A Q&A on Wisdom
For several years I’ve used the Q&A site Quora as a forum to articulate some of my thoughts about wisdom. I’ve chosen …
Engaging with the Evolving Whole
What this message is about: Everything in the world is part of an evolving whole. Learning – once again, newly – how …
Intrinsic Participation and the Great Co-Creative Dance
In this essay I expand on the idea of “intrinsic participation”, a concept I introduced in “Creative Participation of the Whole – …
Universal Intelligence
There is something about the universe — an elegant order in the way everything fits and unfolds, an inexplicable beauty in its …
Can problem-solving itself be problematic? (Sense-making, Part 6)
This essay is largely a critique of how we tend to focus on problem-solving to address any undesirable situation. However, as I’ve …
What does “making sense” mean? (Sense-making – Part 4)
The phrase “it makes sense” has a lot going on in it, most of which we don’t pay much attention to… and …
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 …
Crisis invites us, then pushes us
Here’s a short evolutionary systemic look at where we find ourselves and why it is important to make a shift outside of …
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 …
Mutual learning in context – everywhere – always…
A poem about another deep dynamic we can tap into to generate wisdom together. What is it about the fact that everything …