January opportunity #2: The Future is Calling Us to Greatness
Without even realizing it, I’ve become part of an online conference made up of amazing interviews with amazing people, put together by …
January opportunity #1: Can Conversations on Crises Change Civilization?
Powerful conversations have a track record of impacting individuals and systems in significant ways. Thus, for many of us who practice and …
Co-intelligently catalyzing transformational energies from Ferguson and beyond
The widespread engagement with the Ferguson crisis raises the possibility that the energies involved in such issues can be tapped for positive …
The two most important issues? Climate and democracy.
Climate and democracy are what I call meta-issues – issues which impact virtually every other issue and therefore, I believe, have priority …
A call for wiser research on collective wisdom
Research has just shown that “The Wisdom of Crowds” phenomena can be biased – a bias that can be avoided by focusing …
Enhancing the lives of both Palestinians and Israelis?
The ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine is reaching another volcanic peak. Perhaps the biggest tragedy is the painfully familiar sense that …
“Dark Google”, privacy and power
As the information age and big data colonize everything in life – expanding now into reality itself – we face an erosion …
Upshifting our limited empathy to face Big Issues
Our empathy is built in us with a kind of disconnect which can make it hard to usefully integrate our feelings with …
Competing Narratives about the Ukraine Crisis
There are competing narratives about what’s going on in the Ukraine and why, and it behooves us as citizens to expose ourselves …
Strategic Climate Activism: Resist – and build a cooperative, democratic economy
The climate crisis is far more than an environmental issue. Adequately ramping up efforts to address it will require prioritizing a climate-justice …