“We must first agree that we want to live together.” In 2016 Humberto Maturana spoke remotely to a large audience at RSD5, at the OCAD Auditorium. The essence of his talk is expressed well in the sketchnote actually – he was profound, but expressed simply. He died two years this month, and yet his words […]
Stepping into a universe of possibility (Continuing sessions on the theme). Maybe two decades ago, I first read The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life by Rosamund and Benjamin Zander. I loved – and still recommend this book, and it succinctly re-minded me of some of the core awakening principles from my experiences […]
And Recovering a Culture of Listening About a dozen people convened in May for an inquiry into possibility as possible in our futures. The sense of a future horizon where anything is possible, where possibility itself draws us forth, will always be for humanity a powerful source of dasein, of being “able to be for […]
In this session we initiated an inquiry into power relations as experienced, as observed in social structures, and as expressed in a variety of forms. Taking an open (inductive) approach with the Talking Circle approach, the first dialogue explored the individual experience of power in everyday life. In the second dialogue we continued with a […]
Design with Dialogue has always met in a circle. From the very start, summer 2008, we held every dialogue by arranging a circle opening with a brief introduction and question, and in talking circle form, would hold at least one round of circle dialogue before exploring any new or experimental form of dialogue. What if […]