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Tuesday June 26, 2018
Elements of a Reimagined Democracy: Unleashing Local Capital & Pent-Up Capital
I have come to see capitalism as the ideology or worship of capital, of money. Absentee investment is the root of so much in the way of dissociation. Money for money’s sake, and not for what it can do. Instead, we should look at intimate and engaged investment, that puts the power of money to good use.
Thursday June 21, 2018
Elements of a Reimagined Democracy: Citizen-Led Community Building & Democratic Workplaces
One of the challenges we face in realizing a reimagined democracy is the force of narrative. The dominant narrative, the one purveyed by mainstream media, corporate communications, and political campaigns, is for the most part an institutional narrative. It isn’t really for or by the grassroots at all.
Tuesday June 19, 2018
Beyond Voting: It’s Time to Reimagine Democracy
During election time, we can easily get lost in the notion that voting and politicians are at the centre of democracy. And yet, democracy is so much more.
Today, democracy’s detractors point to the US experiment to denigrate the idea. In Canada, our politics have to a degree followed suit.
Thursday December 7, 2017
The Future of Journalism
“The future of journalism is to play a fundamental and important role in an ecology of community development works and capacities and professions,” says Peter Pula, founder of Axiom News and pioneer of Generative Journalism.
Peter is now co-leading a local initiative to bring citizen-led dialogue and community development in direct partnership with the media.
Monday February 13, 2017
What Will Become of Peterborough Dialogues?
Awakening to healing and becoming whole In community
In 2015, the year Axiom News gave birth to the Peterborough Dialogues, over 100 gatherings were hosted. I was asked by an astounded colleague in Europe, why would anyone do that? Well, to know and to serve. That’s why.
Monday December 19, 2016
Why Hosting Is Harder than Leading
We have become so remarkably accustomed to a form of leadership that comes from the top. Why? Well, because it is easier for everybody. It is easier for the leader because they can indulge in their narcissism. And, well, we want them to. You see, if they are shaping things according to their filters and persona then we can move in a direction that is embodied by the leader.
Friday July 15, 2016
Brexit and the New Narrative
'We have very few better places to look for a new narrative than community'
One has to wonder if the results of the Brexit referendum are an answer to a question other than the one on the ballot. Being in inquiry most of my life I’ve had many, many experiences where the question asked isn’t quite the one answered.
Friday February 12, 2016
Essence
I've been thinking about what is it I believe is the essence of hosting. Intention and Ownership — that makes all the difference.
Tuesday January 19, 2016
Living Into Deep Democracy
Deep democracy, as we refer to it, comes down to the basic idea that each one of us is inescapably responsible for creating, or trying to create, the workplace, community, society, economy, and political climate in which we live. That responsibility does not lie ‘elsewhere’ or with ‘them’ — it lies with us and how we interact and co-create.
Monday October 26, 2015
The Space In Between
As we create third spaces we also create spaces between spaces. Which seem to hold the most potential for life to thrive. Working within institutions and silos to create change seems, by contrast to working in the spaces in between, to be very, very limiting and difficult. Some of the same processes we have been using in institutions might be far better put to work, liberated even, by using them between institutions.
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