Engaging human life energy elegantly for change
To change the world we can call forth and inspire people’s life energy toward the fundamental needs of life. Doing this requires …
Using a few million dollars to transform American political culture
What high-leverage initiatives can we imagine that could embed wisdom-producing dialogue and deliberation – among citizens, stakeholders, and/or public officials – deeply …
Life-affirming engagement with the Trump phenomenon
Donald Trump surpasses all other U.S. candidates in raising negative responses – a dynamic which both helps and harms his campaign. His …
A really good new book about dealing with differences
Greg Nees’ Connecting Hearts and Minds: Insights, Skills, and Best Practices for Dealing with Differences is exactly what it says it is. …
Imagine a country imagining its future together. It did!
Within a month of toppling its dictator, Tunisia’s 2011 Arab Spring revolution was bogged down with a struggling transition government and a …
Listening for Change: A remarkable essay by a remarkable colleague
Good facilitation can help us hear each other in ways that free up our collective energy for change. Here is a provocative …
A thanksgiving mindful of ALL children
Below you will find a remarkable Thanksgiving prayer-poem by child advocate Marian Wright Edelman. In its vision and compassion it reminds me of …
A Timely Poem: The Unholy Majority
I’ve recently been engaged in some new background research, writing, and conversations and have been absent from this public space for a …
Pros, cons and the liberation potential of random selection
Today elections are more manipulated spectacle than enforcing the real answerability of elected governments. Existing political systems make wise decision-making highly unlikely. …
Race, interconnectedness, and co-intelligence
Black lives matter. And we’re all connected. And we’re all co-creating what happens next. What would it be like to co-create cultures …