Following the Global Conscious Food Systems Summit in Bhutan, this session led by Dan McTiernan continues an emerging global conversation about the deeper human dimensions of ecological and systems transformation. Food systems, climate instability, and human wellbeing are profoundly entangled, and many of us are recognising that technological innovation and policy change alone are not […]
Most management schools teach leadership as control. But complex systems don't respond to control-they respond to attention, adaptation, and the capacity to follow emergence. This means followership isn't a soft […]
Institutional cultures, inherited narratives, economic pressures, social norms, trauma histories, and emotional climates all shape what we feel able to perceive, say, or do. In times of instability these forces often intensify, narrowing imagination, suppressing dissent, and rewarding adaptation over genuine transformation. But over time, difficult systems do more than constrain action externally. They begin […]
Following our previous session, we’ll deepen our multidimensional and embodied exploration of today’s theme. This is a space for sharing personal experiences and practices, listening to each other’s stories, and exploring how the ideas land in our own lives, both in smaller breakout rooms and in the larger group. Our monthly reflective sessions are a […]
This bi-monthly session is an invitation to share stories that help us to see the rich tapestry of work, inquiry, and transformation unfolding across our community. Through listening and resonance, new insights and connections can emerge to inspire and support us all. Each session will spotlight two community members, who will share a project they’re working […]
What is Transformative Change? Views, Structures and Practices for a Just and Sustainable World In 2024, over 100 experts from around the world completed the landmark Transformative Change Assessment, convened by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). The assessment explores how humanity can respond to the current polycrisis and shift toward […]
Following our previous session, we’ll deepen our multidimensional and embodied exploration of today’s theme. This is a space for sharing personal experiences and practices, listening to each other’s stories, and exploring how the ideas land in our own lives, both in smaller breakout rooms and in the larger group. Our monthly reflective sessions are a […]
In this Living Organisations Lab, Heidi Sparkes Guber will be offering a practical and participatory session in Emergent Learning, a collective learning discipline that leads to greater individual and team agency while increasing our capacity for transforming the worlds in which we live. This session will include a brief introduction to Emergent Learning, a practical […]
As the year draws to a close, this final gathering invites us into a shared space of reflection, imagination, and collective sense-making. Across the year we will have explored the invisible dynamics shaping transformation efforts, the pressures facing human and ecological systems, embodiment and ecological belonging, and the thresholds we are now crossing individually and […]
Following our previous session, we’ll deepen our multidimensional and embodied exploration of today’s theme. This is a space for sharing personal experiences and practices, listening to each other’s stories, and exploring how the ideas land in our own lives, both in smaller breakout rooms and in the larger group. Our monthly reflective sessions are a […]
This bi-monthly session is an invitation to share stories that help us to see the rich tapestry of work, inquiry, and transformation unfolding across our community. Through listening and resonance, new insights and connections can emerge to inspire and support us all. Each session will spotlight two community members, who will share a project they’re working […]
