Public Conversations Project

Public-Conversations-Proect“Public Conversations Project fosters constructive conversation where there is conflict driven by differences in identity, beliefs, and values. We work locally, nationally, and globally to provide dialogue facilitation, training, consultation, and coaching. We help groups reduce stereotyping and polarization while deepening trust and collaboration and strengthening communities.” Webpage

“NCDD is a network of thousands of innovators who bring people together ncdd orange_logoacross divides to tackle today’s toughest challenges. NCDD serves as a gathering place, a resource clearinghouse, a news source, and a facilitative leader for this vital community of practice. The NCDD website is a clearinghouse for literally thousands of resources.” Webpage

Scharmer

The Presencing Institute
In the book Leading From the Future, Scharmer and Kaufer of the Presencing Institute describe an emerging eco- centric awareness based on perceiving and acting from a systemic point of view. They state: “The goal must be to co-sense, co-inspire, and co-create an emerging future for systems that value the well being of all rather than just a few…Over the past three years we have applied this innovation framework of deep systemic change to the evolution of the economy and society as a whole: focusing on the emerging transformation of capitalism.”

The Institute for Cultural Evolution approaches political polarization in the US from a systemic point of view. They maintain there will always be a permanent polarity between those whose primary focus is on the rights and freedoms of the individual and those who are most concerned about the needs of the larger community. The two sides are interdependent. Therefore the solution cannot be for one side to win out over the other. “The principles of polar interdependence suggest that each side needs to start by depolarizing itself…Each side can improve and strengthen its own position by increasing the quantity and quality of what it is able to value.”

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