November 12th, 2021 The blackbird returns to The Stoa to present modern relationship dynamics, the state they are in, and how they can improve. This will be followed by the return of Socratic Speed Dating: an event that combines speed dating with Socratic questioning. To sign up for Raven’s Broken Gender course: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe6dO4rjfTatkfZIIjhfvnthe1ANToTPVxQ4_0oKCarn3nh3A/viewform Why are […]

November 11th, 2021 Joe Edelman returns to The Stoa to discuss his idea of "weird-treprenuers." "The opposite of a same-preneur is a weird-trepreneur. Instead of funnels and transactions, the weird-trepreneur builds playgrounds and open-ended explorations in which each person does their own thing and comes out weirder on the other side, and where their interactions

November 10th, 2021 The speed and dissociation of the cultural waters we swim in make subtle body awareness a superpower. We can continue to (or begin to) truly feel each other through the turbulence of these times. This is crucial to understanding ourselves, our place in the world, and the work that needs to be

November 9, 2021 Part 1: Savvy About Psychodynamics Robert Gilman from the Context Institute is our philosopher in residence for the month of November. He will be building on his August visit to The Stoa where he described the main dysfunctions in modern culture as 1) clueless about psychodynamics, 2) narrow modes of cognition and

November 4th, 2021 “I’ve invited Barry to join us in a conversation about power and systems. Barry’s book’ Seeing systems’ has had a big influence on the thinking of many in our learning community, and with over 50 years of experience in the human systems space, we are excited to learn from the perspectives Barry