Composting What No Longer Serves: Organizational Lessons for a Time of Reckoning
In a moment of cultural rupture—where authoritarianism is rising, polarization deepens, and public trust frays—organizations across sectors are grappling with a hard truth: many of our strategies, structures, and assumptions no longer serve us. The world is changing, but the ways we work often aren’t keeping pace.
From Input to Interbeing
If regenerative participation is to become a meaningful part of foresight, we must expand our understanding of what foresight practitioners do—and how we show up.
We are not extractors of insights or deliverers of predetermined scenarios. We are gardeners, composters, and stewards of living processes. Our work is less about directing movement and more about cultivating the conditions for emergence, belonging, and transformation.
The Power of World Café: Fostering Engagement and Innovation in Charlotte
During the World Café Neighborhood Board Retreat, participants engaged in three rounds of structured conversations. Each round focused on critical questions about neighborhood engagement, community priorities, and collaborative solutions.