Performance with purpose
From 2005 to 2007 I had the best job in the world, full of challenges at a fast pace. I was running the planning and development department for North America’s fastest growing municipality: the...
View ArticleCities – platform for never-ending journey
Our work to improve our cities is a very personal journey, both as individuals and as collectives. This is not a journey that is meant to end and it is full of uncertainty. Over the last two months I...
View Article10 practices for uneasy city journey
Embracing our cities as part of our personal and collective learning journey requires practice. It is not easy work, yet it is essential. Here are some practices we can engage in with self, each...
View ArticleJourney and destination
Does having a destination in mind make the journey any easier? While there is so much to say about the uneasiness we experience in our evolutionary journey with cities, it is time to look more...
View ArticleNested purposes
When looking ahead at our expansive, evolutionary future, there is a distinction between specific and general destinations. We do not know specifically where we are headed, but the general...
View ArticleDestination and emergence
Over the course of the last nine months, I have been sharing bits of the book I am working on – Nest City: The Human Drive the Thrive in Cities. I made a decision to share the book on my blog while I...
View ArticleEmerging to new destinations
I started this series of posts with emerging thresholds, a post that articulated my transition in writing about “destination” (Chapter 5) to writing about “emergence” (Chapter 6). I recognize that I...
View ArticleCourageously smitten
Our work in cities is a convergence of direction, personal journey and emergence that results in new, emerging possibilities. These possibilities are both things we dream of and recognize, as well as...
View ArticleCivic practice starts with questions
How we show up, acknowledging that life is a journey at every scale, is a critical part of city making. Part of that journey is trusting that much of what comes us in life is not what we could have...
View ArticleRewire the reptilian
In a month’s time I will be going on a vision quest. My intention is to recalibrate my reptilian being. I wrote last week about citizen superpowers and two parts of our brains: the part that serves...
View ArticleThe fiery gifts of the dragon
First – look the dragon in the eye Two weeks ago, a board I serve on was brave enough to look the dragon in the eye and see the truth: it was time to let our organization die with dignity. Despite her...
View ArticleCities – platform for never-ending journey
Our work to improve our cities is a very personal journey, both as individuals and as collectives. This is not a journey that is meant to end and it is full of uncertainty. Over the last two months...
View Article10 practices for uneasy city journey
Embracing our cities as part of our personal and collective learning journey requires practice. It is not easy work, yet it is essential. Here are some practices we can engage in with self, each...
View ArticleJourney and destination
Does having a destination in mind make the journey any easier? While there is so much to say about the uneasiness we experience in our evolutionary journey with cities, it is time to look more...
View ArticleNested purposes
When looking ahead at our expansive, evolutionary future, there is a distinction between specific and general destinations. We do not know specifically where we are headed, but the general...
View ArticleDestination and emergence
Over the course of the last nine months, I have been sharing bits of the book I am working on – Nest City: The Human Drive the Thrive in Cities. I made a decision to share the book on my blog while...
View ArticleEmerging to new destinations
I started this series of posts with emerging thresholds, a post that articulated my transition in writing about “destination” (Chapter 5) to writing about “emergence” (Chapter 6). I recognize that...
View ArticleCourageously smitten
Our work in cities is a convergence of direction, personal journey and emergence that results in new, emerging possibilities. These possibilities are both things we dream of and recognize, as well...
View ArticleCivic practice starts with questions
How we show up, acknowledging that life is a journey at every scale, is a critical part of city making. Part of that journey is trusting that much of what comes us in life is not what we could have...
View ArticleRewire the reptilian
In a month’s time I will be going on a vision quest. My intention is to recalibrate my reptilian being. I wrote last week about citizen superpowers and two parts of our brains: the part that serves...
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