3 Questions that Defuse Toxic Polarization

Current e-Journal – July 22, 2025 Toxic Polarization and the Stories We Tell Ourselves In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations and Announcements   Catalytic Thinking Exercise: Toxic Polarization and the Stories We Tell Ourselves Resources to Further Your Practice Money and Politics and Churches The IRS is preparing to allow churches to endorse candidates (and … Read more

That’s an awesome question!

Current e-Journal – July 22, 2025 Toxic Polarization and the Stories We Tell Ourselves In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations and Announcements   Catalytic Thinking Exercise: Toxic Polarization and the Stories We Tell Ourselves Resources to Further Your Practice Money and Politics and Churches The IRS is preparing to allow churches to endorse candidates (and … Read more

What if creating social change means YOU need to change?

Current e-Journal – July 22, 2025 Toxic Polarization and the Stories We Tell Ourselves x What does it really mean to “be the change you want to see in the world”? Including Gandhi’s quote as part of your email signature is one thing. But it is quite something else to actually – well – BE … Read more

When group work is like herding cats

Current e-Journal – July 22, 2025 Toxic Polarization and the Stories We Tell Ourselves In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations and Announcements   Catalytic Thinking Exercise: Toxic Polarization and the Stories We Tell Ourselves Resources to Further Your Practice Money and Politics and Churches The IRS is preparing to allow churches to endorse candidates (and … Read more

An Update in our eJournal

For those who get your Creating the Future info at this blog (vs. our newsletter), this is so important we are repeating it here. The title of that newsletter post was “Not our Normal Newsletter.” And that’s because these are not normal times. The original post is at this link. * * * Dear friends, … Read more

Not our normal newsletter

Current e-Journal – July 22, 2025 Toxic Polarization and the Stories We Tell Ourselves x What does it really mean to “be the change you want to see in the world”? Including Gandhi’s quote as part of your email signature is one thing. But it is quite something else to actually – well – BE … Read more

To build an army of support, turn work into a party

Current e-Journal – July 22, 2025 Toxic Polarization and the Stories We Tell Ourselves In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations and Announcements   Catalytic Thinking Exercise: Toxic Polarization and the Stories We Tell Ourselves Resources to Further Your Practice Money and Politics and Churches The IRS is preparing to allow churches to endorse candidates (and … Read more

How to turn competitors into allies

Current e-Journal – July 22, 2025 Toxic Polarization and the Stories We Tell Ourselves Photo: Vicki Nunn, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

More effective programs start here

Current e-Journal – July 22, 2025 Toxic Polarization and the Stories We Tell Ourselves Photo: Vicki Nunn, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Joy and Rest as Rebellion (and 3 Other Things We Learned from Taking Time Away)

Current e-Journal – July 22, 2025 Toxic Polarization and the Stories We Tell Ourselves In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations and Announcements   Catalytic Thinking Exercise: Toxic Polarization and the Stories We Tell Ourselves Resources to Further Your Practice Money and Politics and Churches The IRS is preparing to allow churches to endorse candidates (and … Read more