Designing healthcare systems that serve the wellbeing of Integral City 2.0 begins with remembering “health” comes from the same root as the word “whole”. Healthcare in the human hive is based on the principles of Life and Evolution . Wholistic healthcare systems are rooted in natural science and embody values and cultural intentions. Principles that contribute to appropriate [...]
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How Do We Design Healthcare Systems for Integral City 2.0?
Posted in city, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, Lifecycle, Navigating - IVSM, Outer, tagged change, City 2.0, evolution, health, healthcare, healthcare design, human hive, major cities of the world, major healthcare systems, Principles, whole systems thinking on January 31, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Blue Bra, Dragon Tattoo, Women @ Shambala Warriors
Posted in Lifecycle, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, tagged diversity generator, generations, emergence, shambhala warriors, genders, resource allocator, conformity enforcer, inner judge on December 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
What has the front page image of the woman in the Blue Bra in Tahrir Square got to do with the opening of the movie re-make of the ”Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”? The Blue Bra speaks of women’s vulnerable defiance in the real world. The Dragon Tattoo’s owner, Lisbeth Salander acts with assertive defiance in the fictional world. Both [...]
Muddling May Renew Confidence
Posted in Emergence, Lifecycle, Master Intelligence, tagged cycles, emergence, generations, grief, seasons on November 17, 2011 | 2 Comments »
What patterns are showing up in my world? was the catalytic conversation I had today with my tribe from Centre for Human Emergence (CHE) Canada. It’s Fall here in the Pacific north-west. The wind blew off all the leaves from the acer tree outside my window, exposing trembling dry maple pods. What a change from just a week ago when [...]
Wellbeing indicator of a living system – “Could I die happy?”
Posted in E. Evolutionary Intelligences, Lifecycle, Uncategorized, tagged connecting with environment, happiness, indicators, living systems, reproducing, surviving, whole systems thinking on August 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Indicators of wellbeing have been a fascination of mine for many decades. Today I am contemplating the indicator of happiness – as in “Could I die happy today?” The EU calls and I have my powerpoint bags packed with all the trends that show the Big Picture of Global Sustainability to share with Experience Integral [...]
12 Intelligence Principles for Integral City to Celebrate on Earth Day
Posted in A. Contexting Intelligences, B. Individual Intelligences, Building - Structures, C. Collective Intelligences, D. Strategic Intelligences, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, Ecosphere, Emergence, Inner, Inquiry, Integral Maps, Lifecycle, Master Intelligence, Meshworking, Navigating - IVSM, Outer, Storytelling - Cultures, tagged Earth Day, integral city intelligences, Principles on April 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
P 1. Ecosphere Intelligence 1. Honor the climate and geography of your city. 2. Steward the environment. 3. Add value to the Earth space. P 2. Emerging Intelligence 1. Survive so holons serve each other’s existence. 2. Adapt to the environment. 3. Create a self-regenerating feedback loop, by interconnecting human regeneration cycles so that they [...]
Almere NL New Town Appreciates, Celebrates, Blossoms
Posted in C. Collective Intelligences, Ecosphere, Emergence, Inquiry, Integral Maps, Lifecycle, Storytelling - Cultures, Uncategorized, tagged Almere, appreciative inquiry, city, integral, integral city intelligences, meshwork, sustainability, whole systems thinking on April 18, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Last week Almere Netherlands was the location of my learning and the focus of my attention. Attending the fifth Centre for Human Emergence, NL, fifth Spiral Dynamics Integral Confab, Almere was featured in case studies to explore the city with Integral City related lenses. Almere was created as a New Town, 30 years ago, using [...]
Systems and Resilience Cycles for Sendai Restoration
Posted in A. Contexting Intelligences, Integral Maps, Lifecycle, Panarchy, tagged city, disaster, integral city intelligences, Japan, recovery, resilience, spiral dynamics integral, whole systems thinking on March 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
How do you integrate five of the resilience models that I have used in Integral City? How can they help us understand how to respond, repair and restore the city as a living system in disasters like we have seen this year in Brisbane, Christchurch and Sendai? Integral City(p. 43) illustrates the four stages of the resilience cycle as they progress through [...]
Integral City Intelligences for Sustainable City Class
Posted in A. Contexting Intelligences, B. Individual Intelligences, Building - Structures, C. Collective Intelligences, city, climate, D. Strategic Intelligences, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, Ecosphere, Emergence, Inner, Inquiry, Integral Maps, Lifecycle, Master Intelligence, Meshworking, Navigating - IVSM, Outer, Storytelling - Cultures, tagged Colwood, education, integral, integral city intelligences, Resources for Mayors, Royal Roads University, sustainability on February 14, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I spent last week at Royal Roads University delivering the first Residency of the Sustainability Graduate Certificate. Ten students from across Canada provided a rigorous proving ground for the Integral City approach to sustainability. Using the Integral City Compass to prove the design with three leverage points, here is what we did. Integral City Compass [...]
Multiple Cities, One Location
Posted in Building - Structures, Emergence, Inner, Lifecycle, Panarchy, tagged communication, ecology, multiple cities, sense in the city, water on January 24, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I have just finished editing an interview I did with one of Integral City’s Advisors, Will Varey, of Emergnc in December, 2010. It will be posted for readers’ listening pleasure on Meshcasts later today. We had a most wide-ranging dialogue that explored cities as living systems. Will’s grounding in sustainability provided a “pingable” trampoline to explore the ecology [...]
