Intergenerational Systems

Each of us are parts of wider systems which — often invisibly — influence what we do. Neuroscientists working with laboratory mice have shown that fears and trauma appear to be transferred down generations through DNA. The mice were trained to be afraid of...

“Barefoot Facilitators”

“I think there are good reasons for suggesting that the modern age has ended. Today, many things indicate that we are going thorough a transitional period, when it seems that something is on the way out and something else is painfully being born. It is as if something...

Transformative Change

If you have a pattern or block you’d like to transform, consider creating a ritual. Distilling the change you want to make into a rite of passage supports shifts in non-linear and almost instantaneous ways. Years ago I was in a workshop with the great Jean...

Supporting Change Agents

Here is a story of a successful change initiative at a conservative Dutch-based bank, thanks, in part, to the Chaordic Design Framework. It is an excerpt of my forthcoming book: Make Light Work in Groups.   In 2003, two women internal to the bank wanted to make...