If we want a new world, we need to learn how to listen to what has life. What does it mean to listen to what has life? Or, we could ask, what does it mean to say something is “alive”? Here is my definition of what is alive: People who are buzzing with gifts to…
Learning, by its very nature, moves us beyond established systems of knowledge. It takes us beyond our comfort zones. It’s no wonder autocratic societies limit education and a free press. Incremental change is important, but the world is desperate for real revolution. We need revolutionary acts of teaching and learning. Learning happens because we human…
A hundred years ago, no one thought we humans would ever walk on the moon. But once it happened, a brand new arena of space exploration opened. In the field of sports, athletes break records that seem impossible to break. They set a new bar for the athletes that come after them. In any field…
Love is at the heart of genius. When I was studying adult learning in the PhD program at the University of Chicago, I was fascinated by the lack of heart and soul in the research literature. It was as if love had been divorced from learning. Perhaps it was too mushy? Are the head and…
Spaces instigate transformation. I went to graduate school with the desire to understand how adults learn in life and through my research it was remarkable to me how important space was for learning and social change. For example, during the civil rights movement, black churches were instrumental in creating change because they provided “free…
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