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Allow for Unlearning Structures

It makes sense that structure invites certain behaviours. Stepping into a room of a traditional school and in a space with round tables will feel different, trigger different memories and open (or close) possibilities in people’s heads….

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Learning For Sale

The most valuable things don’t have a place to hang a price tag. Learning is not only about… Educational institutions work in…

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Dialogue Trigger

Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When…

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by katerha

On the Fundamental Changes

On the fundamental changes that can be done in our societal systems, the major influence will never be a contribution from inside…

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Bearers of Worlds

The conversation for societal change is the one were worlds meet and re-discover. For those, we don’t teach because people already know, we don’t institutionalise because people are the bearers of worlds, not organisations….

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The Stories We Tell

There are also times were a collective point of view ceases to be at service to our society and becomes the opposite, something that locks us in a restricted view….

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by jonycunha

Bummer, We Can’t Change Society After All

We can only reflect and act on communications that are already part of our system. It’s important to reflect on how dis-empowering…

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by Fábio Pinheiro

Social Systems and System Complexity

Social systems hold a paradox — it contains a structure in form of meaning patterns so complexity can be reduced and allow a more reasonable predicability in social interaction. On the other hand, the selection of structures makes the description and re-creation of meaning a more complex task….

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by michael.heiss

Language and System Complexity

Reading about language, dialogue and complex systems used to be paralell readings with some things in common. Today, language and complexity seem…

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The Perception of Leadership on Group Relations

Listen to what is happening to you and to others and take action at the time that appears appropriate. If the listening is accurate and the time is precise, it is your action that will inspire the action of others….

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