4 Levels of Focus in My Work and CII’s
The four main focuses of my work for the last 40 years have been co-intelligence, wholeness, wise democracy and citizen councils. For …
Truth and the dance of fact and story (Sense-Making Part 7)
Facts ground us in reality. Stories ground us in meaning. The two together can produce powerful guidance, what we call “truth”. But …
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 – …
Offerings for a New Paradigm Politics
We are near the end of our summer fundraiser. Folks have donated $3274 toward our $15,000 target. Please join them in supporting …
Intercentricity – the web of reciprocal aliveness (Part 1)
Back in August 1991 – at the dawn of my co-intelligence work – I wrote an essay exploring the implications of seeing …
More juicy Inquiries into sense-making (Sense-making – Part 3)
In the previous two posts in this “sense-making” series (here and here) I shared several earlier articles on this subject that I …
Why is it so hard to make sense of what’s happening? (Sense-making – Part 2)
There are dozens of reasons why it is so hard to make sense of what’s happening. Here I offer two comprehensive resources …
Introduction to Participatory Sustainability – Part 2
In this post and the previous one , I share the first chapter of my short book PARTICIPATORY SUSTAINABILITY. The book contains …
Dialogue Guidelines to Deepen Awareness (Part 2)
This is the second of three posts in which I share some insightful guidelines for expanding individual and group consciousness by highlighting …
The fall and rise of truth, trust and society’s capacity for wisdom
What does it mean to live in a “post-truth era”? Is there a broader history and context feeding that phenomenon than just …