The key promise of sociocracy is that all voices matter. In reality our current sociocracy practices are not enough to overcome the way society systemically oppresses the voices of people…
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Centering equity within networks
Collective Mind hosts regular Community Conversations with our global learning community. These sessions create space for network professionals to connect, share experiences, and cultivate solutions to common problems experienced by networks.Our April…
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A Framework For Universal Well Being
A note from the Editor: What follows is generously brought to you by The Weaving Lab and taken directly from their Framework for Universal Well Being. You can download the…
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Power of Networks: Interconnectedness Drives Change
Our world is beset by societal challenges that are large, complex, dynamic and highly contextual. Networks can play a transformative role in resolving these challenges by sparking an interconnected web of actors…
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Patterns of Collective Flight
This article is dedicated to my fellow super-connectors, movement weavers, story activators, and of course, visionary poets and meta-pattern identifiers — all of whom are seeking to create a more…
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From Nature’s Mutualistic Networks to More Resilient Human Networks
We have been taught to live in a competitive, survival-of-the-fittest world. But what if this has been wrong? What if the natural world, and the humans in it, are much…
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“Lean Weaving”: Creating Networks for a Future of Resilience and Regeneration
I’m fInishing up David Fleming’s book Surviving the Future, and buzzing with ideas and questions about the role of networks, network weaving and energy network science in these times of “systemic release” (see the adaptive…
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Can problem-solving itself be problematic?
Intelligence is usually defined in terms of capacities like the ability to learn, to plan, to recognize patterns and to solve problems. So it has been hard for me –…
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The Square, the Tower, and the Circle:
The Blind Spot in the Stewardship of Locally Led Systems Change NetworksThe Plight of the Social ActivistMany social activists can relate to the following scenario. They sign up for an…
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The Power of Communities in Uncertain Times — Part 2
The questions we ask today will define the future we create tomorrow…When the Stranger says: “What is the meaning of this city?Do you huddle close together because you love each…
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