Creative Participation of the Whole – a North Star concept
What does it mean to engage the creative participation of the whole? That aspiration is both simpler and more complex than it …
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 …
Large-scale collective sense-making processes (Sense-making – Part 5)
I’ve long advocated the use of multiple processes in public and stakeholder engagements so that synergies among them can be tapped. Recently …
Generating Peace on Earth and Goodwill Towards Everyone
I share with you three seemingly unrelated things that actually have everything to do with each other and all of which I …
Two DIY Approaches to Help Everyone Feel Heard
There are many ways to help people feel heard. Many of us realize how valuable that capacity is not only for conflict …
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 …
Finding our way together – through innovations in shared understanding (Collective Coherence Part Two)
Majoritarian voting can get us to a workable answer quickly without having to worry about minorities and concerns. But sometimes some of …
The wisdom of the fringes?
Counterintuitively, the highest evolutionary wisdom lies on the fringes of business as usual. The fringes are fringes because they are different, dissident, …
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 …
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 …