Embodied Leadership with Donnie Maclurcan

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04/19/23 • 46 min

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Donnie Maclurcan returns in this episode to discuss the radical, embodied practices he employs as Executive Director of the Post Growth Institute. Learn how PGI uses an asset-based approach, sociocratic governance, and lean processes to create trust, safety, and virtuous cycles. Recorded live in San Francisco, Donnie and Jenny discuss PGI's cutting edge practices such as silent meetings, a long hiring process, a policy of "no shit work", rest week, defining ones own pay rates, and much more. It's a provocative, eye opening conversation that should not be missed.

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Covered in this episode:

Origin story of the Post Growth Institute [2:28]
PGI's asset based approach [5:37]
How PGI employs being over doing [11:53]
Silent meetings [16:02]
No shit work [19:33]
Starting meetings [23:39]
Embodied response [27:19]
Defining one's own pay rates [30:35]
Harmony restoration [34:44]
Rest week [38:44]
Sociocracy and decision making at PGI [30:05]

Resources:

Appreciative Inquiry
The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible, Charles Eisenstein
Sociocracy for All

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Covered in this episode:

Origin story of the Post Growth Institute [2:28]
PGI's asset based approach [5:37]
How PGI employs being over doing [11:53]
Silent meetings [16:02]
No shit work [19:33]
Starting meetings [23:39]
Embodied response [27:19]
Defining one's own pay rates [30:35]
Harmony restoration [34:44]
Rest week [38:44]
Sociocracy and decision making at PGI [30:05]

Resources:

Appreciative Inquiry
The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible, Charles Eisenstein
Sociocracy for All

Previous Episode

Fireside Chat with Elena Brower

This episode is a little different than most, we’re not exploring a single topic. Instead we discuss Elena’s expansive work as it relates to our inquiry. This conversation ties to so many episodes to date: Change from Within with Bobby Klein, Nonviolent Communication, Beyond the Enlightenment, Liberatory Technology, and Parenting, just to name a few. Elena helps us weave them together under the banner of our personal practices.

We discuss her upcoming book, Softening Time, how nonviolent communication has helped her learn self compassion, her recent devotion to Zen Buddhism, her decision to become sober ten years ago, lessons from parenting, her course on living intentionally, and the importance of community.

Resources:

Elena's website: https://elenabrower.com/
Softening Time, Elena's substack
The Kind Teacher, the company offering the micro dosing protocol Elena recently did

Next Episode

New Narratives with John Fullerton, Hunter Lovins, and Joon Yun

In this episode Jenny sits down with three leaders in the regenerative movement: John Fullerton, Founder of the Capital Institute and champion of Regenerative Capitalism; Hunter Lovins, pioneer in the sustainability movement and author of Natural Capitalism; and Joon Yun, philanthropist and advocate of inclusive stakeholding. Each have been guests on various topics within the Denizen inquiry: Regenerative Capitalism, Natural Capitalism, and Inclusive Stakeholding. Each of them mentioned the importance of narratives shifts in their individual discussions, so this conversation brings them together to explore the new narratives that are needed for systems change.

John, Hunter and Joon are joined by four creatives within the Denizen community who share reflections from their work in various mediums. Recording artist Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, visual artist Ben Von Wong, actor Ryan Caldwell, and filmmaker James Krisel. This is a wide ranging and provocative conversation intended to inspire new narratives for cultural change.

In this conversation Jenny, John, Hunter, Joon, Alex, Ben, Ryan and James discuss:

Introductory framing [3:08]
John's reflections on regenerative captialism's role in crafting new narratives [4:36]
Hunter's reflections [11:00]
Joon's reflections on storytelling and inclusive stakeholding [17:40]
Inclusive stakeholding and regenerative capitalism principles: empowered participation [27:12]
Reasons for hope wrt new narratives [31:49]
Thoughts from Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros [35:43]
Thoughts from visual artist Ben Von Wong [37:30]
Reflections from Ryan Caldwell, actor; the importance of story [40:17]
The necessity of vision [43:26]
Reflections from James Krisel, filmmaker [46:14]
Analogies with human aging [48:11]
Overcoming tribalism [52:38]

Resources:

"Regenerative Capitalism: How Universal Principles and Patterns Will Shape Our New Economy", John Fullerton
Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution, Paul Hawken, Hunter Lovins, and Amory Lovins
A Finer Future: Creating an Economy in Service to Life, Hunter Lovins, Anders Wijkman, Stewart Wallis, and John Fullerton‍
Interdependent Capitalism: Redesigning the Social Contract through Inclusive Stakeholding, Joon Yun, Jeremy Yun, Conrad Yun‍
Essays on Inclusive Stakeholding Joon Yu, Eric Yun, and Conrad Yun‍
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants., Robin Wall Kimmerer
Thomas Berry ‍
Grunch of Giants, Buckminster Fuller
Donella Meadows
Neuromancer, William Gibson
Alex Ebert
Ben Von Wong ‍
The Stubborn Optimist's Guide, Center for Humane Technology's Your Undivided Attention episode with Christiana Figueres

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