By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 17 Nov 24
Seven Observations On 2024 and What’s NextIn 2024, over 2 billion of us voted in national elections. So what have we learned so far this year, in general and from the US election in particular?In the seven observations & reflections below I offer some of my own initial sensemaking as part of a broader conversation happening now. These points reflect my own experiences from a viewpoint of awareness-based systems change: the idea that for deep change to happen, we need to focus not only on the social systems “above the ground”, but also on the deeper conditions of social soil (figure
Seven Observations On 2024 and What’s NextIn 2024, over 2 billion of us voted in national elections. So what have we learned so far this year, in general and from the US election in particular?In the seven observations & reflections below I offer some of my own initial sensemaking as part of a broader conversation happening now. These points reflect my
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 21 Dec 23
image by Jayce LeeFaced with accelerating disruptions and social and environmental breakdowns, traditional forms of philanthropic giving may be less effective than they once were. Confronted with societal divisions, wars, and the climate crisis, core actors in philanthropy have begun to ask how philanthropy can respond more effectively in moments of a polycrisis. How can philanthropy deal with new forms of hypercomplexity? What is the role of philanthropy in responding to breakdown, and how can it promote regeneration and transformation?Numerous experiments and innovations in the philanthropic sector are responding in various ways to these disruptive challenges — from trust-based funding to participatory grant-making
image by Jayce LeeFaced with accelerating disruptions and social and environmental breakdowns, traditional forms of philanthropic giving may be less effective than they once were. Confronted with societal divisions, wars, and the climate crisis, core actors in philanthropy have begun to ask how philanthropy can respond more effectively in moments of a polycrisis. How can philanthropy deal with new forms of
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 18 Apr 23
Image by Jayce Pei Yu LeeI have just returned from Latin America. I find myself a somewhat different person than the one that left a couple of weeks ago. What changed?During my visit I went to Colombia, on invitation from the UNDP (United Nation Development Programme) and to Uruguay to launch the first Latin American Ecosystems Leadership Program (ELP) for our u-school for Transformation. The launch of this regional ELP in Latin America opened what to many of us felt like a profound new space of collective possibility. It is intended as a 3-year collective cross-sector and cross-country journey to awaken all
Image by Jayce Pei Yu LeeI have just returned from Latin America. I find myself a somewhat different person than the one that left a couple of weeks ago. What changed?During my visit I went to Colombia, on invitation from the UNDP (United Nation Development Programme) and to Uruguay to launch the first Latin American Ecosystems Leadership Program (ELP) for our u-school
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 18 Oct 22
Transcontextual Learning and ‘Healing’Continue reading on Medium »
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By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 2 Mar 22
Doing Change in Trying TimesGirolamo da Carpi — Opportunity and Remorse (1541)*This article was originally published as Chapter 10 in Dispatches from a Time Between Worlds (June, 2021). It is duplicated here to make this pertinent theme more accessible and encourage wider interest in the book.Repent (metanoia!), for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. — — Matthew 4:17.IntroductionA great change is upon our civilization and the self; a cultural conversion of biblical proportions. The operative word is metanoia; Greek for a profound ‘change of mind’, from the roots meta- (change, beyond, after) and nous (mind). Usually defined as “a transformative change of heart; especially: a spiritual conversion”,
Doing Change in Trying TimesGirolamo da Carpi — Opportunity and Remorse (1541)*This article was originally published as Chapter 10 in Dispatches from a Time Between Worlds (June, 2021). It is duplicated here to make this pertinent theme more accessible and encourage wider interest in the book.Repent (metanoia!), for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. — — Matthew 4:17.IntroductionA great change is upon our civilization and the self;
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 2 Mar 22
Doing Change in Trying TimesGirolamo da Carpi — Opportunity and Remorse (1541)*This article was originally published as Chapter 10 in Dispatches from a Time Between Worlds (June, 2021). It is duplicated here to make this pertinent theme more accessible and encourage wider interest in the book.Repent (metanoia!), for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. — — Matthew 4:17.IntroductionA great change is upon our civilization and the self; a cultural conversion of biblical proportions. The operative word is metanoia; Greek for a profound ‘change of mind’, from the roots meta- (change, beyond, after) and nous (mind). Usually defined as “a transformative change of heart; especially: a spiritual conversion”,
Doing Change in Trying TimesGirolamo da Carpi — Opportunity and Remorse (1541)*This article was originally published as Chapter 10 in Dispatches from a Time Between Worlds (June, 2021). It is duplicated here to make this pertinent theme more accessible and encourage wider interest in the book.Repent (metanoia!), for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. — — Matthew 4:17.IntroductionA great change is upon our civilization and the self;
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 13 Feb 22
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By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 2 Jan 22
What does system change look like?Continue reading on Medium »
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By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 4 Nov 21
Nora Bateson, President, International Bateson InstituteContinue reading on Medium »
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By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 30 Mar 21
Nora Bateson March, 2021Continue reading on Medium »
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