In Everyday Habits for Transforming Systems, Adam Kahane challenges the idea that meaningful systems change comes from heroic leaders or grand transformation programmes. Instead, he offers a grounded and hopeful alternative: systems evolve through many small, everyday actions taken by people working from where they are, with what they have, inside the systems they care about. Drawing on decades of experience in complex social, organisational, and political change, Kahane introduces seven practical habits that help practitioners engage more responsibly, relate more fully, notice what is unseen, work with cracks, experiment forward, collaborate across difference, and sustain themselves over time.This summary explores Kahane’s core metaphors of carving, weaving, and sailing, his concept of radical engagement, and the discipline of working with cracks where new futures are already trying to emerge. It is written for change practitioners, leaders, facilitators, and anyone working with complexity who wants practical guidance for taking thoughtful, human-centred action without waiting for perfect conditions or complete alignment.