Announcing Kinship: a new initiative

And suddenly you know. It’s time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings. –  Meister Eckhart Over the last 10 years, through New Directions Collaborative, Nancy Gabriel and I have partnered with clients to explore how to use networked approaches to align the work of many organizations to change systems. We have worked… Read more

A Creative Way to Shift Systemic Racism

Mapping Prejudice in Minneapolis engaged citizens in doing research to create maps that visualize how historic racist practices in real estate drove racial segregation that persists to this day. I learned about it from Janne Flisrand, a network weaver friend who is active in civic affairs there. She said it was instrumental in building the political will that enabled the city to… Read more