Commentary and news
Cultural roots of our political problems
Cultural roots of our political problems David Brooks recently published an opinion piece in which he identified five widespread cultural "lies" that are responsible for our contemporary political problems. His arguments against those lies and his alternative proposals align significantly with our vision for Cosmopolis. ... Read More
Global social witnessing and shifting social fields Lukas Herrmann, CMMI Fellow 2018
Global social witnessing and shifting social fields Lukas Herrmann, CMMI Fellow 2018 Lukas is an action researcher and PhD Student with Witten/Herdecke University, Germany. His research focuses on uncovering cultural trauma patterns and facilitating generative social fields through embodied systems sensing practices. Here he introduces the ideas he explored with us at the last Learning Exchange. ... Read More
Global Social Witnessing Lab 2020
Global Social Witnessing Lab 2020 Mark your calendars to attend a Global Social Witnessing Lab from March 30-April 3, 2020 at Witten/Herdecke University in Germany. The GSW-Lab 2020 is being organized by the Institute for Global Integral Competence and CMM Institute for Personal & Social Evolution in cooperation with Witten/Herdecke University. ... Read More
Cosmokidz in Romania—a new and exciting experience
Cosmokidz in Romania—a new and exciting experience CosmoKidz was first introduced in Romania in 2016. Carmen Gabriela Greab and Iuliana Gabriela Georgescu describe this new and exciting experience for them. They have been so inspired by the effect of CosmoKidz, they are now exploring ways of expanding the program. ... Read More
Speculating about a social democracy in 2050
Speculating about a social democracy in 2050 In January 2019 John Quiggan wrote an opinion piece in the Guardian about what life could be like after the failure of capitalism in Australia. His observations have relevance beyond Australia and we found many of his ideas compatible with our projections in Cosmopolis. ... Read More
CosmoKidz: Teaching Children Response-Abilities in Their Relationships
CosmoKidz: Teaching Children Response-Abilities in Their Relationships The goals of CosmoKidz are to help children develop skills and abilities that help nurture cosmopolitan ways of being. We have recently concluded a three-year research project with all kindergarten through second-grade classes (ages 4-7) in Oracle, Arizona with results showing that if these skills and abilities are practiced consistently, they become part of a child’s repertoire for acting into his/her social worlds. ... Read More
A new CMM bibliography: Call for contributions
A new CMM bibliography: Call for contributions We have already compiled over 100 references and are very excited about the breadth and depth of material we've compiled. Apart from being a resource in its own right, we are also planning that this bibliography will act as the basis for a CMM library to be held on the CMMI website. We are now asking for your contributions to this list. ... Read More
The Handbook of Communication Training
The Handbook of Communication Training There are two significant chapters with a CMM orientation in this latest handbook: one by Bart Buechner and colleagues and another by Don Waisanen, last year's CMM Fellow. ... Read More
Embodying metaphors in systems
Embodying Metaphors in Systems Sergej van MIddendorp has recently published his book, using CMM and exploring the metaphor of jazz improvisation to help design systems that support the creation of health and wealth. ... Read More
Moral Injury on the front lines of truth
Moral Injury on the front lines of truth This is an exciting and innovative chapter written by three of the CMMI's board members, Bart Buechner, Sergej van Middendorp and Rik Spann. The chapter interweaves CMM and the metaphor of jazz improvisation in the context of Schutz’s lifeworld phenomenology. ... Read More
Many magical moments at the Learning Exchange
Many magical moments at the Learning Exchange Our Learning Exchange this year had the dual theme of Creating Magical Moments and Building Community. We have captured some particularly poignant reflections from participants about the magical moments and the sense of community they experienced. ... Read More
Meet Rik Spann: one of our new board members
Rik Spann: one of our new board members Rik joined us an advisor to the board last year and this year he has become a full member. Here Rik introduces himself by way of a short biographical note around the theme of "And jam, of course". ... Read More