Mette Miriam Böll - Insisting on compassion

Biologist, philosopher, educator, facilitator, and historian of science Mette Miriam Böll is embodiment of the kind of life that emerges when we accept, recognize, and revere our profound interconnectedness. Her scholarship as her life are nourishment for returning to the task we are all called to: to human well, at once simple and complex, individual and civilizational. 

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Show Notes:

• Tibetan Book of the Dead (04:20)
• Dzogchen - Tibetan Buddhist Teachings (05:00)
• John P. Milton (05:40)
• drawing her out on interconnectedness (12:30)
• Krishnamurti (17:00)
• Systems awareness and change processes (17:25)
• Polycrisis (17:35)
• life is a creative journey (18:20)
• John Paul Lederach on Origins (19:30)
• systems thinking (20:15)
• Jesper Hoffmeyer (20:30)
• Peter Senge (22:00)
• Why most systems change efforts fail (22:40)
• industrial PhD program Denmark (e.g., here) (32:10)
• Presence: An Exploration of Profound Change in People, Organizations, and Society by Peter Senge (34:00)
• compassionate systems framework (37:30)
• Otto Scharmer (37:30)
• compassionate systems workshops (42:40)
• generative social fields (44:00)
• Francisco Varela: The Logic of Paradise (53:00)
• "Keeping Quiet" by Pablo Neruda (59:00)
• Lightning round (58:30)
  • Book: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • Passion: Regenerative futures field
  • Heart Sing: Digital detox
  • Screwed up: Practicality 
• Find Mette online:
  • Center for Systems Awareness

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