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I recently talked with Aaron Enyetu, who arrived here from Uganda just a few months ago. Aaron has worked both as a volunteer in the...

What happens when we live a lie for generations? What does it do to us when we pretend we are better than others? What happens to us when...

Last week I was at a conference for Portland-based organizations involved in global development work. It was sobering and hopeful at the...

When we look around at the public conversation these days, it’s rather sobering. Issues have become polarized, with each side becoming...

Here’s what I’m learning: When we’re learning something new—when we enter new territory—it’s uncomfortable. As far as I can tell, it’s...

Do you know the Einstein quote about how we can’t solve our problems with the same thinking that created them? I looked it up the other...

I made a mistake. And it was horrible. Actually, it was a constellation of mistakes, because there never is just one. But I realized...

This article is part of a series on “Learning About Learning.” Have you ever felt overwhelmed at the beginning of a project? Or...

About a year and a half ago, I set an intention for myself to facilitate learning within groups and between groups. Suddenly all kinds of...

This whole Prosperity Project started when I read The Prosperity of Humankind and realized that unless we include every single human...

Last fall I set an intention to “facilitate learning within groups and between groups.” Since then, I’ve served on an elected body in my...

Knowledge is one of humanity’s most precious treasures. Yet throughout history, it’s been a treasure reserved for the elites of human...