research, or teaching, but not for commercial training or consultancy.
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ShareAlike — If you adapt the work, you must release your contributions under the same licence.
Facilitated Emergence® (registered trademark) and Narrative Architecture™ (trademark) are protected names. The frameworks may be referenced, taught, or discussed under the terms above, but commercial delivery—such as paid training, certification, consultancy, or branded programs—requires prior permission.
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Trademark Usage Guidelines
Facilitated Emergence®
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Use the ® symbol on first or prominent use.
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Subsequent mentions in the same text may omit the ® for readability.
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Do not modify the name, create derivative brand names, or use it as a generic noun (“a facilitated emergence”).
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Acceptable forms:
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Facilitated Emergence®
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the Facilitated Emergence methodology
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the FE approach
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Narrative Architecture™
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Use the ™ symbol on first or prominent use.
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Do not abbreviate to “NA” in public-facing materials.
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Do not use it as a generic term (“a narrative architecture”).
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Acceptable forms:
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Narrative Architecture™
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the Narrative Architecture framework
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the Narrative Architecture approach
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Commercial use requires permission, including:
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Paid workshops or masterclasses
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Use in proprietary frameworks or toolkits
How to Credit
If citing this work in presentations, papers, or materials, please use the recommended citation format provided below.
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Recommended Citation Format
Vorster, Y. (2025). Facilitated Emergence®: An Ecological Design Thinking Methodology. [Facilitated Emergence].
Available at: https://www.facilitated-emergence.com/
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Vorster, Y. (2025). Narrative Architecture™: A Minimalist Framework for Clarity, Coherence, and Complex Project Alignment. [Facilitated Emergence].
Available at: https://www.facilitated-emergence.com/
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This site is intended as a learning commons: a space for exploration, reflection, and collective capacity-building. Thank you for honouring the spirit and principles of the work by attributing it appropriately and supporting ethical, regenerative knowledge sharing.