“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.” Antoine de St. Exupery This is a story about how Gaia is calling from her four directions hearts, minds and souls to [...]
Meet Anne-Marie Voorhoeve - Integral City Meshworker of 2019. Anne-Marie is a strategist, social alchemist, social architect, innovative co-creator, experienced facilitator and expert in meshworking. She focuses on the integral transformation of society into a sustainable world. She has decades of international experience with communities, businesses, networks, organizations, technology providers, groups of politicians, NGOs. [...]
What can I do to optimize Integral City impact? Is there a compass to show me the way? That is a question that every Practitioner, Catalyst and Meshworker asks themselves? Integral City Compass Barrett Brown’s research on leaders in sustainability, suggests that our Integral City leaders will frame their work as it relates to [...]
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 [...]
Meshworking intelligences contribute to research, planning and management in the city. Meshworkers and meshweavers can create the conditions for aligning purposes, priorities, people and planet. They can engage individuals, groups and sectors as stakeholders from each of the integral quadrants and focus on issues and purposes (like Millennium Development Goals). Meshworkers can help these stakeholders to "connect the dots" [...]