What is the equivalent for the Human Hive of producing 40 pounds of honey in the bee hive? That is the question that I have been inquiring into through the lenses of bio-psycho-cultural-social-mimicry. In the generative seed bed of my recent visit to San Francisco, glimpses of the ingredients for producing "Honey" in our Human [...]
When was the last time you got really involved in an election? What role did you play? Voter or Election Candidate or Supporter? If you want to navigate the outcomes of elections, the usual injunctions include: Follow the money Vote with your feet Mark an X on the ballot. But if you are running for [...]
Integral City how do we map the rhythms and dynamics of your life? In the last five posts we have explored the five Maps of Integral City. Each reveals new territory. I have described the merits of Maps 1,2,3 and 4 (borrowing from the organizational icons in the book Spiral Dynamics) in the audio (and printed) book, Integral City: [...]
Integral City how do we relate to your constant changes and exchanges? Map 3 reveals the cycles that flow through and around your prolific eco-system. Integral City Map 3: The Scalar Fractal Relationship of Micro, Meso and Macro Human Systems In the city, as individuals we grow our capacities. When life conditions trigger [...]
Integral City how do I create thee? Perhaps Map 2 can reveal how ... There are points of time, of distant memory, when the soul unites within the pattern of the universe. That union brings forth the understanding of life's harmony. So it should be within the [city] garden … Author Unknown [...]
Is information in your city easy to come by? or is it difficult to make sense of your city because information is scarce or misaligned? Information in the Integral City is critical to the city's functioning, wellbeing and thriving. But when we are overwhelmed by electronic news blasts it can be difficult to know what [...]
Using Integral City approaches to analyse your city demands attunement of your faculties of observation. Cindy Wigglesworth recommends that in 2013 we use "Humble Curiosity" to see the world in new ways. She outlines a path that aligns multiple intelligences that build on one another like a pyramid of increasing complexity. Cindy is founder of [...]
Terry Patten dialogues with Dr. Peter Levine about the 3rd and 4th wave of psychotherapy. (Read Terry's blog and listen to the dialog here.) They talk about “Creating Health In a Traumatized Society” in a way that links the insights of human brain development and compassion. This has fascinating implications for the Integral City. Dr. Levine [...]
Ten days after the final Integral City 2.0 Online Conference (IC2OC) ... and we have celebrated our first Thanksgiving (whose timing we borrow from Canada :-)) We are thankful for the people who made the IC2OC possible: all the volunteers, the speakers, the affiliates and the participants - in a constantly intermeshing order. We have [...]
Because communities and cities are emergents and artefacts of human life, they are outcomes of the brains that have created them. The meshworks in them seem to be fractal patterns that emerge at all scales of human systems. We can better understand how cities work and evolve by recognizing that their communities reflect evolving capacities to [...]