Notes from the Field / August-November 2015
Edward Kelley
Over the past 2-3 years we have run a number of retreats on The Third Act in life. In April of this year we also ran a successful Third Act Conference. More recently we have been running Third Act workshops in which we have moved our attention to what work we can do and what organisational structure might be best suited to support that work. Here is a short update.
The Third …
Notes from the Field / August-November 2015
Jeremy D. Johnson
Elza Maalouf gave her ITC2015 keynote on Saturday morning. I was present – as the ITC live blogger – and published the bulk of my notes for her talk on my homepage[i] The following is an extended version of that morning’s blog post.
As Mark Fabionar mentioned to me back in June, “Elza is a theorist, but she’s an informed theorist, based on her work on the ground… as an Arab woman living in …
Notes from the Field / August-November 2015
You can buy a video of Sean Hargens’ opening presentation and more from ITC 2015 here. Well worth watching for a status of integral theory, its impact and potential. His presentation on the list of projects around the world is remarkable. In the US, Europe and Asia individuals are applying integral approaches and making remarkable impact. Also featured is the relationship between MetaIntegral and the Nature Conservancy.
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Notes from the Field / August-November 2015
http://millennium-project.org/millennium/201516SOF.html
Concerned for “the” and “our” future? Highly recommended report by the UN sponsored Millennium Project. The report contains much more useful information than can be offered in this space. The link above provides access to the full report and the executive summary from which the following has been excerpted. –rv
Through a series of international Delphi surveys beginning in 1997 and global
scanning systems, …
Notes from the Field / August-November 2015
Paul Gibbs
In late July, Middlesex University hosted a symposium of invited academics, thinkers and practitioners to discuss the nature of transdisciplinarity in the context of UK postgraduate higher education. Participants included Professor Nicolescu and academics from universities in the UK including Middlesex, Kings, University College London Institute of Education (UCL IOE) and Manchester, and from Australia. Topic ranged from conceptual dialogue in transdisciplinarity (Nicolescu), curriculum design (Scott), pedagogies (Nixon), anthropologic investigation (Maguire), and transversal takes from Heidegger and the …
Notes from the Field / August-November 2015
Elizabeth Kennedy
The altar stood tall, and stood out in the room. Simply walking into Bence Ganti’s Integral Flow Experience you sense something special is going to happen here.
Bence uses an altar and ceremony to affect the lower left aspect of the class – and it works beautifully. Integral Flow experience is truly a four quadrant expression of his 20 years in the field of integral spirituality and personal transformation.
Setting up in the morning before the daylong class, …
Notes from the Field / August-November 2015
Alia Aurami
Since Frederic Laloux published his Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next-Stage of Human Consciousness, with foreword by Ken Wilber, the impact of Integral on businesses and other organizations will never be the same. The author seems to have hit a nerve in the Zeitgeist; the number of readers of the book and of websites referencing it is rapidly growing, as are the number of …
Notes from the Field / August-November 2015
Bill Toth
As I stood on the balcony of the Herrenhausen Palace, overlooking the magnificent gardens I felt very fortunate to be invited, along with 26 other PhD students to this gathering of systems thinkers from around the world to consider the interesting problem of Anthropocene governance. It was not initially clear what the objective of the conference would be, when my research advisor made me aware of this event several months earlier. The term “Anthropocene” is certainly not in …
Notes from the Field / April - June 2015
Therese Rowley
Notes from June 10, 2015
A panel of three young, knowledgeable professionals, representing the fields of green architecture, engineering, construction and interior design spoke about how they were purpose-driven in each deciding to start their own companies. They were each determined to achieve business success (for themselves and their clients) by partnering with the planet.
Sean Moran founder of NewGrang Design Build, had a disturbing experience early in his career when he worked for a design construction company. …
Notes from the Field / April - June 2015
Crisis Management Workshop: Renton Washington: April 29, 2015 – May 1, 2015
Dena Rosko
I supported community engagement for the crisis management workshop and certificate program from Saybrook University. My team members included Roderick Campbell and Eric Dooley-Feldman, with faculty members Nancy Southern, Gary Metcalf, and Ian Mitroff.
The workshop was distinctive because it focused on a systems perspective for preparing for, managing, and responding to crises. Often this effort can include coordinating multiple partners.
Various city staff attended the …