How do you celebrate Remembrance Day in a community that does not believe in war? Peace Palace den Haag, NL It’s a question I have never asked myself, until I moved into a community designed by the Mennonites. I knew they opposed the (Abbotsford) air show because it promoted war planes/machinery. And I [...]
I am Integral City. Web of Conversations I am a web of constant, connecting, mysteriously transformative conversations, manifesting the 12 City Intelligences, [i] amongst my 4 voices[ii] — citizens, government, organizations, and businesses. Some people align towards, others resist, co-creating a more beautiful and sustainable world. Worldviews expand from self, to city, to world, [...]
We are Peer Spirits learning to read five Maps[i] of Integral City’s Intelligences and dance with her Communities of Practice. Peer Spirits in the Dance Apart, we situate our connections in the city as mentors[ii] to individual growth; as coaches[iii] to holarchic relationships between individuals and groups;[iv] as facilitator[v] for fractal synergetics of [...]
What paradigms might best guide humanity’s Communities of Practice around connecting global and local conversations about change? Indra's Web Why do we connect? We value connecting and intend to connect. Whom do we connect with? Knowing our values, and understanding our purpose and our world, illuminate relevance. How do we connect well? We [...]
This is a re-publication of an article by Keith Rice, published in Eros and Kosmos, August, 2014. It offers an explanation of the Contexting and Strategic Intelligences that lie behind the article I wrote on City Trigger Points, Country Tipping Points also published in Eros and Kosmos. Eugene Pustoshkin, Editor of Eros and Kosmos (the only [...]
Mom always used to say, “be careful of the company you keep”. Transpersonal psychologist, Integral pioneer and wise elder, Dr. Roger Walsh, at IEC, emphasized the importance of the company you keep, to support your Integral spiritual practice. By gathering with, for and as the people who embrace the paradigms of evolutionary consciousness and culture, [...]
This blog continues to share the Findings from the research conducted in three Learning Lhabitats exploring the 4 Voices of the City in the United States, Canada and Europe in the last year. Today we compare the results that open wider understanding of the role of the Civil Society Voice in the city, from Learning [...]
Three Learning Lhabitats have explored the 4 Voices of the City in the United States, Canada and Europe in the last year. This blog considers how comparing the results from Learning Lhabitats at the Integral Theory Conference 2013, Federation of Canadian Municipalities Sustainability Conference 2014 and Integral Europe Conference 2014 serves as Gateways to our [...]
If you want to improve the carrying capacity of a city, then increase its caring capacity. That was the experience of the city of Leon, Mexico when its Citizens’ Observatory set out to connect many stakeholders from across the city with the intention of learning how “WE” could work better together to improve economic, environmental [...]
What happens when business leaders expand their skills in service to thriving that is greater than just the success of one organization? The Integral Community hopes and dreams that leaders will transfer their leadership skills into their organization and impact the success of their employees. In turn the improvement of leadership skills throughout the organization should impact [...]