The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Simplicity, Complicatedness, Complexity, Chaos – and Transformation The Cynefin framework is a quadrant model addressing the nature of situations and how we can appropriately address different levels of uncertainty. (Check out the visuals at Wikipedia or look for images through Google.) Its four quadrants are:
Where anarchy meets wholeness – a new vision of “panarchy” Whereas anarchy refers to no one in charge, panarchy can refer to everyone and everything in charge – a kind of self-organized order that arises out of the whole taking care of the whole. There are a number of ways that can happen. Exploring them …
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Extinction-level issues and wise democracy Much of the wisdom we need to address such mega-issues already exists. Most of these solutions are dispersed* and not broadly recognized and agreed-on. Furthermore, we have failed to demonstrate a collective capacity to implement such solutions in sustainably intelligent, integrated, responsive ways. The barriers to collectively recognizing and implementing …
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nclusive networks are shaping our lives right now. Are they governance? These are not so much networks of individuals as networks of groups, organizations, and institutions. When they begin to weave together into multi-sector, multi-stakeholder, multi-scale (MS3) networks, they become increasingly inclusive, often by asking “Who else should be part of this work, this conversation?” …
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A Journey into the Juicy Complexity of Regenerative Culture Here are my two reviews of Daniel Christian Wahl’s Designing Regenerative Cultures.
Participatory Sustainability: Notes for an Emerging Field of Civilizational Engagement “Participatory Sustainability introduces the idea that sustainability cannot be achieved merely through top-down government policy or economic activity. Sustainability requires the participation of all people and all parts of society, working with each other and with nature. The book provides dozens of approaches for doing …
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Counterintuitively, the highest evolutionary wisdom lies on the fringes of business as usual. The fringes are fringes because they are different, dissident, dissonant with business-as-usual – both with the mainstream and even with our own personal or group business-as-usual. The challenges presented by the fringes can expand our view of what’s really going on and …
