A conversation between Mother and Father Earth. We answer the call and unfold into love in Gathering
Blog post by Alex Stubbings (www.talikandco.net) & Simon Divecha (https://be-benevolution.com) Context Cradled in a bio-social farm within the voluptuous Dolomiti mountains – as part of the AR+ Gathering 2023 – we found ourselves at the juicy edges where continental plates collide. Feeling invited into liminal space, we each took to personifying the elemental roles of […]
Read More...Organizing Regeneration: 7 creative ways to start action researching for transformations
There’s a group of AR+ members who design and facilitate transformative learning spaces in support of regenerative organizing and leadership for sustainability. We also convene in a shared workshop setting to help one another do more effective, more transformative action research. Our intention in getting together once a month is to learn from what we’re […]
Read More...Review of Bradbury’s How to do Action Research for Transformations by Kent Glenzer with curated sounds
Kent Glenzer, accompanied by a specially curated song track, offers a book review… “I reviewed a book for the latest edition of ARJ (Issue 4, 2022). And it’s a mindfuck. Everybody who is concerned about planetary well-being in the next 300 years – economists, black and brown people, white people in the global north, members […]
Read More...Action research in business and management: A reflective review
In the context of business and management, action research operates in the realm of strategies, practical tasks, and structured hierarchical organizational systems in diverse industries and across multiple business functions and disciplines. This article reflects on action research in generating actionable knowledge in this particular domain and shares the authors’ perspective on future developments. The […]
Read More...Why action needs compassion: Creating space for experiences of powerlessness and suffering in participatory action research
Participatory action research is often informed by strength-based approaches such as appreciative inquiry. However, when social change and collective action appear to be difficult, feelings of powerlessness and suffering can arise. There is an ongoing debate on the place and importance of these so-called negative emotions within strength-based approaches. In a participatory action research project […]
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