Intentional Society: The physics of leadership
Next week: new member orientation video call on Saturday, June 10th at 1:00-1:55pm Pacific Standard Time (4pm Eastern, 8pm UTC). IS Operations: Community...
Intentional Society: Distilling transformative magic
We brought back the T-Group Fishbowl once again, and three months later the format still worked its magic for us. We even did two separate fishbowls...
Intentional Society: Transmission
Newcomer orientation happening this week: Click here to register for the call Saturday, May 20th at 1:00-1:55pm Pacific Standard Time (4pm Eastern, 8pm UTC)...
Intentional Society: Structureless Sensing
New to IS? Click here to register for our next orientation video call on Saturday, May 20th. Help me out today — let's set the stage, you and I, for this...
Intentional Society: Organizing by Gardening
Click here to register for our next orientation video call on Saturday, May 20th (in 3 weeks). Here's what happened in our Crew Formation session this past...
Intentional Society: (Events and) Two kinds of trust
Report on last week: We have a whittled-down version of Case Clinic we call "Mini-Cases". One round runs in about 25 minutes, and it hits an 80/20 sweet spot...
Intentional Society: Social chemistry (people mixing)
I'll be doing another orientation for anyone who missed the lead-in to Season 10: Click here to register for Saturday, April 22nd at 1:00-1:55pm Pacific...
Intentional Society: Season 10 (and marketing)
I'll put the meta first, here: I feel residual background discomfort trying to market or promote anything. Now, I wouldn't be surprised if that feeling is...
Intentional Society: Crew anew
The on-ramp to Season 10 for newcomers is an orientation call Saturday, April 15th at 1:00-1:55pm Pacific Standard Time (4pm Eastern, 8pm UTC) "Crew" is a...
Intentional Society: Costly learning
Want to join IS Season 10? Click here to register for our next orientation video call on Saturday, April 1st at 12:00-12:55pm Pacific Standard Time (3pm...
Intentional Society: Be bold?
Not this weekend but the following, click here to register for our next newcomer orientation video call on Saturday, April 1st at 12:00-12:55pm Pacific...
Intentional Society: On connection and commitment and community
Will keep it short today: There's one thought (inspired by this twitter thread) I'd like to explore about "what kind of space" Intentional Society wants to...
Intentional Society: Possibility Engines Game review
Intrigued newcomers can click here to register for our next orientation video call on Saturday, March 11th at 1:00-1:55pm Pacific Standard Time (4pm Eastern,...
Intentional Society: The moves of deepening relationship
Our next orientation video call will be on Saturday, March 11th. I'm contemplating the "moves" of the process, the dance, of deepening relationships. The...
Intentional Society: AI and human alignment
Click here to register for our next newcomer orientation video call on Saturday, February 25th at 1:00-1:55pm Pacific Standard Time (4pm Eastern, 9pm UTC)....
Intentional Society: Relating to (relating to?) NVC and feedback
To learn more or become a member, join our orientation video call on Saturday, February 18th at 1:00-1:55pm Pacific Standard Time (4pm Eastern, 9pm UTC)....
Intentional Society: On the fishbowl
as a structure for welcomed observation
Intentional Society: Outside the museum
on collaboration and exterior-directed energy
Intentional Society: Modeling considered useful
Not this week but next Saturday, newcomers can register here for our next orientation video call on January 21st at 1:00-1:55pm Pacific Standard Time (4pm...
Intentional Society: The speed of trust
Want to learn what this is all about? Click here to register for our next orientation video call on Saturday, January 21st at 1:00-1:55pm Pacific Standard...
Intentional Society: Three interesting things
I'm limiting myself today in sticking to three things, and will claim them as interesting to anyone who reads further without a specific hook. 😉 One: The...
Intentional Society: We've really got it now
Happy new year. As we begin our 9th season of practice together at Intentional Society, looking back I see that what we've mapped out thus far is nothing...
2 days 'til Intentional Society New Year's party 🎉
One reminder for our party🥳🎈🎉🎉 in two days: You are invited to join us on New Year's Day (in most time zones), January 1st starting at 1pm Pacific (4pm...
Your invitation to IS New Year's party 🎉
Open social Jan 1 to ring in the new year
Intentional Society: Membrane stories
notes on membership, belonging, and recruitment
Intentional Society: Landing the plane
Last orientation before the holidays: Click here to register for our next orientation video call on Saturday, December 10th at 1:00-1:55pm Pacific Standard...
Intentional Society: Facing choices
when every choice represents conflict or confusion...
Intentional Society: Earnestness and courage
...finding the space between aim and ambition
Intentional Society: This is hard
hard and possible and beautiful, all incredibly so...
Intentional Society: Giving-and-receiving report
Next orientation in two days: Click here to register for an orientation video call on Saturday, November 12th at 1:00-1:55pm Pacific Standard Time (4pm...
Intentional Society: Caring, giving and receiving, marketing
Our next newcomer orientation will be Saturday, November 12th. "What do we care about?" a.k.a. describing our landscape of care last week turned out pretty...
Intentional Society: Landscape of care
New here? You can register for our next orientation video call on Saturday, October 29th at 1:00-1:55pm Pacific Daylight Time (4pm Eastern, 8pm UTC). What we...
Intentional Society: Emergence and purpose
Next orientation call for newcomers is now October 29th. Looking both backwards and forwards, today I'm considering "emergence and purpose" as a polarity....
Intentional Society: Learning from tension
Orientation call this week - if there's interest! Click here to register for an orientation video call on Saturday, October 15th at 1:00-1:55pm Pacific...
Intentional Society: Learning from the kickoff
I'd like these updates to come a little closer to the factual transmission of what we're doing and learning on a weekly basis. I do enjoy a little conceptual...
Intentional Society: Season 8 invitation
Hello friends! Wow, 250 people receiving this now; it's wonderful to feel your support and interest. This week I'd like to simply and straightforwardly...
Intentional Society: The seasons change
Want to catch the Season 8 Intentional Society kickoff? There'll be two orientations on Saturday, September 24th and Saturday, October 1st for new folks....
Intentional Society: acceptance and capacity
Our next newcomer orientation is September 24th, mark your calendars to catch the start of Season 8 in October. Today I wrote in a casual social media post...
Intentional Society: This is a crappy newsletter
The first step to getting involved is our orientation video call on Saturday, September 3rd at 1:00-1:55pm Pacific Daylight Time (4pm Eastern, 8pm UTC)....
Intentional Society: Why are we here?
Click here to register for our next orientation video call on Saturday, August 27th at 1:00-1:55pm Pacific Daylight Time (4pm Eastern, 8pm UTC). Seen this...
Intentional Society: The great hall of belonging
Our next orientation video call is next week, Saturday August 27th Imagine the great hall of an ancient stone castle, as you swing open the heavy oak doors...
Intentional Society: Slice of life
Click here to register for our next orientation video call on Saturday, August 13th at 1:00-1:55pm Pacific Daylight Time (4pm Eastern, 8pm UTC). This is a...
Intentional Society: Capacity-building and the exercise thereof
Next orientation call is not this week, but the following week: Saturday, August 13th at 1:00-1:55pm Pacific Daylight Time (4pm Eastern, 8pm UTC). Written...
Intentional Society: A meaningful and permeable membrane
In-progress change won't shut our front door: Click here to register for our next orientation video call on Saturday, July 30th at 1:00-1:55pm Pacific...
Intentional Society: Community in motion
Three small vignettes of what is happening, moving, weaving around and in us: The tangibility of our relational field was present again with us last week,...
Intentional Society: Few word do trick
Condensing the "why": inclusion
Intentional Society: You are invited to this expansion
Orientation registration link for newcomers Saturday, July 9th 1:00-1:55pm Pacific Daylight Time (4pm Eastern, 8pm UTC). Season 7 kickoff on Sunday. < Meta:...
Intentional Society: The next expansion of IS self-identity
<Meta status: My personal conviction has solidified directionally in vision-space. Big questions remain. This is an echolocation broadcast, bouncing it...
Intentional Society: Facilitating an Exploring
Click here to sign up for our next orientation video call on Saturday, June 11th at 1:00-1:55pm Pacific Daylight Time (4pm Eastern, 8pm UTC). Last Sunday we...
Intentional Society: All is practice
Our next orientation video call will be Saturday, June 11th Tech note: This email is arriving from newsletter-updates@intentionalsociety.org with hopefully...