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 [...]
Integral City how do I map thee? Let me count the ways ... starting with Map 1. Map 1: 4 quadrant 8 level map of the city When I started to explore the Integral framework for cities I was influenced both by the work of Ken Wilber and Don Beck's Spiral Dynamics model. [...]
Systems thinking is fundamental to understanding systems. So to understand systems, let's start with exploring, what are systems? (1) Systems are evolutionary structures. They are characterized by boundaries that contain system elements. Those elements have evolved across deep time, from the Big Bang until now. The basic evolutionary strata that we can point to on [...]
Make no small plans for they do not have the power to move human souls! One person can dream a Vision that empowers his/her soul. But to dream a Vision that attracts the souls of others is a necessary step in the whole approach to evolving an Integral City. Many cities market their unique attractions [...]
Assumptions in the city arise not only from the four voices of the city - but from the worldviews being expressed in those voices. Worldviews emerge from the beliefs of what is important around here and how those values are translated by the city's voices. In the most basic ego-centric way, assumptions are implicit - [...]
How can we apply Integral City theory or frameworks to my city? This is a question I am often asked. At the What Next Integral Conference, Roger Walsh offered some helpful suggestions for applying Integral Theory in general. These are also a useful approach to engaging Integral City practices. 1. Step 1 is to offer an [...]
The Integral City 2.0 Online Conference gathered 60 visionary thought leaders, designers and practitioners, with 600 participants from 6 continents, to inquire into how to design a new operating system for the city. The 12-day Conference allowed exploration of each of the 12 intelligences from the book, Integral City: Evolutionary Intelligences for the Human Hive, [...]
Dr. Ichak Adizes asks if we are falling apart faster? He charts the dissonance that exists in our individual physical, emotional, spiritual and intellectual sub-systems. Dr. Adizes observes that our physical maturity is way ahead of our emotional and spiritual maturity. And while we can learn all the way into old age, that choice is [...]
Y2K ... 911 ... Hurricane Sandy ... What do they have in common? How did each of these events trigger evolutionary intelligences? From the perspective of Integral City each of these events posed a global pain point that was/is matched by a glocal care response. Y2K was the computer software bug that threatened infrastructure communication [...]
The relevance of evolution intelligence to the whole field of city wellbeing influences how the city develops its purpose, identity, vision, values, cultural relationships and even its infrastructures. When a city can be aligned around core evolutionary values in an explicit way (like storytelling instead of non-inclusive city planning practices) it can more easily sustain quality of [...]