
"Good Enough for Now and Safe Enough to Try " available to wear!
Dear friends, I’m excited to share with you a small project I’ve just started. Inspired by the wisdom that Sociocracy 3.0 captures in some simple words, I’ve put together a website that offers clothes with meaningful messages. In true S3 style, my first product is to test one design, "Good Enough for Now and Safe Enough to Try" printed on T-shirts, sweaters and hoodies. My intention is to spread this ‘mantra’ that many people say transforms their perspective on decisions, col

Manifesting Abundance and Challenging the Scarcity Myth
What follows is a story about an experience I had in Berlin in Spring 2014 when I facilitated a 3 day introduction to sociocracy workshop and offered a further 2 days of consultancy and implementation support. In the build-up to the workshop a number of people passionate about evolving new and more equivalent organisational forms, contacted the organisers of the event to explain their desire to come and their frustration because at this moment the fee for the workshop was mor

Stepping Beyond Consensus in Communities - A New Paradigm in Governance and Decision Making
This last week I had the privilege of a trip to Ängsbacka Ecovillage in Sweden following an invite from my new friend and colleague, Diana Leafe Christian. I met Diana last month at the UK Cohousing Network’s annual conference, held at the Threshold Centre, Dorset where she was the keynote speaker. *This text was originally posted on Creative Community Devon. Diana, based in the United States, is an author of the well known books in the communities field, Creating a Life Toge