I have been following the news with interest as our government declares a succession of job categories as “essential to the economy.“ This trend began with the usual sectors like energy, infrastructure, IT and communications, but has rapidly expanded to individual...
Award-winning filmmaker, writer and educator Nora Bateson directed a documentary on her father, Gregory Bateson, titled The Ecology of the Mind. In it, he notes that “the major problems in the world are the result of the difference between how nature works, and the...
Nature is designed to be an interdependent system. The more diverse our ecosystems, the more generous they become. This is because they flow with and optimize interdependence – instead of ignoring or defending separation. This statement is powerful. It needs to...
Nature starts with two generous acts of interdependence. The first is that it provides sunlight, a free resource that makes life possible on earth. Nature runs on sunlight, but sunlight alone cannot generate life. Its energy must be transformed into useable nutrients...
Systems are filled with connections and so are living organizations. These connections span the boundaries between the organization and its external environment and within the organization itself. Over time, these connections create ties and relationships to each...
