Imagine Durant has created a bold invitation to the 4 Voices of Durant Oklahoma, USA to imagine a vision for the future and develop the strategies to implement it. Building on the economic boom of gaming tourism, and their own journeys as integrally informed leaders, the President of First United Bank and the (now) [...]
Joining MetaIntegral’s Integral Theory Conference for its fourth international event (and sponsoring the conference for the third time) Integral City has designed Pop-Up Playgrounds for three lunch times on July 17, 18, 19. In Ballroom B (at Sonoma State University HUB) we are inviting 30 hearts and souls to Pop-Up for a “catalyzing” harvest in the Knowing [...]
Integral City meets Integral Theory Conferencers on our Pop-up Playground Lunch July 17, 18, 19, 2015. Why join the fun?? Enjoy “Pop-Up” HARVEST Lunchbox that is supplied. Attract spontaneous, unexpected, unplanned diverse people to discover in the moment what you can do together. Co-create time, space and spirit to gather, mull, CONSTELLATE and digest energies [...]
On April 17-19, 2015, Imagine Durant along with the Integral City team convened a dialogue where community thought leaders met to exchange and brainstorm possibilities for the future of Durant, Oklahoma. Their special focus was on the Economy and Community of Durant. Those present pulled inspiration from their surroundings at the historical Three Valley [...]
Can you invent Tier 2 organizations without being embedded in an ecology/economy of Tier 1 organizations? Dojos of Oranizations (Adapted from Spiral Dynamics, Beck & Cowan, 1996) As I consider how Reinventing Organizations casts light on Reinventing the City, I am speculating that so-called Tier 2 organizations cannot exist without the competencies of [...]
How can you optimize the impact of "integral"? That was the question asked by Roger Walsh at his keynote at the Integral Europe Conference. As ever, his wisdom was framed to inspire practise as well as contemplation. We always gain insights about Integral City work from Roger's guidance (see the blog series on "5 Practical Steps [...]
Here is the Integral City 2013 Meta Blog. It connects Integral City Practitioners, Catalysts and Meshworkers to the Planet, Principles, Prosperity, Practise and Potentials that energized us in 2013. 15 Years of Integral City – A Brief History of the Basics (Meeting of the Minds Conference - Toronto, ON) Systems Thinking for Cities (Waterlution, Toronto, [...]
Civil Society has a new opportunity in the city. It was voiced a little tentatively at the ITC2013 Learning Lhabitat . Participants asked, " are we on the right track?" Civil Society: The New Integrator Voice of the City We have written, in an earlier blog about the new integrator voice open to a [...]
Civic Managers gained the most empathy from the other voices of the ITC2013 Learning Lhabitat . In the closing circle, Cityzens in particular, were heard to declare, "I never realized the role of Civic Manager was so challenging. I have a whole new respect for Civic Managers." Civic Managers Managing City Systems Here is [...]