Phenomenal Conversation #11: Activating Soul Purpose with Sophie Wisbrun

This was the last episode of the first season and had an altered format without the usual live audience.

We discussed several key issues in the call;

• Soul Purpose, Leadership and flourishing organisations
• Radical Honesty that is required for true transformation
• Embracing Wholeness being essential to genuine Sustainability
• Nature can guide and inspire Regenerative Practices

Sophie is a Nature Positive Catalyst and founder of Doing Business Doing Good & We Are Nature

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Phenomenal Conversation #10 Designing for Thrivability with Michelle Holliday

An audio of this live in person gathering, includes some contributions from participants. Some of what was shared in the interview exploring this important topic includes;

• Almost anyone will have an intuitive sense of what it means to thrive
• The difference between Sustainability and Thrivability
• The design of livings systems as the blueprint for thrivability
• How communities and ecologies of care are foundational to being able to thrive
• A practical case study that flips the core assumptions of vacation sites About Thrivability here; https://ageofthrivability.com/ About Michelle here https://michelleholliday.com/

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Phenomenal Conversation #9 on 'The Unusual Business of Death' with Susanne Duijvestein, a young entrepreneur, death doula, funeral entrepreneur, ceremony leader, educator and guide.

Susanne is a notable pioneering reformer, as she wishes the industry and it's clients to become more ecological or sustainable, holistic, psychologically informed and more conscious about how handle our own and loved ones departure from the world. Whilst not recorded, some interesting highlights from the following group discussion included:

- Loss bereavement and the decline of the earth is calling to grieve fully and extensively - Encountering death and it's reality is a key to human maturity - True mourning or grieving is not only episodic it connects to all of the losses in our lives thus is it's underlying tapestry - Facing the inevitability of death is to be in touch with reality - Those who surrender to death can become a light unto themselves and others - Whether we admit it or not every transition every shift or loss is a minor encounter with death and it shapes the whole of our life Susanne's work you can find here https://www.bijafscheid.nl/ Here book can be bought here; https://libris.nl/boek?authortitle=su...

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Phenomenal Conversation #8 The Urgent Need for Radical Organisations with Jose Leal

Jose Leal - Cofounder of Radical Purpose and co-signatory to the Radical Declaration of Interdependence. Shares his views on the total necessity of organisational reform to create more radically human and planetary centric organisations

Topics covered included;

• Comparing the Power of Purpose and the Power of Force
• Activating people's natural intrinsic motivation
• Creating conditions for aligning with life and not acting against it.
• Taking full responsibility and as a step of developmental maturity.

More about Jose here: https://www.radicalpurpose.org/

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Phenomenal Conversation #7 The Adventure of Eldership in an Age of Disruption with Dorothe Liebig

Dorothe Liebig psychologist and systemic consultant, in dialogue about Eldership. About it's developmental phases, it's role, it's obligations, as well as the intimations and possibilities that the current moment might offer in advancing the Adventure of Eldership. We explore issues and questions similar or identical to;

• Erik Erickson's developmental model of late stage adulthood
• The dynamic phases and tensions when more towards maturity
• How might elders consciously preserve and conserve, the good, the true and beautiful? How possible is it to, refashion conceptions and expressions of Eldership, so they might offer faith and existential confidence, in living fully, even as human self destruction seems imminent.

More about Dorothe here: https://www.aeon-group.com/de/about/p...

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Phenonemal Conversation #6: The Art and Practice of True Collaboration with Robyn Whittaker

In this dialogue we covered and explored

- How collaboration in education systems in South Africa is crucial for creating a more functional and effective system.

- How active citizenship, social networks, and working together are key to addressing the challenges faced.

- Emphasized the importance of collective thinking and relationship-based learning,

- Highlighted the need for a relational approach to collaboration, that invites multiple stakeholders, to co-create a shared understanding of the problem and desired outcomes.

- How the interior condition of the convener (or facilitator) influences practicing collective thinking.

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Phenonemal Conversation #5 Deep Learning in a Shallow World with Monica Sulecio Alvarez

We explored various dimensions of Deep Learning related to Guatemala where Monica lives, to online digital learning and designing education to impact head heart and hand.

Main points included;

• Meaningful learning, reflection, and inner development goals.
• Releasing the learner's own passion for the topic
• Embodied learning, transformative growth, and collaboration between teachers and learners.
• E-learning and its limitations.

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Phenomenal Conversation #3 The Unexpected Benefit of Exploring Wonder in a less than wonderful world with Joeri Kabalt PhD

In this interview Joeri explains how cultivating the transformational capacity of Wonder connects deeply to life even in turbulent times

Areas covered in the dialogue include;

• Origins of her journey into Wonder and finding the ordinary in the extraordinary
• The value of Wonder in a world in a global state of emergency?
• The variety of dimensions of Wonder
• Awe and Wonder in relationship to self other and nature
• Expectation, presupposition, openness, unknowingness and Wonder

Phenomenal Conversations are crafted and curated to expand imagination, ask profound questions and promote generative enquiry inorder to embrace the magnitude of the polycrisis.

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