Introduction to a film series which invites viewers to get started on their systems-learning journey, covering fundamental systems change topics amd (re)awakeing a felt sense of knowing the world as systemic.

 If we think our “enemies” like something, we’ll be predisposed to not like it. And we disincentivize red/blue collaboration because we don't want to "help" our enemies. So we get gridlock.

To end suffering and destruction, it is necessary to think about pathways to peace. Here are the ten key results of the war and five ideas for a possible way out.

Beliefs are called mindsets when they filter how we make sense of the world and ourselves. Mindsets act on our choice of goals and goal-pursuit behaviors, which significantly affect our lives.

The contempt arising from toxic polarization makes us less able to do the basic work of politics. There is an urgent need to see value in engaging in civil, respectful ways, even with people we see as wrong. 

This partnership will enable the UN and Search to save lives and address the conflict drivers that create crises in the first place. The hope is this partnership will serve as a model for other such efforts.

The Plurality Institute is building an ecosystem to push boundaries to reimagine collaborative frameworks. They serve as a hub for academics, industry researchers, practitioners, and leaders from both civil and governmental sectors

Another organization to add to Louis Kriesberg's list of the Israeli peace groups that are trying to struggle with the ongoing war.

For organiations which are overwhelmed, over-processing, and still need a plan to win, 11 ideas of how to develop an approach that makes sense.

Our task is to find and grow a new generation and community of leaders who seek the most good for the most people in the most expansive and gracious ways we can imagine. 

A campaign of election officials and poll workers to strengthen U.S. elections

From the Co-Intelligence Institute's Wise Democracy Project. They suggest ways to comprehend a bigger picture – that can help us think about how to incorporate more wisdom into our governance processes.

Focusing on Intelligence, wholeness, systems, complexity, process and participation. Lots of stuff here!

Ideas about how the generation of collective wisdom can enhance the work of the New Pluralists and others interested in escaping the destructive hyper-polarization and stagnation.

Ashok Panikkar's reflections on how we took away the wrong lessons from US Civil Rights Movement, which has now contributed to the weakening of minority rights and Western democracies over the last few decades.

Key findings from a national survey of 1,005 registered voters Conducted December 21-24, 2023, conduced by Hart Research for More Perfect.

We prepare for disasters by understanding how they could happen.

An AllSides "story of the week," this article looks at the way the media is covering the Israel-Hamas conflict on campuses. Needless to say, there are significant differences.

Complexity is actually a key to unlocking freedom — and here are three examples of how and why that is true.

From Network Weaver, a reflection on things they tried in 2023 that didn't work as planned--and what they are doing in 2024 to fill those gaps. These ideas have broader applicability for other networkers!

A webinar put out by All-America City, looking at "promising practices" for protecting democracy.

The business leader, innovator, thinker, do-er and reformer on what she's learned and what we need to fix America democracy.

Toxic polarization is a large, complex problem with many factors. But one thing we can all do to reduce it is examine our role in the equation. Making our culture less toxic starts with us.

A look at the state of the country in details show widespread pessimism, fear of and acceptance of political violence and paranoia about the other side.

Not limited to peacebuilding, this idea organization strategy is powerful for garnering insights from many people, and highly complex situations and issues.