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Philosophy in the Public Interest creates opportunities for people to think about themselves, each other and the world in more creative and careful ways. We think it is important to continually assess the reasoning behind our beliefs and positions. We believe that, in many cases, consensus is an unreasonable standard. The free exercise of human reason and the ideals of free speech result in sustained disagreement. This is as it should be. The trick is to figure out how to live cooperatively and share basic principles of justice in a diverse society under such conditions.
Philosophy in the Public Interest takes philosophy out of the classroom and into the community. You will find us in movie theatres, art museums, historic hotels, private homes, libraries, and in the beautiful outdoors of Sedona, Flagstaff and other northern Arizona sites of natural beauty.
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It appears to be solution driven.
Ben Levi
ben@dialogue.org
303-546-0679
Skype: benleviboulder
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In terms of"hardware" and"software," I'm an engineer by training, worked in the solar field for a few years, eventually in 2000 constructing my solar home in Boulder CO. I've been a Macintosh computer consultant for almost 30 years, still supporting many people world-wide with their Mac hardware and software issues, as well as being a Filemaker Pro database designer. I'm also a technical facilitator of online conversation spaces, such as Maestro(I'll be assisting Ben R. on the Maestro calls) and others.
On the"wetware" side of things, I've been a student and teacher of Spiral Dynamics Integral(SDi), created by Dr. Don Beck, for about 14 years, and find that the SDi lens gives me a lot of insight, compassion, and strategies for facilitating the evolution of human consciousness, both on the individual as well as the collective scale, as well as an understanding of the complexities of Change that apply at any level of human systems.
What motivates you to be a part of this inquiry?
I've been a practitioner of Bohmian Dialogue since the 90s in various forms, and find the experience to be one of the leading edge of collective consciousness(Turquoise in SDi terms).
In terms of content, I have been hit by the"evolutionary impulse" as Craig Hamilton puts it. After listening to David Korten and Otto Sharmer on a call in Dec. 2014, the meme"Living Human Living Earth" came to me as a super-ordinate goal that everyone interested in systemic transformation could align their work around. If the meme continues to propagate into the Common Knowledge of the U.S. and elsewhere, it has the potential to be a catalyst for the common goal everyone is reaching for. I hope to offer this to this collective for its inquiry, feedback and further propagation.
Fedor Ovchinnikov
f.ovchinnikov@evolead.com
What would you like to share about your work?
Fedor Ovchinnikov is a co-founder of the Institute for Evolutionary Leadership(IEL) – an emerging community of practice that develops and supports leaders in all sectors of society to catalyze conscious social evolution towards a just, sustainable, and flourishing world. As participatory process designer, consultant, and facilitator Fedor has worked with local and international clients including UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy, California Institute for Integral Studies, Institute of Noetic Sciences, National Dialogue Network, Conversation Collaborative, Transition US, Ambassadors of Hope and Opportunity, the City of San Jose, Citymart, Uptima Business Bootcamp, BayBucks, and Empowerment Works. Prior experience also includes curriculum design and teaching at Lomonosov Moscow State University, as well as founding and running the Center for Intercultural Communication through which he educated 200+ executives, entrepreneurs, and business professionals in cultural intelligence.
Fedor has a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Asian and African Studies, both with honors, from Lomonosov Moscow State University where he studied resilience of complex socioeconomic systems of Asian and African countries. He has also studied team dynamics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Business Strategy at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, and social innovation through courses and workshops offered by the Presencing Institute, the Society for Organizational Learning, the Art of Hosting Fellowship and other communities of practice. Fedor is a member of the Stanford Executive Circle, the In2In:Thinking Network, and the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation. He also serves as Director of Practitioner Empowerment with the Academy of Management Practice Theme Committee.
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