Progress towards what?

In our age of ecological breakdown, mass migrations, and potentially nuclear war, perhaps it helps to have a positive goal. One way of phrasing such a goal is to evolve a compassionate life-affirming culture. A life-affirming culture will care for people and the rest...

SCAN FOCUS DESIGN and transformative social change

A process called SCAN FOCUS DESIGN is sometimes used for thinking through complex business problems. It is relevant to social change as well. I will give examples from different disciplines to illustrate each of these phases, and then connect the process to...

Climate anxiety in kids

I received an email requesting information about how various practitioners help kids deal with climate anxiety. Here is how I responded. What I am about to say is not what you’re looking for, but it is relevant to the climate change and anxiety conversation....

Climate anxiety in kids

I received an email requesting information about how various practitioners help kids deal with climate anxiety. Here is how I responded. What I am about to say is not what you’re looking for, but it is relevant to the climate change and anxiety conversation....
Our aspiration should be adequate to our challenge

Our aspiration should be adequate to our challenge

Decades ago the great mythologist Joseph Campbell suggested, “Follow your bliss!” That was excellent advice for his time, which some called The Age of Conformity. And while Campbell’s advice still has merit, our time is different. We are in the midst of a great...