Waking Up into Wholeness, Dialogue and Mystery (Sense-making – Part 1)
A compelling, well-reasoned essay challenges us with the idea that we actually don’t know what’s going on – ever. A colleague responds …
We are all in this together – Part II
A poem suggesting that we are all very much together in the co-creative dynamics of the whole of life, even as we …
Some clarifying big-picture perspectives on the coronavirus
I think we will see everything…people coming together and some with an “every man for himself” attitude. I also hope this is …
Can a small citizen deliberation have more impact than a giant one?
Among the many trends I see in my work on democratic innovation I highlight two here, one in Canada, one in the …
Simplicity, Complicatedness, Complexity, Chaos – and Transformation
Situations that are simple, complicated, complex, and chaotic involve very different dynamics and thus very different forms of engagement. If we are …
A Journey into the Juicy Complexity of Regenerative Culture
Two reviews of Daniel Christian Wahl’s Designing Regenerative Cultures I knew a lot about regenerative culture before I opened this remarkable book. …
Factors that support collective intelligence and wisdom
Many factors play a role in how collectively intelligent or wise a group, system, or situation is. Here I offer tentative lists …
Exploring Wholeness in more detail – to support our highest aspirations
Wholeness is the foundation of the co-intelligence worldview. It is a big subject – embracing many varieties, dimensions, and manifestations of wholeness, …
Exploring the many species of Power (with Wholeness in mind)
There is power everywhere, not just in domination and control. Power comes in many forms and guises and is itself evolving. Those …
Crucial Adventures in Systems Thinking
Systems are everywhere. They shape us and we can, do, and should shape them. Our destiny is tied up with them but …