CREATIVE METAPHORS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE (1 of 3) Activation and tipping points in the context of social (and personal?) transformation critical mass: the minimum size or amount of something required to start or maintain a venture So when we think about critical mass, we think of that moment after people have been doing work, having […]
CREATIVE METAPHORS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE (2 of 3) Connectivity and networks in the context of social (and personal?) transformation critical yeast: yeast is used in baking as a leavening agent, where it converts the food/fermentable sugars present in dough into the gas carbon dioxide, which causes the dough to expand or rise as gas forms […]
CREATIVE METAPHORS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE (3 of 3) Resonance and nonlinearity in the context of social (and personal?) transformation butterfly effect: (with reference to chaos theory) the phenomenon whereby a minute localized change in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere When a butterfly flaps its wings in China, it’s possible that it can […]
LIVING THE QUESTION OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION As we seek to understand social/cultural evolution, we are called to consider the emergent nature of social systems, the ways in which social change is a function of personal change, how transformative change goes beyond other forms of transactional or transitional change, and what the destructive (deconstruction) and creative […]
LOOKING AT WHAT FLOWERS CAN TEACH US ABOUT COMPLEXITY To look closely, deeply at the patterns in nature is to find beauty and complexity all around, within you. Elements of emergent strategy in nature: the fractal designs of physical forms and processes; the iterative, non-linear patterns of growth; the dynamic, adaptive relationships with the environment; […]
HOW THE STRUCTURES OF YOUR SOCIAL NETWORKS AFFECT HOW YOU LEARN Exploring the need to shift from linear to iterative metaphors for understanding social learning. Complex change as a function of the critical mass of critical connections. New research contradicting common intuitions about social connections and change shows how, while simple ideas spread most effectively […]
A SOULFUL LOOK AT THE UNIVERSE It took 13.7 billion years for the atoms to come together to create the portal to the universe which is my physical self … And I feel such deep gratitude for being able to take this conscious look at the universe — at myself as being part of the […]
