Tom Atlee: Active Appreciation – Evolutionary Change Agent Strategy?

Active Appreciation: A strategy for evolutionary change agents Appreciation is usually thought of in relatively passive, personal terms, as in “art appreciation”. But I’m beginning to think of it in more active, socially transformational terms. It turns out the several definitions of appreciation can be woven into a focused concept of tremendous potential power. I’ve …

Tom Atlee: Some Big-Picture Perspectives on Coronavirus

Some clarifying big-picture perspectives on the coronavirus Yet there’s one thing that systems modelling doesn’t account for: and that’s the human capacity to give freely regardless of material constraints. As the coronavirus crisis kicks off, it is our capacity through love to work, give and share not for monetary gain, not for self-protection, not for …

Tom Atlee: Rosa Zubizarreta on Dynamic Facilitation

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 work its magic. That process is Dynamic Facilitation and Rosa reveals its elegant recipe for transforming intense group conflict into creative group breakthroughs. If a fire-eater ate fire and then pull flowers …

Tom Atlee: Citizen Deliberative Democracy Emergent?

The butterfly of citizen deliberative democracy is emerging around the world… Powerful elite think tanks and mainstream media are beginning to favorably notice citizen deliberative initiatives that continue to rapidly emerge and evolve under the clouded mainstream radar. Here’s an intro this remarkable phenomenon, followed by a LOT of resources to swim around in….