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Opening Up to Emergent Leadership

Opening Up to Emergent Leadership

by Daniel | Oct 30, 2022 | Awareness, Civil Society, Climate Crisis, Democracy, Education, Metacrisis, Perception

Something surprised me in a group discussion recently.  I love surprises:  They have so much to teach us! Our group was meeting on Zoom, planning a workshop on a tight timeline.  We were down to our next-to-last meeting, and it was time to finalize a plan.  The...
It Leads… Where We Lead It.

It Leads… Where We Lead It.

by Daniel | Jul 19, 2022 | Awareness, Civil Society, Democracy, Educational Design, Metacrisis, Nature, Perception

(this is the second part of a two-part essay; if you haven’t already done so, please read “Where Does It All Lead” to get the most out of this piece.) On a rocky hillside, trowel in hand, I went along the rough trail, eyes searching the ground.  Every so often I would...
Where Does It All Lead?

Where Does It All Lead?

by Daniel | Jun 30, 2022 | Awareness, Civil Society, Climate Crisis, Democracy, Educational Design, Metacrisis, Nature, Storytelling

Grief – raw and fresh Over the past few weeks, I’ve been meditating on the topic of grief.  My heart has been heavy with the fate of those kids in Texas… who will never again collect fireflies.  Never go off jumps on their bikes.  Never catch snowflakes on their...
Changing the Narrative

Changing the Narrative

by Daniel | Jan 26, 2022 | Civil Society, Democracy, Educational Design, Perception

We are awash in a drumbeat of constant messaging about repeated defeats of progressive legislation – and how Republicans are certain to sweep the fall elections. This narrative, this flood of messaging, is corrosive. It is hard to deny that Congress is beyond...
Idling in Isolation — or Incubating Change?

Idling in Isolation — or Incubating Change?

by Daniel | Apr 7, 2020 | Civil Society, Climate Crisis, Democracy, Pandemic, Storytelling

The world looks far different today than what most people could have imagined just two months ago.  The normally crowded Red Square at the local university sits vacant. The spread of the pandemic, the extent of the lockdowns, and the enormity of the economic...
Impeach Facebook!

Impeach Facebook!

by Daniel | Oct 20, 2019 | Civil Society, Democracy, Perception, Technology

For years the transgressions have been piling up.  Privacy breaches.  Data mining exposés.  Obvious violations of trust.  Denial used as a battle weapon.  Hollow apologies. Despite all this, most Facebook users have...
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