Category: Videos
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Democracy & Freedom in Organizations
In Nicholas Beechcroft’s exploration of the Future of Western Civilization he interviews Traci Fenton on organizational democracy and freedom. Traci explains the ten key principles of organizational democracy, and how a democratic workplace leads to improved engagement, meaning, creativity, productivity, health, and profit. She describes where it works and where it doesn’t, and gives some…
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Future of Western Civilization
Nicholas Beecroft explores the Future of Western Civilisation in a series of very interesting interviews with very interesting people. These interviews are also available on YouTube and as podcasts. Highly recommended!
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The girl who silenced the world for 5 minutes
Here is an amazing speech by a yougn old girl at a UN meeting on issue of environment. She knows what she wants to accomplish and why. This is what I would call having deep intention!
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You cannot be happy and sad at the same time
Matt Smith demonstrates the Failure Bow on a Bellevue TedX talk. It’s a technique for moving from shame and embarrassment to celebration and availability, fostering openness and trust. The technique builds on the fact that you cannot be happy and sad at the same time.
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Dynamic Governance is FUNDAMENTALLY different
I became very enthusiastic when I first heard about sociocracy, or Dynamic Governance. Here’s a video series by Ted Millich where he describes what sociocracy, is, how sociocracy works, and what is fundamentally different about sociocracy: Beyond Democracy 1 – What is the Next Step in the Evolution of Human Governance Beyond Democracy 2 –…
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Contrasting Sociocracy and Holacracy
Sociocracy is an interesting dynamic governance method which is described in We the People. Aspects of sociocracy are incorporated into Holacracy. This video contrasts the underlying intentions and practical differences between the two methods. I think this is an example of where the same principles, but with different intentions, leads to different practices. I would…
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Management is designed to get compliance
Daniel Pink talks in this Stoos Connect video about management as a technology from the 19th century. It’s designed to get compliance. We need engagement instead, but people cannot be managed into engagement. Engagement must be built around the principles of self-direction. It’s a big and urgent challenge!
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Self-directed learning
Jeffrey Cufaude’s message in this excellent TED talk is that all learning is self-directed. Life’s a great teacher, are you a great student? Are you a lifelong learner?
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The essence of Theory U and presencing
Otto Scharmer talks about The Essence of Theory U and Presencing. This is a video clip from Global Classroom Lecture 1: The Blind Spot.