Redesigning the Business Mind: Inner Development
In a time of polycrisis, our survival depends not only on systemic change but also on transforming the inner landscapes that shape our decisions. In this talk, I share insights from my fellowship research at the Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) in Potsdam: Transforming Business – Redefining Profit-Driven Models for Sustainable Impact. This work explores […]
Finding Wholeness in a Fragmenting Global Economy
We are living through a period of tumultuous economic, geopolitical and technological disruptions: Trump’s upending of the global trading system, financial volatility, and Central Bank Digital Currencies; a seismic shift from a unipolar to a multipolar world order; an epochal transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy; an explosion of Artificial Intelligence and biotech; and […]
Integral Urban Planning & Management
In 2007, humans became for the first time more urban than rural in our settlement patterns, and by the end of this century some two-thirds of people worldwide will be living in cities. This represents a noteworthy historical inflection point. Importantly, there are significant differences in the biophysical and psychosocial needs of people in urban […]
The Entrepreneur’s Journey: An Integral Approach
How do entrepreneurs navigate the complex path from inspiration to global impact? The Entrepreneur’s Journey model, rooted in Ken Wilber’s Integral AQAL framework, provides a holistic roadmap that unites self-awareness, team collaboration, product development, and user engagement into a coherent, evolutionary process. This presentation explores how the Integral AQAL model informs entrepreneurial success by integrating […]
Wholistic Regeneration: Evolutionary Sh*t Show
A new era of Regenerative Community is growing beyond the Exterior focus of traditional environmentalism, to include our individual and collective Interior landscapes. Members of the leading edge of the global eco communities movement have joined with digital visionaries, and have been co-creating Intentional nodes of human growth & development. We are doing the ‘hard’ […]
An Integral Sustainable Development Case Study
The island of Príncipe, situated off the west coast of Africa, is a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve with extensive areas of relatively pristine tropical rainforest hosting a rich biodiversity with significant endemism. The island’s population of about 10,000 people depend heavily on the island’s natural resources for their livelihoods. The Faya Foundation is devising a […]
Integral Politics: how can we make it happen?
(Abstract to be edited in two weeks) Following Elke Fein, Karen O’Brien and Integral Politics Switzerland presentations, how can we make it happen both in our personal context and in Europe?
Book Launch – The Cosmic Lens
Book Launch – The Cosmic Lens: A New Perspective for Thriving in a Disrupted World (Michiel Doorn, Dr. Birgit Viertlböck) Many people feel anxious about today’s barrage of alarming events (COVID, economy, inflation, supply chain risk, cultural, political, climate disruption, resource scarcities, war, etc.). Older people are wondering what world they are leaving behind for […]
Shock & Awe: Implications of UAP/NHI Disclosure
For over 80 years, the conversation around Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) and Non-Human Intelligence (NHI) has been dismissed, ridiculed, and confined to the fringes of society. However, the ongoing global disclosure process accelerating since 2017 is shifting this paradigm, raising profound questions about human evolution, consciousness, and a planetary civilization. How do we integrate these […]
Meditation: Green Tara, Saviouress from Suffering
Join this classic Green Tara meditation to connect more deeply with wisdom and enlightened activity. Green Tara is beloved as the mother of all the Buddhas, specializing in nurturing and protecting all sentient beings. “Tara” means both “star” and “savior:” her practice liberates us from suffering, in particular from fear, danger, and obstacles. Green Tara […]
