Frieze, Deborah & Margaret Wheatley

• Lifecycle of Emergence, 2006
  For more than 10 years, The Berkana Institute has been working with the “lifecycle of emergence”, the ways that networks of relationships become communities of practice and that communities of practice become systems of influence. Margaret Wheatley and Deborah Frieze explore these transitions and what this lifecycle of emergence means for the future of our world.
  
  
• Usando el Poder de lo que Emerge para Potenciar la Innovación Social, 2006
  Traducido cerca Mari Cuevas. A pesar de la publicidad actual y lemas, el mundo no cambia a razón de una persona a la vez. Va cambiando en tanto las redes de relaciones se van formando entre personas al descubrir que comparten una causa en común y una visión de lo que es posible.

Hassan, Zaid

• The Six or Seven Axioms of Social Change, 2005
  Explore Margaret Mead’s axiom: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” Zaid Hassan begins to investigate the conditions under which this statement works and functions in the world.
  
  
• Slouching Toward Flatland, 2007
  Many have questioned whether the UN's Millennium Development Goals are viable or even implementable, but writer Zaid Hassan goes a step further and invites us to consider the world of possibilities that might be available to us if we reject the development game entirely.
  

Horowitz, Claudia & Jesse Mateo Vega-Frey

• Spiritual Activism and Liberation Spirituality, 2006
  A new culture of activism is taking form in the world in response to the limitations of old activist paradigms. Jesse Maceo Vega-Frey and Claudia Horowitz explore a culture of sustainable, libratory, justice-based and spiritual activism in this new article.
  

Jain, Manish & Bob Stilger

• Reflections on Now Activism, 2007
  Shikshantar, one of the founding learning centers of the Berkana Exchange, took the lead in assembling a collection of more than 50 stories and essays which explore an emerging activism. Bob Stilger and Manish Jain introduce these stories and invite you to join the dialog.

Jones, Michael

• The Roots of Aliveness: Leading As A Living Process, 2007
  The quality of our inner life is frequently overlooked in our efforts to cope with the daily demands and expectations of our outer life. Michael Jones explores our personal ecology: How much attention do we focus on the ground beneath us—the roots and soil that give us the resilience and strength to weather sudden changes year after year?

• The Irresistible Future of Organizing, 1996
  When the view of organizations shifts from a mechanical metaphor to that of living systems, we are able to see the needs and functions of our organizations. Margaret Wheatley and Myron Kellner-Rogers provide a foundation for this viewpoint shift and a model for a more accurate and hopeful view of the possibilities of organizational change and organizing.

Korten, David

• The Great Turning, Yes! A Journal of Positive Futures, 2006
  Humans are at a crossroads, according to David Korten, one where we can chose either the domination of Empire or the partnership of Earth Community. This moment in time, this crossroads, is The Great Turning, the possibility of choosing whether our current world is a crisis or a possibility.
  

Stilger, Bob

• Hear and Now, 2008
  Reprinted from the Spring 2008 issue of ascent magazine, The Berkana Institute’s co-president, Bob Stilger, meditates on the power of being present with other individuals and cultures to create connection. While words have their importance in our ability to build community, they are often used in pursuit of a personal agenda. Actively listening and noticing the “space between words” is a way to begin the transition to creating the world we want.
  

• Landmarks for Leaders, 2005
  All over the world, enspirited leaders are stepping forward in new ways to make changes in their communities, their countries, and in the world. Join Bob Stilger as he looks at the conditions, capacities, and practices he has observed in the development and support of these new leaders.

Theobald, Robert

• The Healing Century, 1998
  (with a new introduction by Bob Stilger, 2008)
  Ten years ago, Robert Theobald found hope for a new way of seeing and being in the world. He called this the healing century and challenged us to bring forth a more caring and compassionate culture. Through his introduction, Bob Stilger celebrates Robert’s work and shows us how the vision remains inspiring today.

Wheatley, Margaret

• Can I Be Fearless?, 2008
  Margaret Wheatley asks a difficult question of us in this energizing new article. She takes her readers along a path lined with different answers and solutions to dealing with our fears. What is courage? What do we do with our fear? Do we run from it, or face it and watch it change into action?
  
  
• Puedo Vivar con Audacia?, 2008
  Traducido cerca Marta Singh. La historia de la humanidad está poblada de infinidad de personas audaces. Si nos remontamos a las generaciones que precedieron a nuestras familias, entre nuestros propios antepasados descubriremos a aquellos que también vivieron con audacia.
  
  
• Core Practices of Life-Affirming Leaders
  Margaret Wheatley presents the behaviors and practices of leaders who nourish others and their communities, becoming life-affirming leaders.
  
  
• Disturb Me, Please, 2000
  Discover the libratory and illuminating possibilities of disturbance in this article with Margaret Wheatley. If we are able to accept the disturbance of the new instead of holding onto the certainty of the familiar, we open up doors to possibility.
   
• Molestenme, Por Favor, 2000
  Traducido cerca Marta Singh. explorando lo desconocido, si hemos de ser los pioneros y descubridores del nuevo mundo, quisiera que notáramos la presencia de ciertos aliados insólitos, pero imprescindibles.
  
  
• Journeying to a New World, 2007
  In the last twelve years, Margaret Wheatley has worked with leaders all over the world and brought her learnings back to North America through her writing and lectures. In this work, she has continued to see the unavoidable impact of chaos, learned to thrive in that chaos, and continued to believe that it is crucial that we stay together and support one another in this world. As she has explored the leadership in the world, she has also gone on a journey into a new field while continuing to live in an old paradigm. Margaret invites you to join her in reflection on this journey.
  
  
• It’s Just Our Turn to Help the World, 2005
  In this era, where humans have altered the planet’s ecology and created consequences which are just beginning to materialize in frightening ways, we are also seeing people stepping forward to lead in extraordinary ways. Margaret Wheatley asks: What will be our response to the destructive behaviors, the injustices and the suicidal decisions that characterize this time? Are we willing to help?
  
  
• Listening, 2001
  In an increasing noisy era, the power of listening is almost impossible to ignore. Good listening requires that we are truly present with each other, bringing us together and providing opportunities for healing and building of community.
  
  
• The Place Beyond Hope and Fear, 2009
  In difficult times it takes effort to stay grounded in the present, but it is only there that we find a place unclouded by hope and fear.
  
  
• Restoring Hope to the Future Through Critical
  Education of Leaders, 2001
  The worldwide project “From The Four Directions” opened many doors for critical education and community-building between leaders all over the world. Margaret Wheatley explains why this education and community are necessary to future in need of leaders.
  
  
• Supporting Pioneering Leaders as Communities
  of Practice, 2002
  If we stepped away from our assumptions of what a talented leader looks like, what would we see? Margaret Wheatley explores this question in this essay, pointing to a vibrant and emerging community of pioneering leaders all over the world.