There has been a significant acceleration in a diverse array of global networks focused on collaboration for a more just and thriving world, in the past few years. Through my participation in several of these often overlapping networks, I have discovered eight general ideas (or meta-narratives) that have been guiding the work of these rapidly proliferating transnational networks.
Meta-narratives – or stories about stories – provide directions of an abstract, open-ended nature. The eight grand narratives are:
- Interconnectedness (as metaphor);
- Rich inner worlds;
- Global collaboration;
- Emergent complexity;
- Big wicked problems;
- Meaning-making;
- Metaphorical language; and
- Worldviews and grand narratives.
Please note that this post currently serves as a place holder (Nov 26, 2019 at 5:18pm MST). I will be editing this post over the next couple of days.
Interconnectedness
Oneness
Interconnectedness
Transpersonal perspective
Compassion
Rich inner worlds
Universal love
Philosophical insight (wisdom)
Deep artistic inspiration
Global collaboration
Global contribution
Co-creation and creativity
Social cohesion
Groupthink
Connection and serious play
Conscious evolution
Emergent complexity
Emergent complexity
Self-organization
System breakdown and collapse
The paradoxical and incomplete
New, evolutionary structures
Big wicked problems
Deep and broad interests
Deep familiarity with big wicked problems
Most pressing challenges of our day
Advanced learning capabilities
Transformative insights
Meaning-making
Independent, critical thinking
Profound sense-making
Relevance realization
Web of meaning
Deep synoptically integrated knowledge
Wisdom and sophrosyne
Metaphorical language
Language
Technology
Metaphors we live by
Redesigning metaphors
Worldviews and grand narratives
Worldviews
Paradigms
“Strict father morality” worldview
“Nurturant morality” worldview
Ontological design
Grand narratives
Meta-narratives and protosyntheses
