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 …
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 …
A big-picture, co-intelligent vision of diversity and privilege (Part 1)
Discussions and struggles over diversity and privilege are up-welling in societies around the world, including in my own life and projects. In …
Intercentricity (Part 2a): Examples – from activism to love and spirituality
In my last post I introduced basic principles of intercentricity – a dynamic worldview of reciprocal aliveness. In this post and the …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The secrets behind Dynamic Facilitation’s special power
I want to share with you Rosa Zubizarreta’s remarkable insights into how a very powerful process works its magic. That process is …
Introduction to Participatory Sustainability – Part 1
Very few people have read my compact book PARTICIPATORY SUSTAINABILITY. Recently, on re-reading it, I was surprised to find it contains a …