Accountabilities needed for Future Fit Institutions by Jayne Engle, Indy Johar, Alex Ryan What is Emerging? Are we at the darkest hour, just before the dawn? The hard stop of the Covid crisis is akin to the rock bottom of addiction. It marks a moment of intense suffering for vast numbers of people…

Transformation This post is Part II of the essay “Transition 2020: How can we be good ancestors?”. The essay is based on the Douglas R. Wilson lecture I had the honour to give in October 2019 at the University of Alberta.* Part I is a perspective on tragedies — of the…

In this set of posts titled “Transition 2020: How can we be good ancestors?” I share some stories, ideas and practical approaches that I believe are crucial to our times. …

Some Thoughts on Valuing the Sacred in the City I wrote the following short essay in July 2019, as part of “Some Thoughts:” a collection of about 100 short essays, pulled together by Nasma Ahmed, Matthew Claudel, Zahra Ebrahim, Christopher Pandolfi, and Bianca Wylie. This collection is neither a project of philanthropy, nor of any organization, which is part…