How to integrate information for a wiser democracy
Many fields and professions – from journalism and academia to video games and movies – can and do stimulate informed – or …
From Conflict to Creative Collaboration: A Review of Rosa Zubizarreta’s User’s Guide to Dynamic Facilitation
Rosa Zubizarreta’s new book on Dynamic Facilitation is the best description I know of a truly remarkable process for generating breakthroughs when …
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 …
An opportunity like no other – the Great March for Climate Action
In March 2014 the giant Great March for Climate Action will begin its 8 month cross-country activist trek. I believe it has …
Surveillance and parasitism harm society’s collective intelligence
What this post is about: Society’s collective intelligence needs to be able to see clearly what’s going on and take action about …
Escaping the Left-Right Box-In Match
The “transpartisan” movement is only the tip of a very large and long-term “upwising” of people Left and Right (and otherwise) who …
Collective thinking about public affairs
(NOTE: In this essay I intentionally subsume the thinking processes of official decision-makers into the thinking processes of the citizenry as a whole. I realize that official decision-makers can and do make decisions independently of the will of…
Conflict and the varied gifts of powerful conversation
The power of conversation is real but not total. People sometimes take an oversimplified perspective of the power of dialogue, deliberation, and choice-creating to deal with tensions between people. EIther they think “just talk” can’t do much to r…
A big breakthrough for all group process folks…
For almost 5 years I’ve been involved with envisioning and creating a “pattern language” for group process. (A pattern language is a set of design factors to guide people in creating things that are wholesome and life-giving – vibrant communities,…
Must-read article on approaches to money in politics
The debate over corporate power and money in politics is beginning to generate some significant light – good analysis, integral thinking, creativity – as well as heat – passion, slogans, quick response. If both of these forces of nature can synerg…