Enabling the Emergence of Belonging
I’m seeing a growing focus on relational approaches to system change, and within that, on creating “belonging without othering.” This is so welcome and needed. But I’m not always sure it’s clear that belonging is an emergent phenomenon. We can’t create belonging; we...
Emergence: The Hidden Dimension of Regeneration
“The planning process had its own rhythm, and what emerged began to move in ways that felt alive and organic.” – Julia Heiroth With these words, Julia was describing the collaborative process that led to a trailblazing 2-day conference for the Yukon tourism sector,...
Regeneration and Reconciliation in a Colonized World
For the past several months, I’ve been co-hosting a Montréal dinner and conversation series to explore the emerging global movement around regeneration. When my two co-hosts and I realized that the next gathering would fall on September 30 – Canada’s National Day of...
The Need for Practice Grounds (or: The Outer Work of Inner Development)
I’ve been in multiple conversations lately with people who have recently discovered the regenerative movement, with its worldview of greater alignment with life. They feel drawn to bring living systems principles into their work with organizations. They’re...
Honoring the Stages of Regeneration
I speak and consult frequently about the practice of regeneration in contexts as wide-ranging as tourism, agriculture, community and business. And always, people want examples. Not only that, they want perfect, start-to-finish examples of best practices – a clear...Page 1 of 9
