Category: Reflections

  • Retrospective 2024-10

    This is a retrospective of week 10, 2024 (2024-03-04–2024-03-10). I finished reading Anticipatory Systems by Robert Rosen last week. I am currently working on a review of this book. Here is my review of Rosen’s book Essays on Life Itself for those who might be interested. I listened to a podcast with Dean Radin this…

  • What is my meaning?

    I just finished re-reading Freedom to Live by Robert S. Hartman. Hartman challenges the reader with questions for reflection on the meaning of one’s life and work. So, what am I here for in the world? I wrote in my 10 year summary that: My focus was initially on finding systemic answers…, but I ended…

  • My 10 Year Summary: What I Have Learned

    Contents 1. Introduction2. Background3. My Journey 3.1. The initial years (2012–2015) 3.2. The middle years (2016–2018) 3.3. The final years (2019–2022)4. Conclusions5. Afterword6. Acknowledgments7. Recommended Books 1. Introduction I started blogging ten years ago today (Sept 26, 2012). At the same time, I started searching for life-giving ways of working. This is a summary of my journey and…

  • Retrospective 2019-45

    This is a look back at this week’s reading and painting. Reading Blogs Recently, I have discovered Carolyn J Roberts’s – Fine Artist blog. Carolyn Roberts (@CRJFineArtist) took the decision six years ago to re-ignite her passion for art. I enjoy both her art and writing. Another blog which has caught my interest is Vogel…

  • Retrospective 2019-26

    This is a look back at my reading and painting during the week, including some reflections. Reflections I made the following notes to myself this month: Life is self-creating in a dynamically alive universe. Generative organizing is autopoietic. Allopoietic operating principles are “poisonous” for living systems. Organizing between and beyond is about moving beyond the…

  • Retrospective 2019-22

    This is a look back at my reading and painting during the week. Painting I enjoy painting trees and flowers, water and sky! It’s meditative. Reading I’ve read David Abram’s The Spell of the Sensuous this week. I’ve also read, or rather re-read, Elisabet Sahtouris’ EarthDance during week. I was reminded that what Elisabet Sahtouris…

  • Retrospective 2019-18

    Introduction The purpose of this post is to summarize the week. First, a short background. I have done weekly retrospectives since 2016. However, this is the first retrospective this year which I write in English. So much of what I read is in English, and it feels akward having to translate it into Swedish while…

  • Retrospektiv 2019-15

    Detta är en tillbakablick på veckan. Det mekaniska sättet att se missar det väsentliga Vid sidan av mitt läsande och bloggande har jag ett heltidsarbete, som naturligtvis tar mycket tid. En stor del av min övriga tid den här veckan har jag ägnat mig åt att rita och måla. Det började i slutet av mars…

  • Organizing reflections

    This is an overview of reflections in the series on organizing “between and beyond.” The series is an ongoing inquiry into a deeper “generative order” for organizing. It’s a search for a major shift in how we perceive and organize work. The purpose of the reflections are to reflect on subjects occupying my mind. Here…

  • Organizing reflection 35

    This is a post in my series on organizing ”between and beyond.” Other posts are here. The purpose of this post is to reflect on subjects occupying my mind. I make no claim to fully believe what I write. Neither do I pretend that others have not already thought or written about the same subject.…