On Trust
Source On Trust In the field of systems change, the importance of building trust is popping up all the time. Everybody is in the business of building trust...
Reimagining Place for a better world
Reimagining Place for a better world Last week I spent the week at what I usually call 'my favourite place on Earth' (see image above). It is an absolute...
I'm taking a break
I’m taking a break I have been travelling this last week and will be on holidays next week so I’m taking a break from my newsletter for two weeks. Here a...
On Myths
(Drawing of Sedna, the goddess of the sea. From the exhibition The Arctic – while the ice is melting, Nordic Museum Stockholm. My own photo.) On Myths The...
Learning together different things
(Sailing to different shores - my own picture) Learning together different things I have been thinking a lot about learning lately and this is my second...
Learning is uncomfortable
(Male Common Redstart - my own picture) Learning is uncomfortable When are we learning? Learning happens when there is a discrepancy between our perception...
Who should be in the room?
(Versailles Peace Conference) Who should be in the room? Last week I went to a training organised by Reos Partners on convening. The training was about the...
We only learn well with our hearts
We only learn well with our hearts This title of this piece is taken from the book I already wrote about last week by Thomas Bruhn and Jessica Böhme. I'm...
Being in Relationship
(Brandenburg Gate in Potsdam, own image) Being in Relationship This last week I have spent a lot of time in relationship and thinking about relationships –...
Stop Using Leverage Points
(The Value of the Lever: American Newspaper Directory) Stop Using Leverage Points In the systems change community, a paper by Donella Meadows gets cited very...
Encroaching flexibility
(Source) Encroaching flexibility Gregory Bateson wrote in various places about the need for flexibility in living systems in order to preserve adaptability...
Journey into my body
(Source) Journey into my body What do you use your body for? Is it just a vehicle to carry your head and brain around, within which all the important stuff...
Giving Space to the Unconscious
Source Giving Space to the Unconscious I’m sticking with the Topic of Time and the value we give different ways of spending time. Yesterday, one of my...
Time
Source Time Time has crossed my thoughts quite frequently in the last few weeks. It is such an interesting concept. Just think about it: most of us see time...
On Decisions
Source On Decisions This week I read a piece by Heinz von Förster, an Austrian cyberneticist. The piece is on ethics and second-order cybernetics (you know,...
Is purpose a Red Herring?
Is purpose a Red Herring? Purpose is a distraction. When we think about purpose, we think about where we want to go, how we ought to behave, what we ought to...
Stability and change
Stability and change Nothing is stable, really. Stability is an illusion and only exists in our minds. Maureen O'Hara and Graham Leicester write in their...
Finite and infinite games
Are you playing the finite or the infinite game? James P. Carse wrote: There are at least two kinds of games. One could be called finite; the other infinite....