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Reflections on the change of US leadership @Göran Carstedt

“THE CHAUFFEUR”, ”THE NEW DRIVER” ...   An American friend of ours expressed some months before the US election, that she hoped for Joe Biden to become the next US president. “He is not a visionary leader and he might not be very charismatic, but he is the...

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LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE US ELECTION @Heidi Sparkes Guber

Reflections of an Ordinary Citizen...   This has been a brutal four years for anyone who loves this country.   We have watched our sense of propriety, decency and relationship with the rest of the world dashed daily to the point that, up to the election, it was...

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 WAKING THE SPIRIT @Alain de Vulpian

Homo Sapiens communicates with nature and the cosmos, that’s Gaïa. When I wrote "The Spirit of metamorphosis" in «Éloge», I knew that I had not followed my intuitions right to the end, but I hadn't dared go that far.  Subsequently I let myself be blocked by...

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Socioperception and the emergence of an economy of meaning

The key role of socioperceptive people in transforming organisations and society
Alain de Vulpian and Tonnie van der Zouwen
Key words: Socioperception, empathy, anticipation, social fabric, economy of meaning, self-organisation, emotions, self-awareness, stakeholders

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THE METAMORPHOSIS CONTINUES FROM INSIDE

Health through the ecosystem It has now been integrated for several decades that health depends not only on its way of life but also on its environment. This systemic understanding underpins society's fundamental movements towards a greener and more human-friendly...

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Metamorphosis calls for new regulations

The proliferation of alternative modes of travel and the sharing of public space From Los Angeles to Paris, or Berlin, via London or New York everywhere the massive and combined arrival of new modes of travel disrupts the fragile balances that had finally settled. In...

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Society reinvents itself in all directions

Society is transformed by individuals and it is also metamorphosing by changes in the way it operates. When artists contribute to collective awareness Artists' commitment to social and environmental issues has become commonplace. A landmark initiative is the...

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EUROPEANS AS-A-BRAIN

While European political and media news informs us every day about the risks of a break-up of the European project, another approach to Europe is emerging and strengthening on which too few observers are looking. This is a non-administrative Europe, a Europe of...

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An urgent need for "catalysts leaders for public action"

In 2015, Alain de Vulpian wrote in Praise of Metamorphosis:  "The representative and partisan democracy we practice is at odds with the new society, which feels excluded from power and begins to challenge its legitimacy. The authoritarian and bureaucratic...

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