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Tag: emergence
Closing Remarks to Environmental Grantmakers Association
These are my notes (roughly what I said) for framing the closing plenary of the EGA. Apocalypse is not in the future. It is a current condition. In places like […]
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allied media conference 2014 share out (octavia’s brood, storytelling black women, emergent strategy handbook!)
this year’s allied media conference felt like one miracle after another and i wanted to share out with you all (especially those not there or unable to get into certain […]
emergence (speech from opening for allied media conference 2013)
emergence is the way complex systems and patterns arise out of a multiplicity of relatively simple interactions. it emphasizes critical connections, authentic relationships, listening with the body and the mind. […]
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Doing my best
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what is my best. When I was young it was clearly laid out for me what the best was, there were prizes and […]
octavia + oakland
last week i got to geek out on octavia butler and emergent strategy at solespace in oakland. about the space – if you are in oakland, ever, this is a […]
a complex movement
over and over again it becomes known the peace we seek is seeking us the joy a full bud awaiting our attention justice in our hands longing to be practiced […]
reflections on margaret wheatley’s detroit learning journey
tonight i got the honor of working with margaret wheatley to open a detroit learning journey. folks have come from turkey, brazil, england, canada, and all across the u.s. for […]
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absentee blogger, casual poet
i know i haven’t written much of late. i go through periods where i am living too fast or too deeply for this space, no offense…lately it’s been a combination […]
we begin by listening
this weekend i am representing ruckus at an allied media projects earned income strategy session, sharing and learning about how to generate resources for and with a network. we started […]