From Our Integral Blog
Perspectives on consulting, developing policy, collaborating and more, by integral Neil Richardson.About the Integral Blog and Neil Richardson
This blog is written by integral thinker, Neil Richardson, founder of Emergent Action. Here he discusses smart government advocacy, integral thinking and many other topics. Neil believes that his work should foster change and transformation. His writing, like the life he leads and the work he supports – emerges out of contemplation only reaching full completion through collaboration and dialogue with others. Thoughtful, creative and comprehensive: integral Neil Richardson’s ideas have been encapsulated admiringly by these words.
Just Do It! Strategic Planning -Execution, Adaptation and Measurement
Strategic planning is essential for organizations who want to achieve their priorities. This said, the plan is not the “thing itself”, the plan is like a team practicing to win a championship. Good strategy is planning and action integrated and synchronized. The...
Platinum Anniversary Fast!
It is that time of year (almost) for me to do my February Fast…I am doing it earlier this year to celebrate my twentieth year and to accommodate birthdays and other events. January 15 – February 15. I am happy to begin. The Fast, as always for me is about observing...
Matrix Leadership and the Four Stages of Transformation
In our book, “Preparing For A World That Doesn’t Exist-Yet” Rick Smyre and I examine how new ways of listening and finding multiple answers is critical for leaders to master. We call this matrix thinking and if we are to authentically spark transformation in our...
What Do We Know? The Four Stages of Knowledge
By Neil Richardson & Rick Smyre Traditional learning has been focused on standard answers and linear thinking. What is “it” is usually the way someone asks for answers. In a society and economy in which advanced communication and “complex adaptive systems” are the...
It Takes a Village in a VUCA World
“We are in a time when change is happening so fast that many people are uncomfortable about what the future holds and how to deal with it.” One thing we know, is that the way we did things in the past will not work in today’s world. We are more interconnected,...
A New Wave Rising
Surfing like other complex tasks requires going with the flow and adapting to new situations as they emerge. Letting go and allowing some chaos into your life is essential for growth.
Elegance in Complexity: The Rejection of Dumbing Down Society
Elegance in complexity is a concept that emphasizes the need to look for “access points” in order to help seed and evolve new capacities for a changing and dynamic society…
Revitalizing the Spirit of America Requires Growing Ecosystems
After several months walking around with ideas germinating from the Kauffman Foundation’s ESHIP Summit, we are more convinced than ever that cities and leaders…
The Sound of Wise Silence: A Perspective from Blackrock Summit
There was a fire burning. Five of us were in the woods hundreds of miles from our home. I was with a high school friend and the rest were strangers hunkered down…
OldSoulz: Mything a New Chapter
In this interview, Rodrick Chambers facilitates a dialog for his Old Soulz series. Renown futurist and thinker, Duane Elgin, joins Neil and four other integral thinkers…
The 2017 Harwood Summit
Thirty years ago, Americans felt disconnected from politics, now many people feel disconnected from their very lives and their local communities – they don’t feel heard…
Turn Off the Noise – Turn On Your Life
Noise is a sound that is loud or one that causes a disturbance or confusion. Noise may contain random fluctuations that obscure or do not contain meaningful data…
Old Soulz Interview
Neil speaks with Self Mastery expert and Ubiquity University course facilitator Rodrick Chambers. He is an entrepreneur and integral thinker based in China…
The Intelligent Organisation
Intelligent people and organizations are intentional about doing good in the world. We have defined being intelligent as behaving wisely and well…
The Religion of Tomorrow: A Vision for the Future of the Great Traditions-More Inclusive, More Comprehensive, More Complete
Good news and bad news friends! On one hand, we are lucky and blessed to have a new epic from Ken Wilber and on the other…it’s nearly 700 pages…
Dialog Fail: Talking Past Each Other
In the aftermath of the recent Presidential election, I’ve noticed a lot of hand wringing about talking to people who think differently about politics…
Inventing The Local Future
Futurist, Mark Sackler of Seeking Delphi, chats with Neil Richardson in his episode number 8, Inventing The Local Future on his YouTube channel…
The False Fix: Transformation Requires New Words
If you dropped an egg on the floor while making breakfast what would you do? Most people would mutter their favorite expletive and clean it up tossing the runny yoke…