Sender: Richard Tafel
Subject: Re: An Integral Transpartisan Alliance - Action Proposal
Date: Wed, Mar 26, 2014
Msg: 100884

Great stuff Bruce, you've really thought this out. I agree if we don't move to action this list will die out. A good example of transpartisan success is the work in Michigan. Here's my oped in Forbes today. You'll hear the transpartisan themes throughout.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2014/03/26/shark-tank-for-social-good-michigans-innovative-plan-to-end-poverty/3/

On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 1:24 PM, Bruce Schuman wrote:

> Maybe it's the astrology, maybe it's my nervous stomach, maybe I read too > much - but I'm feeling it. We need an action proposal. > > > > We've got strong voices here, we've got competency, and we've got > capacity. We've got a broad activist spectrum from practical-hands-on to > visionary idealism. We've got an emerging core of common ground, and we've > got who-knows-how-many reasons for urgency. > > > > Yes, we need to "keep talking about it". There's lot to talk about. And > yes, we do have a good overview proposal for subjects to consider. We > should consider them all. > > > > But talk - alone - just talk? For me - "hot air rising" just contributes > to climate change. We need to put pieces together. > > > > Don Beck posted this yesterday: > > > > *I need to write all of this to give you a sense of what we mean by > "Transpartisan." It means use all available means, create new "dots" and > then connect them All, and build decision-making systems, as in value > engineering or value management processes rather than negotiation, or "all > coming together" naive. We all have work to do. The program is called DOTS: > Connecting what matters to design what works in the Age of collaboration. I > think this is one of the objective/goals we have in mind with this > movement.* > > > > I'm for it. I vote yes. > > > > I'm for using all available means, and creating new dots where necessary. > I'm for connecting them all. I'm for building decision-making systems - as > in whatever kind of engineering we need. And yes, we all have work to > do. Let's do this: "Connect what matters to design what works in the age > (now!) of collaboration." > > > > There's a lot of stuff that "matters". We need to design (and build) what > works - and get it rolling. > > > > As far as I can tell - in this "age of collaboration" - and huge > international bandwidth and information-management capacity - we should > jump on this hard. > > > > We don't need to "call it anything" (wrestle with a name) or decide what > color to paint it, or who's the boss. We just need to start piling > resources into the center of the table, sort them out in a coherent way, > and start lining up the forces. Where do we do this? Well, any-old place > that can handle it - and one place that has been working very well is this > email discussion list. If we are talking online databases - and I think we > should be - as a web systems/database programmer, I'd say this is all very > basic and obvious stuff, nothing very technical, nothing controversial. > > > > Use the relationship/dialogue skills we've all learned over the years - > and if we need basic guidelines - the fundamentals of "Conversation Café" > might be at the core. Do we need "leadership"? Probably yes - but we've > got leaders here. We're already a "high council of the transpartisan > movement" - and we're already "sitting in circle" to propose and negotiate > everything. If we need to invite others - then let's do it. > > > > *AN INTEGRAL TRANSPARTISAN ALLIANCE* > > > > Working as a team, following basic guidelines of good dialogue and > collaboration, as taught by many NCDD members, I suggest we begin to > compile an activist project operating in any venue where appropriate, > through any medium that supports it, including face-to-face meetings and > conferences, intended to > > > > 1) Define common objectives > > 2) Form a basic working agreement regarding protocols - civility, > collaborative methods, etc. > > 3) Understand that this process is connected across many levels and > layers, and maintains integrity and coherence - whether in face-to-face > small meetings ("living room conversations") or large scale meetings (NCDD > conferences), or through any sort of electronic medium or web site (this > email list, conference phone calls, online databases and wikis, etc.) > > 4) Establish an agreed-upon and shared internet framework or domain > to locate this work > > 5) Develop a source of funding to lift this project into a basic > level of viable professionalism > > 6) Work out fundamental principles of an enlightened new democracy > (my vote: a balance of bottom-up and top-down influences - not "one-sided" > - not either/or, but a coherent both/and - perhaps what some have called a > "democratic republic", probably based on a proportional balance of local > independence and collective responsibility) > > 7) Recognize that emerging new internet tools may provide a stunning > and extremely transformative and effective opportunity for new kinds of > political organizing > > 8) Establish a comprehensive collaborative database and network > system capable of supporting this growth, where objectives include > > a. Developing a comprehensive list of individual members > > b. Developing a comprehensive list of interested or relevant groups, > including political groups or other visionary groups > > c. Developing activist alliances around particular issues where > motivations are shared among individuals and groups; exploring negotiation > and co-creativity where motivations differ > > d. Maintaining contact and engagement with members and groups > > e. Considering and testing of new forms of comprehensive e-democracy > > 9) Expand the sphere of influence of our basic protocols and > agreements - so as to engage the broadest possible spectrum of American > politics and governance within a kind of "universal civility alliance" > > 10) Bring in all sectors of the American community - all types of > expertise, all demographic groups, all levels of interest ("left brain and > right brain"), based on whatever "universal common ground" emerges through > our process > > > > > > *INTIMATIONS OF ALLIANCE* > > > > I feel big forces converging right now. It's this convergence, I think, > that is motivating me. My instinct is - hit this, now, hard. It might > work. Swing the hammer. > > > > Here's what I am sensing. > > > > I know that many (perhaps most) people on this discussion list - or within > NCDD, or within any community operating on something like the prevailing > ideas on "real-politick" - might find some of what I am suggesting > far-fetched, and perhaps too broadly inclusive. "How can you combine all > these things?" they might ask "Politics is separate, it has its own rules, > it doesn't spill over into everything else". > > > > And yes, to a substantial degree, these practical activists have a point. > Some are working for immediate results in the next election. Some are > working in well-established professional contexts. Some may have strong > resistance to some other sectors of American society. Some blue state > people don't like red state people. Some artists don't like engineers. > Some scientists don't like religious people. But for me - the integral > vision - and the transpartisan vision - are based on a broadly inclusive > recognition that human beings populate a very wide spectrum of "diversity" > - and this diversity comes in many types - not just ethnic or ideational - > but also of psychological types. This spectrum is innate to human > community, and for me, the Transpartisan or the Integral vision contains > and combines them all - in a balanced wholesome way that is held together > through fundamental common ground and common humanity - and could/should be > held explicitly together through some kind of universal civility > agreement. Maybe this civility agreement is the core of our emerging new > alliance - or "network nation". I go with Don Beck's call. Don't be shy. > Connect the dots - all of them. > > > > I see a potential for a hugely powerful alliance - that we could start > consciously converging into wholeness very soon. Perhaps immediately. > > > > *CONVERGENCE* > > > > I've been looking at some broadly inclusive leadership groups - and when I > was reading through Don Beck's posting from the Integral Leadership Review > that I sent here a couple days ago, I saw where he mentioned that John > Steiner and Mark Gerzon are working on Transpartisan development. This was > not something I had noticed previously. Then I also read where Don Beck > mentioned Deepak Chopra's "Evolutionary Leaders" group. And then I > discovered that Mark Gerzon and John Steiner are among those evolutionary > leaders. How come I never realized that before? > > > > The convergence is this: > > > > Deepak Chopra is coming to Santa Barbara in a couple of days, for some > fund-raising sponsored by Rinaldo Brutoco's World Business Academy. I've > been active in the World Business Academy meetings lately, and ten days ago > had a two hour meeting with Rinaldo Brutoco. Rinaldo Brutoco is also in > the Evolutionary Leaders group - as is another immediate influence in my > world, futurist Barbara Marx Hubbard - who is close to Rinaldo Brutoco--and > just about every other Evolutionary Leader. Rinaldo Brutoco is also highly > connected throughout the "conscious business" community, and is widely > influential there. This is a small and very wide-ranging group, with > millions of contacts. > > > > We should combine these forces. We should explore the connection among > all these evolutionary leaders, and invite them into a process of > collective agreement, probably based on something like Conversation Café. > We should be networking all these people, at least in a minimal way. > Working through Rinaldo - and maybe Barbara Marx Hubbard - and maybe > another Evolutionary Leader friend Barbara Fields - we should engage Deepak > on this theme. His current mission is to get 100 million people "shifted" > into a new consciousness. We've had pretty good agreement right here on > this email list that "consciousness must shift" if the transpartisan ideals > are to be realized in national or international governance. Deepak has > great influence and visibility. His Evolutionary Leaders have great > visibility and influence. And of course, the groundswell of transpartisan > organizing across the American landscape is arising in many different ways > from many different angles. We can be developing contacts across the full > range of this groundswell. > > > > All of this could (should) be combined into the foundation of a powerful > transformative alliance, that combines the full range of collective wisdom > with the full urgency of an enlightened new politics. > > > > We should be punching this. What's to stop it? > > > > Maybe this is ahead of the game. Maybe the timing is off. Maybe it's too > fast. Maybe it's all squealing tires and no traction. > > > > But what's to stop it? > > > > Human doubt? Lack of imagination? Lumbering and sluggish institutional > momentum? We don't know how to do this? I'm over-estimating every-body > and every-thing? > > > > Did you see those graphics the other day on raw internet horsepower? > > > > Like they say in California - "Dude!" > > > > > > *"A TIDE IN THE AFFAIRS OF MEN..."* > > > > e-Democracy expert Steven Clift just posted the latest insight on the > Loomio program to the main NCDD list today. > > > > https://www.loomio.org/ > > > > What I get is this: "There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at > the flood, leads on to fortune... On such a full sea are we now afloat..." > > > > > > Any thoughts or feedback or comments much appreciated, > > > > With gratitude and blessings -- > > > > > > Bruce Schuman > > NETWORK NATION: http://networknation.net > > SHARED PURPOSE: http://sharedpurpose.net > > INTERSPIRIT: http://interspirit.net > > (805) 966-9515, PO Box 23346, Santa Barbara CA 93101 > > > > Image: What happens in an internet minute: > http://sharedpurpose.net/nation/images/Data-Explosion-What-Happens-in-Internet-Minute.jpg > > > > > > ********************************* > > > > (below with some slight editing) > > > > From: List for transpartisan leaders and innovators [mailto: > TRANSPARTISAN@LISTS.THATAWAY.ORG] On Behalf Of Dr. Don Beck > > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 6:54 AM > > To: TRANSPARTISAN@LISTS.THATAWAY.ORG > > Subject: [TRANSPARTISAN] A possible Transpartisan package approach > > > > I just wanted to introduce myself. > > > > What follows is based on decades of disciplined academic research, > mind-brain analysis using fMRI, and actual field studies in difficult > places where wicket problems confound us - South Africa, the Middle East, > Iceland and all over Europe, and in dealing with extreme polarization in > this country. My other partner, Elza Maalouf and I spoke recently at the > National Assembly in France on threats from extremism, especially in > Europe. Will gladly send you that document.. see www.buildpalestine.org. > Our models of "transpartlison" include totally different concepts and > systemics. > > > > If you are interested you might consider the application Spiral > Dynamics-Integral 6 day intensive -- In Quest for the Master Code, in two > parts, at the Adizes Graduate school in Santa Barbara, April 7-16 and the > unique Cultural Beats on Bourbon Street application on the future of New > Orleans. April 29-May 2.. So one could bask at the beach or jump with the > jazz since the Jazz Festival in the first week in May. See > www.spiraldynamics.net and note the schedules and details. My partner, > Said Dawlabani (author of the new book MEMEnomics: The next Generation > Economic System) and I will be at the Forbes Summit on Reinventing America > in cold Chicago, starting tomorrow, Mary 26. > > > > We show how to overcome racial, ethnic, gender, and status stereotypes and > break out of polarities and Us vs. Them conflicts. I worked with Nelson > Mandela during the l995 Rugby World Cup competition in South Africa to use > these tools to shift the culture away from the stereotypes. See the movie > INVICTUS if you would like to see what resulted, in terms of a > nation-building effort. Elza Maalouf, an attorney from Labanon, and I spoke > recently at the United Nations on "From Clashes to Congruence of > Civilization: A new Strategy for the World Community." > > > > It is important that I try to explain the whole package rather than bits > and pieces. See below. There is a great deal about all of this that I > don't understand, even though I have been working with the body of > knowledge for 30 plus years, primarily while on the faculty of the > University of North Texas. > > > > *NATURAL DESIGN* > > > > First I add "natural design" to the sequence of dialogue and deliberation > -- 3-Ds -- with the belief that major transpartisan efforts must go beyond > both information and attitudes. Systems need to be set right to achieve > functionality to determine what needs to be done. This is more a bottom-up > approach than a theory-down, with trickle down from either the private > systems and/or the government. Each is each. I work with subsurface > dynamics -- value system codes -- to see how they form, polarize, and get > on the slippery slope toward violence. I was influenced by the work of > Professor Muzafer Sheriff called Social Judgment that defined the impact > of ego-involvement or attitudinal intensity. This involves the formation > and movement of positions on a spectrum from extremism to extremism through > a series of gradations and a so-called "center." > > > > These positions are fluid and form coalitions under the pressure of > realities and threats. So, George W. Bush was seen as a Fascist from the > extreme liberal view; and Bill Clinton was often seen as a Marxist from > the extreme right wing perspective. This is called the > Assimilation/Contrast Effect and it often freezes thinking and > decision-making. > > > > *EVOLUTIONARY EMERGENCE* > > > > Second, in recent years I added an evolutionary/emergence framework from > Professor Clare W. Graves that uncovered the world view patterns from > survivalist beige, to animistic purple, to imperialistic red, to > absolutistic blue, to pragmatist-materialistic orange, to > sensitive-egalitarian green, and then across a great divide into systemic > functionality yellow and holism turquoise.. These are underlying > motivational-priority packages that select and align priorities. The > colors have no meaning in themselves. African Americans who think red (such > as Al Sharpton) are different from those who think in systemic nonracial > yellow such as Mandela. And, our team has worked for years in Mexico > dealing with drug gangs (red) and corrupt politicians (orange sleaze). This > is called by Graves "the emergent, cyclical, double helix model of > bio-psycho-social development." It is far from flavor of the month or > psychobabble. > > > > Understand the Tea Party-Conservative GOP (blue-orange) and the Democratic > progressive (orange-green) are part of the same evolutionary flow and both > are essential. They should not be in conflict. One leads to the other and > the other must have it or will fall into a politically correct sink hole > and lose elections, like now. > > > > *INTEGRAL MESHWORK* > > > > Transpartisan leaders need to mesh the two rather than take sides. If > blue-orange fails, then progressive green will collapse and society will > regress into holy wars, and destructive win:lose games. This is the > integral meshworks perspective we have designed. I tried to get President > Obama to join the Tea Party since he is President of the whole country, and > all of the locations on the psychological/value system map and flow. A > caution: Getting rid of what we don't want is NOT the same thing as getting > what we do want. You can see what the Arab spring became the Arab winter. > This makes the knowledge inherent in dialogue - deliberation but then > Natural Design to get a sense of why what is next, is next, and why the > interior capacities in a culture will often dictate or facilitate shifts. > Our task is to function within flow states rather than defend final states, > even the so-called "center" position. But the planet is full of different > levels of development so car-washes or one-size-fits all solutions are > toxic to the reality of human nature and change itself. We use Vital Signs > Monitors to profile these patterns, and Summits on the Child in local > communities. > > > > Republicans who are frozen blue are different from those accused of > being green Rinos. Social Democrats fuse red victims with green rescuers. > > Then one must use "bar-code" concepts to identify what is necessary in > the real world. Our Palestinian colleagues claim their culture consists of > purple-red desperately needing to add positive blue to their capacities > while Israel is heavy blue/orange with emerging green in the Diaspora.. > Russia blue is being reawakened but this time with a sense of strategic > orange rather than empire red. To borrow an expression from a recent > campaign for Bill Clinton by James C "It's about the economy" stupid" to > "It's about memetics (value systems) stupid." Obviously you are not stupid > but the UN is full of it, as is Washington DC. Beware of those who > continue to play the race card for political advantage. Einstein was on > target when he said we cannot solve problems using the sysem that produced > them, but we need an entirely different paradigm and understanding of human > nature. We are on the verge of uncovering and creating that universal > conceptual model. I welcome all challengers. But, you must be prepared. > Roughly 1,000 folks are using this approach around the world. > > > > This, of course, is an over simplification and the entire process is much > more complex. But, it does allow us to deal with the realities rather than > the surface-level displays an superficial beliefs and behaviors. See > www.buildpalestine.org for an example. > > > > These are NOT types of people or cultures; rather, they are ever shifting > codes within people, organizations and cultures that reflect adaptive > intelligences to Life > > Conditions. and Problems of Existence. We have a long series of > assessment systems we use to profile societies. This package was especially > useful in post-financial crisis Iceland that resulted in a unique set of > national assemblies. I can send you a Phd dissertation on the process from > Dr. Bjarni Jonnsen at the Adizes Graduate School. > > > > *WHAT WE MEAN* > > > > I need to write all of this to give you a sense of what we mean by > "Transpartisan." It means use all available means, create new "dots" and > then connect them All, and build decision-making systems, as in value > engineering or value management processes rather than negotiation, or "all > coming together" naive. We all have work to do. The program is called DOTS: > Connecting what matters to design what works in the Age of collaboration. I > think this is one of the objective/goals we have in mind with this movement. > > > > Don Edward Beck, 320 Mimosa Drive, Denton, Texas 76201 tele 940.382.9080cell > 940.300.6363 > > > > > > ************************* > > > > > > March 15, 2014 > > TO: TRANSPARTISAN LISTSERV COLLEAGUES > > FROM: THE FOUNDERS* > > > > > > Thank you for joining the Transpartisan ListServ, and welcome from all of > us at Mediators Foundation. As you know, we have partnered with Sandy > Heierbacher and NCDD to deepen the conversation about unlocking the > partisan gridlock that has gripped America and taking political dialogue to > a higher, more creative, problem-solving level. We are excited to be > embarking on this journey with all of you. > > > > In addition to the many rich conversations that this forum will host, we > would like to invite your participation in the following ongoing > conversation on the breadth, depth, and possible directions of the > transpartisan field. Below you will find an outline of the elements of this > discussion on the listserv. Throughout all of our conversations and posts, > we want to invite a spirit of inquiry and inquisitiveness, understanding > that we are seeking to uncover answers and solutions that many have found > difficult to find. > > > > NOTE: Although we are proposing a monthly conversation focus, please feel > free at any time to share whatever is alive for you. > > > > *March: Enrolling and Introducing* > > Why have we joined this conversation? > > > > The focus this month is welcoming new members and getting introduced to > one another. Please let us know when you join, and tell us anything about > your work and your interest in the field. A heartfelt thanks to all of you > who have joined and introduced yourselves thus far. Enrollment will > continue of course, building every month. But for at least this month, it > will be our primary focus. > > > > *April: Clarifying 'Transpartisan'* > > What does 'transpartisan' mean to you? > > > > What does transpartisan mean? What does it mean to you? Are there other > words or phrases that describe this "field" better, or add another > dimension to our understanding of it? What kind of work do you do that is > part of this emerging field? And how would you define the borders of the > "Transpartisan field"? Why does the field becoming aware of and connected > to itself matter? > > > > We propose that April's dialogue address these vital questions, as well as > other related questions that come to your mind. We will launch the month > with a sample of definitions from various sources so that we have a dynamic > starting point for a community conversation. > > > > *May: Mapping the Transpartisan Field* > > Who is part of this emerging field of transpartisan practice? > > > > In May we will invite you to partner in a concerted effort to map the > field. We will circulate a draft of a Transpartisan Field Map 1.0 to all of > you and ask you (1) to place yourselves on the Map, and (2) to suggest > other individuals/organizations that should be included. We will then share > the Map 2.0 with all of you after we have compiled the new information. > > > > *June: Gathering the Field* > > What would you like to experience when the field gathers? > > > > As you may have heard, in partnership with NCDD, we have planned a 1st > Annual Transpartisan Meet-Up on October 16 (the day before the annual NCDD > conference begins) in Reston, Virginia. In June, we propose a dialogue that > addresses the question: What would you like to experience when the field > gathers? > > > > As we plan the agenda for this initial gathering, your input can help > shape the day. What do you want to learn? What small groups do you think > should convene? What questions would you like the group to address? What > speaker(s) would you like to hear? What activities would be most meaningful > to you? > > > > Obviously, this conversation can begin sooner than June. But we propose > directly focusing on it that particular month since, by then, we will be in > the planning stage for October 16. > > > > *July: Taking Action:* > > What shared action projects might we as a field consider? > > > > If the transpartisan field is to gain traction in American civic culture, > we need to break out of the margins and into the mainstream. To do so, we > will need to take actions of some kind to highlight or showcase the > transpartisan perspective. In July, we will propose some ideas -- and invite > you to propose yours -- so that, as a community, we can begin to consider > potential shared actions. > > > > We look forward to a spirited, dynamic conversation. Thank you! > > > > *Letter drafted by Mark Gerzon in partnership with Sandy Heierbacher, John > Steiner, and Gabriel Dayley > > > > -- > > Mark Gerzon > > Mediators Foundation > > 2525 Arapahoe Avenue E-4 #509 > > Boulder, Colorado 80302 > > 3038171409 > > > > "Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created > them." > > - Albert Einstein > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the TRANSPARTISAN list, click the following link: > http://lists.thataway.org/scripts/wa-THATAWAY.exe?SUBED1=TRANSPARTISAN&A=1 >

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