1. From Chaos to Coherence You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose Indira Gandhi

2. Intentions for a Learning Community  To engage in a shared inquiry  To better understand ourselves and each other  To explore the differences between chaos and coherence

3. Values  Rely on human goodness  Depend on Diversity  Leader – anyone who wants to engage the work environment in a positive way

4. Collective Harvesting We can reorganize around clear values and new ways of being

5. Rusting out is a “Chaos Warning”

6. Organizations are complex systems it’s not possible to see the whole Each of us can see a small piece and Together have a holistic perspective

7. Transition Paradigm Shift

8. Finding a place of refuge within oneself where one can find peace. Skills include increased self-awareness, stress management skills, social skills and support and a more solid connection with self and life purpose

9. Attention Revolution The source and catalyst for living system transformation is change in internal meaning not change by external mandate

10. Human History/Herstory Hunters and Gathers Agrarian Age Industrial Age Information/Knowledge Age Wisdom/Conceptual Age

11. Conceptual Age An economy and a society built on the inventive, empathic, big-picture capabilities of what is emerging from the information age

12. Conceptual Age The future belongs to a people with a different kind of mind, creators, pattern inventors, designers, storytellers, big picture thinkers

13. Psychonaut An individual who practices mind- expanding techniques Developing “inner technology”

14. Neuroplasticity The brain’s capacity to change

15. From Aging to Saging Sage – through reflection and experience Sage – through reflection and experience Characterized by wisdom, prudence and good judgment Characterized by wisdom, prudence and good judgment

16. Wisdom  Accumulated philosophic learning  Knowledge  Insight, good sense and judgment  A wise attitude or course of action

17. A sage has evolved from the perspective of thinking of self to thinking of others

18. A sage has evolved from what we can get to what can we give

19. The role of a sage Has a greater inner awarenessHas a greater inner awareness Is in touch with their inner spiritIs in touch with their inner spirit Relies on intuitionRelies on intuition

20. A sage acts as a guide, mentor, an agent of healing and reconciliation

21. We become and continue to become wisdom keepers

22. How do we shift from the Speed of Light to The Speed of Life?