INSIGHTs

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

Emerge Gathering

Connecting Online In Times Of Corona

Sanna Rådelius

We planned a Gathering for 100-130 people, then Coronavirus happened. Here’s how we designed an event to facilitate connection vulnerability and deep encounters - over a Zoom call.

Politics

The Politics of Waking Up 14: Freedom and Independents

Indra Adnan

As Brexit proved, ‘taking back control’ can always be played upon in the collective psyche, but a broader social independence cannot be achieved without collective organisation.

Spirituality

COVID-19: A War Broke Out In Heaven

Zachary Stein

History is unfolding in real time. This is it: we have arrived at the end of the world. Finally. Now we can start to build a new one. This is our chance to reshape ourselves as spiritual, scientific, and ethical beings.

Spirituality

Reclaiming Our Indigenous European Roots

Lyla June

Our task is to honour our ancestors, even those who caved from systemic destruction and became conquerors themselves. This is the story of how I connected with my European roots.

Society

We Can No Longer Save The World By Playing By The Rules

Tomas Björkman

Especially in times of crisis, the systems we live in need to learn to organise in new, more complex and deeper ways, or they will break down.

Society

Eight Emerging Lessons: From Coronavirus to Climate Action

Otto Scharmer

Disruption has two sides: the things we need to let go of, and the things that are about to emerge. How can we respond in ways that help this enormous potential for change to manifest?

Psychology

The Collective Psychology of Coronavirus

Alex Evans

Fight-or-flight or tend-and-befriend? How we respond to Coronavirus has big implications for our communities. Now is the right time to be reaching out to our neighbours.

Technology

Why Digital Entrepreneurs Need Contemplative And Systemic Practices

Kristofer Olsson

In the field of digital innovation, the solution is almost always an app or a platform, regardless of the problem. Contemplative practices can facilitate deeper innovation.

Emergence

Rise of the Emergentsia: The Revolution Will Not Be Boring

Brent Cooper

Increasing numbers of people are suffering because their society has let them down. Indy Johar's solution calls for a “Boring Revolution" — but is it really as boring as it seems?

Politics

The Politics Of Waking Up 13: Real Time, Real Life, Next Politics?

Indra Adnan

In order to invent a new politics we need to bypass the existing system. Denmark's Alternative Party offers an example of new politics in-action.

Society

How To Think About The Meta-Crisis Without Getting Too Excited.

Jonathan Rowson

It has become fashionable to declare a climate emergency, but the very idea of emergency only gets us so far. We cannot disentangle climate collapse from the broader crisis of civilisation.

Politics

The Politics Of Waking Up 11: Scaffolding, Skeletons and Fractals

Indra Adnan

Our political systems are slowly self-destructing in the face of huge global problems. Quality of relationships between communities is the key to creating new and better systems.

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Society

Christmas, Consumerism and Confusion

Jonathan Rowson

Despite it's bad ecological rap, consumerism meets a range of emotional and social needs. This is never more obvious than at Christmas. What can we do to fill the gap?

Emerge Gathering

We Need To Feel The Change We Want To See In The World

Kathrine Lauritzen

Kathrine Lauritzen shares her transformative experience in a Collective Sensemaking workshop at the Emerge Gathering 2019.

Politics

The Politics Of Waking Up 10: What Is World?

Indra Adnan

The internet has dramatically shifted the relationship between people and the world they inhabit. We need a better understanding of the psychological impacts of this shift.

Politics

The Politics of Waking Up 9: Feminising the Future

Indra Adnan

The F word is becoming much more difficult to define. Is the suppression of the feminine why we have the multiple crises of depression, addiction and suicide in our society?

Emergence

Rise Of The Emergentsia: A Great Mindshift in the Making

Brent Cooper

Technology itself is not the game changer everyone thinks it is, people are. Dr. Maja Göpel anchors her perspective on global change to sociocultural factors.

Politics

The Politics of Waking Up 8: Relationship As The Rebel Act

Indra Adnan

Personal and social disconnection is at the heart of the system destroying our planet.

Psychology

This is What Recovery Looks Like: The Healing Potential of Trauma.

Zhiwa Woodbury

Respiritualising our planet is the next step to healing collective trauma. An ecopsychologist shares thoughts from the world's first ever Collective Trauma & Healing Summit.