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In a previous blog, I wrote about Holistic Management International board member Sallie Calhoun’s observations that human ingenuity could help ecosystems be more resilient. I love this concept that humans are agents of solutions and more emerging solutions, rather than primarily creators and perpetrators of problems. For one thing, it sounds way more fun and rewarding and inspiring. For another, I like the idea Read more

Have you ever had a conversation you felt you needed to have and really didn’t want to? Maybe this happens with various people – or the same person – every week or so. Or every month? The patterns can transform the energy into something more interesting. Is it every day? Never? (That might be a pattern too.) At home? At work? In the floating world of Kyoto, one of the geisha’s arts is that of conversation. I didn’t h Read more

One day I was contemplating our retreat center’s 310 acres and adjacent Crown Land (US readers: National Forest) and all the wildlife living on it, wondering what I could do to help the ecosystem be and stay as healthy as possible. Then lightning struck. Wait a minute! I’m an integral part of this ecosystem! Buddhist philosophy maintains that insight produces bliss, and that insight produced a lot of blis Read more

In terms of organizational development consulting, I specialize in helping transform disorganizations into beautiful organizations – can you relate? Here’s my secret: since I’m the only person I get to influence something like totally, everything works better when I start by working on myself. To this end, I invited my partner to spend the last month re-organizing our teaching enterprise, PlanetDharma along with my o Read more