On Bridging Divides…

A growing collection of inspiring examples of people bridging divides.

On Navigating Conflict…

A series of short videos about navigating conflict on my YouTube Channel:

• Navigating Conflict 1 – Inner Process
• Navigating Conflict 2 – Preparing for Dialogue
• Navigating Conflict 3 – Expressing Yourself
• Navigating Conflict 4 – Supporting Conversations

(I also offer courses that give an introduction to tools for navigating group conflict including Restorative Circles, Deep Democracy and Convergent Facilitation. If you want to know more, get in touch.)

On Nonviolence

• The Heart of Nonviolence – exploring what living nonviolence means at its core
• Nonviolent Communication (NVC) – using nvc to move beyond right and wrong
  • NVC key differences – comparing the domination and collaboration paradigms
  • NVC for liberation – an introduction to Miki Kashtan’s work moving beyond patriachy
• Principles of Kingian Nonviolence – principles and practices for living nonviolence
• Revolutionary Love – a guide to cultivate love for others, our opponents and ourselves

On Systems

• Organising – foundations and structures to support groups to work together
• Dimensions of social change – on different forms of social change

On Facilitation

• Theory U and ULab – wisdom for times of uncertainty, listening for the emerging future
• Convergent Facilitation – inclusive decision making for solutions that work for all
• Liberating structures – alternative group practices for engagement and inclusion

More Useful Links

• Equality / anti racism (BRAP)
• Race resilience
• Aligning systems with purpose (Miki Kashtan)
• Reinventing organisations (Frederick LaLoux)
• On Privilege (Roxy Manning)
• See No Stranger learning hub (Valarie Kaur)
• Work that Reconnects (Joanna Macy)
• Active Hope training
• Moving toward conflict for good strategy
• Art of hosting frameworks
• The Circle
• The chaordic path
• The tyranny of structurelessness
• Divergence, emergence, convergence
• On scaling (beyond patriachy)
• Nonviolent Global Liberation Videos
• Charles Eisenstein Programs
• Human centred design toolkit

Read more

• More articles on similar themes are posted on reconnect.works/blog/.
• You can also find my personal blog at 141chars.wordpress.com.