by Mark Allan Kaplan, Ph.D. We are in a profound moment for our species. The evolutionary challenge many of us have been talking about has now kicked into high gear and we are entering what anthropologists and systems theorists call the liminal phase. This moment is the chrysalis phase, the stage where the caterpillar turns to liquid inside the cocoon but the butterfly has yet to begin to emerge. This is a moment of pure possibility…and also extreme danger. All our systems are in flux across all domains of existence – physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, relational, cultural, social… We […]
Sensemaking
The Challenge of this Gateway Decade
The Challenge of this Gateway Decade Prompted by the membership requirements of the Rally Point Alpha group on Facebook, I’ve just re-read Jordan Hall’s brilliant “Situational Assessment 2017 — the Trump Edition.” Supported by my experience of the years passed since its publication, I think of it as timelier than ever. If you haven’t yet read it, I suggest do it now. A minor benefit of doing so will be that you can make more sense of the following reflections. A gateway into what? A binary, lazy-thinking response that I frequently hear (and even repeated while talking with friends, not so long […]