Author Archives: Steve
If You Want to Be a Leader ~ Lao Tzu
If you want to be a great leader,
you must learn to follow the Tao.
Stop trying to control.
Let go of fixed plans and concepts,
and the world will govern itself.
The more prohibitions you have,
the less virtuous people will be.
The more weapons you … Continue reading
FollowEngaging Emergence
What I liked about Engaging Emergence by Peggy Holman is that it took the concept out of the concept of fuzziness and provided some history and rigor in thinking about it. As pointed out by my friend Robin with her … Continue reading
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Tagged complexity, emergence, Santa Fe Institute, systems
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What’s Going on in Athens?
I can hardly pull myself away from the events going on in Athens and throughout Greece right now. Calling it “Real Democracy” or “Direct Democracy”, the people of Athens are returning to their roots as the birth place of democracy … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Hosting, Reflection
Tagged Athens, collapse, community, democracy, self organizing
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Earth, Isn’t This What You Want ~ Rilke
Earth, isn’t this what you want? To arise in us, invisible?
Is it not your dream, to enter us so wholly
there’s nothing left outside us to see?
What, if not transformation,
is your deepest purpose? Earth, my love,
I want it too. Believe … Continue reading
Morning Wind ~ Rumi
The morning wind spreads its fresh smell.
We must get up to take that in,
that wind that lets us live.
Breathe, before it’s gone.
~ Rumi
How to Talk about Community Building as Self-Organization?
Lately I have been in a number of conversations about self-organizing systems, emergence and what it means to be part of encouraging the development of a different kind of community. In these conversations, I feel challenged to articulate distinctions between … Continue reading
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Tagged Berkana, CHD, community, Living Systems, Margaret Wheatley, self-organization
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Gratitude ~ Julio Olalla
AMO LA VIDA from Nic Askew on Vimeo.
Keeping Cattle: Cause or Cure for Climate Crisis ~ David Savory
I love hearing someone who can identify our collective filters and biases and apply independent holistic thinking to a problem. This is an amazing lecture that shows how our world view is causing desertification and climate change.
Allan Savory – … Continue reading