INSIGHTs

Expert analysis and commentary to help you to make sense of what’s emerging.

EMERGE

NOW THAT YOU’VE FOUND THE OTHERS WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

Jonathan Rowson

Part 6: Goal - Survival of Open Societies. Philosophical and strategic reflections on Emerge.

Emerge

NOW THAT YOU’VE FOUND THE OTHERS WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

Jonathan Rowson

Part 5: Resolve - Get Real! Philosophical and strategic reflections on Emerge.

Emerge

NOW THAT YOU’VE FOUND THE OTHERS WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

Jonathan Rowson

Part 4: Ethos - Post-conventional. Philosophical and strategic reflections on Emerge.

Emergence

Now that you’ve found the others what are you going to do?

Jonathan Rowson

Part 3: Method - Third Order Change. Philosophical and strategic reflections on Emerge.

Emerge

Now that you’ve found the others what are you going to do?

Jonathan Rowson

Part 2: Epoch - A Time Between Worlds. Philosophical, historical and strategic reflections on Emerge.

Emergence

Emerge vs. Integral and Beyond

Kristian Stalne

While Integral was more of an answer that looked for questions and applications in different areas, Emerge is more of an open and living question without a fixed answer and closer to the actual challenges around sustainability.

Eros

How Can We Be at Service to the Emergent Future?

Pamela von Sabljar

On Eros and Emergence

Gathering 2021

Agency Agency

Sarah Anne Freiesleben

A courageous account of stepping into the unknown. And how the Emerge Gathering 2021 fitted in.

Gathering 2021

Sustainability Concept

Klaudia Shevelyuk

Our Sustainability Concept and Pledge for the Emerge Gathering 2021

GATHERING 2021

Moral Imaginations

Phoebe Tickell

We need a new rigour - a rigour of feeling. To change systems and culture we must feel differently, and not just change the map of where we want to go. If the ways of thinking with which we are familiar are leading us to dead ends, we must go via a different route.

System Change

Towards an Enlivenment Theory of Change

George Pór

How we can learn to see the economy, education, and other social institutions as complex adaptive systems that can be (re-)oriented for making us and our communities feel more alive, creative, and flourishing.

Politics

A Crisis of Leadership

Sahana Chattopadhyay

Part 2: After decades of treating organizations as machines, humans as replaceable cogs, nature as the provider of raw materials, poorer global South countries as suppliers of cheap labor and resources, and leaders as those who can extract and exploit the most, we have collectively created a world that is broken.

PHILOSOPHY

The Web of Meaning

Jeremy Lent

As our civilization careens toward a precipice of climate breakdown, ecological destruction, and gaping inequality, people are losing their existential moorings. Our dominant worldview has passed its expiration date: it’s based on a series of flawed assumptions that have been superseded by modern scientific findings.

Arts

Can The Art World Drive Social Transformation?

Carmen Salas

Art is a reflection of who we are, what we think is meaningful and what we value. As we confront critical interconnected global challenges, what should art be focusing on - and why?

Society

Think Slow: Cultivating Deeper Awareness In A Time Of Crisis

Hannah Close

Going inward and working with, understanding, and just ‘being' with our thoughts and feelings allows us to cultivate the ability to respond to situations, instead of blindly reacting to them.

Politics

The Politics of Waking Up 12: From Map to Territory in Systems Shift

Indra Adnan

If the ‘politics of waking up' are underway, what do we do with all this new awareness – this wokeness?

Politics

Grassroots Democracy Is The Answer To The Ecological Crisis

Peter Macfadyen

We need to accept that the agenda of central government does not reflect the interests of a majority of people.

Environment

Unlocking Creativity in Times Of Crisis

Maria Clara Parente

Indigenous communities have acknowledged the interdependence of humans and nature for centuries, but were oppressed (and still are) by colonialism. Imagining a new future for humanity depends on hearing these stories.

Psychology

Taking A Peek Behind The Curtain Of Existence

Nadjeschda Taranczewski

Psychologist and coach Nadjeschda Taranczewski shares what happened when she had a ‘mystical experience' on a psychedelic retreat in Holland.

Emergence

What is Emerging?

Jonathan Rowson

As we find ourselves in an historical moment that seems to demand action, the ‘Emerge' network represents a determination to respond to the crises of our time with clear perception and deep understanding.