How to scale up conversations to embrace millions (Collective Coherence Part Three)
We know we can scale up democratic exercises like voting to embrace thousands or millions of people. But what about scaling up …
Realizing healing and transformation in the U.S. ….
A lot of people I know are freaked out that Donald Trump’s electoral victory means that the country is swinging rightward to …
Crazy politics? How much longer will we wait?
The US 2016 electoral season has featured some of the most dysfunctional and dangerous political dynamics we have seen yet – and …
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 …
Juicy Compilations about Big Empathy and Transformational Conversation
In the last ten days two major compilations have been posted related to the co-intelligence work – one on Big Empathy 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 …
Exploring the Dynamics of Polarization
Polarization is collectively and individually toxic to our capacity to “do democracy” sanely and wisely. This post details the toxic dynamics of …
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 …
Invitation to a national public issue dialogue initiative
The National Dialogue Network (NDN) is an ambitious project inspired by a contest held by the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation …
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,…