This note to myself has been sitting on the side of my desk for a while, waiting for the right time to act on it. Now that my immediate tasks as Co-Designer, Interviewer and Harvester for the Integral City 2.0 Conference are looked after, I can refocus on my writing here.
The last month has been gruelling. Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in the month of September explored one of the 12 evolutionary intelligences of the human hive, as identified by Marilyn Hamilton. I co-designed the program of over 50 visionaries whose work makes the world a better place, many of whom I had the opportunity to interview. My other role was to catch the story of each day and grasp the essence of each intelligence and the conference as a whole.
This window into the growing planet-wide community of thinkers, designers and practitioners confirms my belief that our work is the life force of our cities, whether we realize it or not. Our work, and our approach to our work, is what releases our true potential IF that work is aligned with what we wish to offer the world. The more our being is aligned with what we do, our work, the more our cities meet our needs.
My September experience compels me to revisit many of my posts since my declaration in April to blog my book, Nest City: The Human Drive to Thrive in Cities. So far, I have shared three chapters with you: 1 – The City Impulse, 2 – The Planning Impulse, and 3 – The Thriving Impulse (click here for a recap). They paint a picture of how cities come about and the nature of our evolutionary relationship with cities.
Over the next few months my attention will be focused in two directions:
- Behind the scenes, I will be turning these first three chapters into their own publication that I will share with all readers as soon as it is complete.
- On this blog stage, I will share Part 2 of Nest City, focusing on how we can effectively organize ourselves in cities by taking into account our destination, the journey and the emergence of ourselves and our cities.
My Integral City 2.0 Online Conference expedition has fed my desire to dig deeper into our relationship with the cities we create.
My next post will revive the plot for of the city’s new story: organizing for emergence.