Bridging the Feminine and Masculine in Business: One Woman’s Journey

The journey began with a dream. In it I am running away from a burning city, clutching a candle, looking back, wanting to desperately return to what was once familiar, safe and comfortable. But I cannot. As I run, I come to the edge of a cliff. Too terrified to jump, I find myself gently pushed off by an unseen hand, spiraling slowly through the air and—in slow motion—landing on a soft grassy…

What Does it Mean to be a Global Citizen?

By Ron Israel and the Global Citizen's Initiative UPDATED 10/9/18 There is an emerging world community to which we all belong! The growing interconnectedness among people, countries, and economies means that there is a global dimension to who we are. The most positive way of responding to this is by pursuing a path of global citizenship. Global citizens see ourselves as part of an emerging…

Michel Bauwens

Michel Bauwens (born 21 March 1958) started his career as information analyst and reference librarian for the United States Information Agency (1983-2000), worked as information manager for British Petroleum (1990-1993) (where he created one of the first virtual information centers and is credited for coining the concept of cybrarian), and is former editor-in-chief of the first European digital…

An Introduction to the Quilligan Seminars: Rebuilding our Beloved Commons

In reviewing the topics for The Emergence of a Commons-Based Economy, it’s clear that each of the presentations in this series is different. While each of the Quilligan Seminars is indeed unique, they are not discrete or unconnected segments. The greater thematic unity which interlinks them is essentially a “commons of the commons”. More than anything, it is a worldview which…

Phillip Ennis

Interiors, location portraiture, architecture and landscape photography are the life’s work of master photographer Phillip Ennis. His personal work includes shoots in Africa and Nicaragua published in Kosmos Gallery Two.  Many of the world’s leading magazines, designers, decorators, architects and manufacturers rely on Phillip to capture the essence of their creations. He…

The Children of Kibera

Interiors, location portraiture, architecture and landscape photography are the life’s work of master photographer Phillip Ennis. His personal work includes shoots in Africa and Nicaragua published in Kosmos Gallery Two. Many of the world’s leading magazines, designers, decorators, architects and manufacturers rely on Phillip to capture the essence of their creations. He establishes a mood in…

Robert Sturman

His stunning images of yogis practicing asana have an immediacy, an aliveness to them that summons the potency of the life force, the shimmering field of shakti (energy) animating all things. That he does all his shoots outdoors, usually in gorgeous surroundings, adds to the sense of his art as a dance with shakti.  Many of his most striking portraits are shot at the ocean and hint at a…

Intoxicated with Beauty and Grace

His stunning images of yogis practicing asana have an immediacy, an aliveness to them that summons the potency of the life force, the shimmering field of shakti (energy) animating all things. That he does all his shoots outdoors, usually in gorgeous surroundings, adds to the sense of his art as a dance with shakti. Many of his most striking portraits are shot at the ocean and hint at a majesty…

Contemporary Leaders of Courage and Compassion: Competencies and Inner Capacities

Nothing short of a new level of worldwide leadership and commitment for sustainable and equitable change will suffice to create a better world today and for future generations. For the first time technologies and resources exist to transform our situation and generate lasting results. The choice is ours. Hundreds of transformational leaders are producing results in 60 countries on every…

The Great Coming Together

I was already working on the final draft of Kosmos  when a last minute book review came in, so compelling that I literally stopped production. Without hesitation or thought, I downloaded and read Joseph Jaworski’s new book, Source: The Inner Path of Knowledge Creation,  from cover to cover, and somehow managed to find space to publish an excerpt in this issue.  What I did and how I did it…