“i think of movements as intentional worlds, or perhaps more accurately as worlds designed by and for intentional people, those who are able to feel the world not as an…
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The Web of Change
Creating Impact Through Networks The following post is excerpted from the introduction of Impact Networks: Create Connection, Spark Collaboration, and Catalyze Systemic Change, now available in print, as an audiobook, and…
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Reimagining a Regenerative Future — Part 1
Navigating radical uncertainty with radical tenderness… MATURITY is the ability to live fully and equally in multiple contexts; most especially, the ability, despite our grief and losses, to courageously inhabit…
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From Learning to Doing
How do more of us help create a world that is good for all of us? Many of us have been attending at least a few of the hundreds of…
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The Wisdom of W.A.I.T.ing: Mindful Sharing in a Network Age
“We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.”— Zeno of Citium The other day I was reminded of the group working agreement “W.A.I.T.”…
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Thinking Like an Octopus (and With a Collaborative Heart): Evolving and Interlocking Networks
“You’ve got to keep asserting the complexity and the originality of life, and the multiplicity of it, and the facets of it.”Toni Morrison A network that I have been a…
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Trust Emerges Over Time
Imagine a research-intensive organization where scientists should be sharing what they learn, and the official company policy is to share information and expertise among public and private partners. However, the…
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Weaving Together a World Without Violence
The Medicine Cards Companion to the healing cookbook, the medicine card deck is arranged into five suits: invocations, principles, ingredients, recipes and wild card. These cards are designed to invoke the senses as well as the intellect,…
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Learning to Breathe in the Network Era
The networked workplace is the new reality. It’s always on and globally connected. This is where all organizations are going, at different speeds and in a variety of ways. Some…
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The Importance of Learning in Networks
We are seeing a shift in the social transformation space from evaluation to learning and support for change. Evaluation has too often been a judgment-based, funder driven approach to determining whether…
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