The meltdown of “jobs” – gloomy and bright
Automation is deleting jobs at an accelerating rate – and there are bright and gloomy implications for that. On the gloomy …
Sixteen Approaches to the Strategic Use of Conversation
It turns out there are many different ways to look at increasing our strategic leverage with conversational initiatives. In January a number …
Using conversations strategically for transformation
The social and global challenges we face arise from the ways our cultures and systems make us think (and behave) as if …
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 …
Moving beyond systemic blocks to caring
The social systems we live in – cultural, economic, political, and the rest – often make it difficult to effectively care. Understanding …
Exploring many perspectives on the Newtown tragedy
There’s a lot of public conversation cropping up in response to the massacre in Newtown. Although not all of it is as creative as it could be, the health of democracy depends on us talking together and opening ourselves to many relevant perspectiv…
What about Newtown? What about America?
It is horrendous. We so easily identify with the children – and teachers – and mother – killed in the Newtown massacre – and with those who knew and loved them, who no longer have these loved ones in their lives. We find ourselves deeply moved by …
Sources of the Occupy Movement – Part Four – Socioeconomic conditions
This post looks at the social and economic conditions that fostered the emergence of the Occupy movement, as well as a timeline of events, books, and commentary that, in retrospect, offer significant precedents or stimulants to the form and energy…
Another remarkable evolutionary voice
As many of you know, I find the evolutionary perspective to be one of the most meaningful, powerful, and instructive worldviews I’ve ever encountered. I find fascinating efforts to bring science, spirit, and everyday life together into a coherent …
The role of Honor and Heroism in nuclear catastrophes
This morning my brother, Dick Atlee, wrote the following: I was going through the UCS’s [Union of Concerned Scientists] latest update, from yesterday, and encountered the following, which crystallized a thought that has been nagging at me for days…