Collective Intelligence

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New Spirit, Wise Action

Journal Article

The times we live in ask much of us. How can we know the best ways to respond to the converging crises we face? How can we live lives of deep meaning and joy in the midst of confusion and pain, and be catalysts for positive change?

Published in Fall 2019 By Rhonda Fabian

Kito Mbiango | The Power of Art to Drive Action

Journal Article

Kito Mbiango’s work speaks nostalgically to our primal intelligence, engaging us in a conscious reflection about our collective evolution. His “Climate Change Collection” is a response to the accelerating environmental degradation we are facing and have imposed upon nature and all wildlife.

Published in Winter 2019 By Jill Van den Brule

Global Social Witnessing

Journal Article

You swipe through your favourite news site while sitting in a train, and you enter the typical bombardment of information. Can you feel the contraction of your chest, the narrowing down of your attention, the closing of your heart?

Published in Winter 2019 By Adrian Wagner and Lukas Herrmann

Collective Trauma and Our Emerging Future 

Journal Article

When we talk about the current situation in the 21st century, one of the few things most people would agree on is that, yes, we do live in an age of disruption. That means the future is going to be different from the past.

Published in Winter 2019 By C. Otto Scharmer and Thomas Hübl

The Next Civilization, with Jeremy Lent

Journal Article

These received ideas that we have about meaning, how do they actually arise? Whose word are these ideas from?

Published in Winter 2019 By Jeremy Lent

Coronavirus Spells the End of the Neoliberal Era. What’s Next?

Journal Article

Coronavirus is a political crucible, melting down and reshaping current norms. Will the new era be a “Fortress Earth” or a harbinger of a transformed society based on a new set of values?

Published in Spring 2020 By Jeremy Lent

The Evolutionary Potential of Wealth

Journal Article

Right now, the greatest generational wealth transfer in human history is underway. Over the next 25 years, 45 million U.S. households will pass a mind-boggling $68 trillion to their children. Can Brian Swimme's cosmological model point young inheritors toward a new vision for giving during this pivotal evolutionary moment?

Published in Spring 2020 By Rhonda Fabian

Howling in Place

Journal Article

Lately I’m hearing a lot more howls – and more robust, realistic ones – so either my neighbors (and their dogs) are seriously getting into it now, or real coyotes are responding in kind.

Published in Summer 2020 By Amy Logan

The Ageless Wisdom of Nancy Roof

Journal Article

"Those who study the ageless wisdom are aware that the universe is organized around cycles and rhythms of transformation. Dark times precede transformative breakthroughs. We are called to dig deeper to understand and address the metacrisis. This means letting go of belief systems that sustain the dysfunctional society we live in."

Published in Volume 2023 Issue 5 By Nancy B. Roof

Attuned | Global Social Witnessing

Journal Article

"Despite the unprecedented access to information now available, we are often not so much well informed as we are overwhelmed. And if not overwhelmed, we’re likely desensitized, numb, cynical, or shut down."

Published in Volume 2023 Issue 4 By Thomas Hübl