Spaces exploring personal psychology, trauma, burnout, and inner transformations.
With Jeremy Lent 4 June 2026 Summary Jeremy Lent, author of The Patterning Instinct (2017), The Web of Meaning (2021) and Ecocivilization (2026) described the intellectual journey that has led him to his latest work and vision for an Eco-Civilization. Key Learning Points Key Topics Jeremy’s Jouney Synthesis — The Web of Meaning The Vision: […]
A session with Dr. Jan Kruse 4 December 2025 The core idea is to present a way of weaving that pays close attention to what we perceive ‘in the moment’ as a starting point of orientation. The Philosophical Frame (Phenomenology) Phenomenology of Weaving and Contact Phenomenological Practice Topolography Jan Kruse (with Beate Willauer) developed a […]
With Dr. Jude Currivan, 7th August 2025. Dr Currivan is a cosmologist, author, co-founder of WholeWorld-View and previously a senior international business woman who argues that scientific evidence is replacing the outdated, materialistic worldview of separation with a new understanding of an interdependent, conscious, and purposeful universe, which is essential for global transformation. Summary Dr. […]
With Adam Kahane 5 June 2025. Adam led the session in an exploration of what individuals can do in their daily lives and spheres of influence to contribute to system-wide change. The talk was based on his latest book of the same title (link here) and this summary was created with the help of AI. […]
With Lian Zeitz and Barbara Bulc, 17 July 2025 This session focused on integrating the sacred and spiritual into life and system-wide change. They argued the current global crisis stems from a profound rupture in relationships — with ourselves, each other, the more-than-human world, the living Earth and the sacred. And yet, glimmers of the […]
With Lauren Minis, 2 Dec 2021 Summary This session explored “Embodying Cross-Pollination” as a core structural framework for community weaving. Presented by Lauren Minis of Regeneration Pollination, the briefing mapped how ecological pollination dynamics can be intentionally applied to social networks to cultivate deep, distributed ecosystem relationships and facilitate regenerative regional futures Core Learning Points […]
With Luis Camargo, 1 April 2021 Summary This Session looked at “Seva Weaving”—a decolonized facilitation practice rooted in the Sanskrit concept of selfless service to life. Luis Camargo mapped how weavers can actively re-establish harmony across Otto Scharmer’s core systemic divides (ecological, social, and spiritual) by realigning human networks with the natural world. Using interactive […]
With Dr Eva Pomeroy, 4 July 2024 Summary Dr Eva Pomeroy is Research Lead at the Presencing Institute and Co-founder/Managing Editor of the Journal of Awareness-Based Systems Change. Her session was on awareness-based systems change. She introduced the epistemological concept of “fourth-person knowing,” defined as a form of deep source intelligence that flows through individuals […]
With Karima Kadui and Dr. Louis Klein, 3 March 2022 Summary This session introduced the “Tamkeen Approach,” a philosophy and practice of human development from Morocco. The discussion centered on the transition from “engineering” social change to “letting it grow” through deep human connection, shared understanding, and the “existentiality of love.” Key Learnings Key Action […]
With Luea Ritter, 2 May 2024 Summary This Sessin looked at “Systems Constellations” as a mechanism for tracking relational patterns and guiding societal transitions. The lineage of the practice is cross-disciplinary, evolving from roots including western psychotherapy and indigenous relational traditions of the Zulu nation. Shifting away from isolated, intellectual problem-solving, participants did a “system […]
With session Gabriela Fenesi, Illaria Distefano and Silvie Le Muzic, 7 Sept 2023 Summary This session with the Empire of Love initiative explored how expanding consciousness can summon leadership as a form of love within organizations and communities. Through grounding exercises, small-group triad breakouts, and open plenary reflections, participants shifted from isolated individual stories into […]
With Pavel Luksha and Adam Molyneux-Berry, 3 August 2023 Summary This session on the art of navigating difficult conversations blended baseline neuro-emotional mindfulness practices with a rigorous layered parsing structure. It aimed to teach leaders how to move past mere artificial consensus into systemic, relational synergy. Key Learning Points Key Action Points The workshop utilizes […]
With Vipin Thekk, 2 Nov 2023 Summary This session launched the “Togetherness Practice,” a framework developed over two and a half years of research to address why structural social change often stalls. The case was made that systems fail not because of mechanical flaws, but due to friction, mistrust, and power dynamics inside human relational […]
with Larissa Conte, 6 Feb 2025 Summary This session used associative and somatic exercises to unpack collective, often conflicted, preconceptions of power. Drawing on shamanic perspectives and her own physical healing journey, Conte redefined power not as a monolithic tool for domination, but as a fluid capacity to move energy through nested systems. A framework […]
With Glenna Gerard, 21 Nov 2024 Summary This session drew on the insights of physicist David Bohm, to see how Bohmian dialogue can heal human fragmentation through proprioception of thought—a physiological-like awareness of our thought systems that fosters the awareness of collective interdependence and is essential for conscious vs. reactive choices. In breakouts, participants used […]
Summary This session explored how community builders and weavers can work with historical narratives, family backgrounds, and internalized traumas to see how unprocessed historical energies continue to surface as hidden obstacles in contemporary teams, networks, and organizations. Core Learning Points Key Action Points List of References Knowledge Base Categories 1) Inner Work, 2) Decolonialisation Equity […]
With Rachel Sinha and Tatiana Fraser 18 Jan 2024 Summary This session looked at a transition away from traditional top-down business and academic frameworks, into the systems-change practices of “scaling deep” to impact relationships, human roots, and cultural values. This was proposed as an essential, non-linear counterpart to institutional policy shifts or project expansion. The […]
With Jamie Bristow and Rosie Bell, 5 Sept 2024 Summary This session reviewed The System Within report commissioned by the Earth for All initiative for the Club of Rome. The report challenges traditional economic sustainability models by introducing the critical, often ignored psychological variables that govern human decision-making. The session detailed how deep cultural systems […]
With Dr Mette Miriam Boell, 5 Dec 2024 summary Mette Boell introduced the Centre for Systems Awareness and the Compassionate Systems Framework, focussed mainly on Compassionate Systems education. Key Learning Points Key Action Points Key References Knowledge Base Categories: 1) Inner Work 2) Weaving Methods
With Dr. Gina Mafi and Dave Pendle, 18 Dec 2025 Summary This session explored the ancient craft of physical weaving as a mirror for the contemporary practice of “network weaving.” By engaging in a hands-on cordage exercise, participants explored the relationship between the material, the maker, and the emergent form, finding parallels in how we […]
With Alessandra Marazzi and Robyn Whittaker, 2 Feb 2023 Summary This workshop explored the somatic, emotional, and systemic dimensions of fear and courage in community-building practices. Moving beyond traditional views of bravery, the session framed courage not as a loud heroic act, but as an ordinary, bodily movement necessary for responding to paths of collective […]
With Gabi Arenas, the TAP Foundation – 7 Oct 2021 Summary This was a masterclass session on using art and creative practices as functional tools for community building, individual healing, and ecosystem weaving. It demonstrates how artistic mediums bypass purely rational filters to cultivate deep interdisciplinary trust, manage structural community trauma, and foster collective social […]
