When my time with a company ends it is sudden. I am used to the inhuman rug pull of revoked permissions. Not so, here. Here there is trust. Yet I have created something without permission, that no one knows is coming. But that thing will be human and that thing will be hope. youtu.be/0qLbovh6dik

We've got an (old) new home online! IT'S A SHINY NEW WEBSITE! Check it out, we'd love some feedback on how it's feeling now! www.ciacic.com

"𝐖𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠.” Our current learning approaches are trapping us in the status quo - too focused away from the people *doing* the learning... Join us (free) for a chat and a think together 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝟗.𝟑𝟎𝐚𝐦! us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Building Power From The Grassroots Up ⬆️ Join Andy a week from today, online, with the Human Learning Systems Collaborative to explore how we are supporting local people to be part of new models of participative community decision making! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/human-lear...

Thank you to everyone who joined with us to hold space for inner work today. It was so nourishing to be in a space where people could just *be* and were even able to be comfortable with the natural silence of deep thought. What a wonderful way to spend a morning!

It's not too late to enjoy some (much needed) wholesome space with us tomorrow morning as we hold a conversation with you about the inner work needed for systems change. Grab a cuppa and a comfy seat and join us if you can! www.ciacic.com/webinar-regi...

*Let's change some systems!* We're hosting a FREE webinar: The Inner Work Needed To Change Systems: Doing The Work Together. Thurs 24th 9.30am (there's a short intro read (15mins) of our previous session if you're curious / wanna prep here: tli.sh/Np) Join us via zoom here: lnkd.in/eHmwWBRr !

We'd be delighted if you shared space with us on Thursday 24th April as we discuss The Inner Work Needed To Change Systems: Doing The Work Together. (It's free & online, just bring tea!) - You can catch up on our last session here: tli.sh/Np - And sign up here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

A full house, people sneaking their way in, laughter, stories of sausages... and crowd of people changed by new ideas. Ideas that centre learning in the human and not in metrics. We have left Marmalade festival in Oxford feeling truly humbled by the reception of our work, thank you everyone!

I love that 'role playing' is a part of this. The need for play and experimentation seems to be a thread connecting so much of radical thought!

Let's talk social media. Let's talk change. BlueSky, sincerely, I love you but (even as a goth with an absurdist outlook) THERE HAS TO BE A BETTER WAY than the constant doom stream. It needs to start with us. Our friend Nathalie makes the case, but what say you? www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa4U...

Our lovely friend Helen wrote this after our recent discussions about inner work - and really captured the spirit of a conversation that moved all of us. Shifting systems, creating change, really is rooted in truly honest conversations just like this. #systemschange www.ciacic.com/post/shiftin...

As someone who admittedly has a fondness for the nihilistic humour of the original meme... this hit especially hard today.

(Sorry not sorry). Pucker up! It’ll be the zest thing for learning within systems change since sliced toast… We're peeling back the bitter pith surrounding learning; squeezing out why current learning approaches trap us and segmenting why we just Keep. Getting. Learning. Wrong. lu.ma/nsc1qgx9

"Capitalism hates love" Seen in Valparaiso, Chile

Why do we talk about 'heads of organisations' but we don’t talk about them having a heart or a gut? Big data doesn't value the unmeasurable. We leave our other sources of wisdom, and the scope of human potential, on the cutting room floor. #SocialistCircle #anticapitalism buff.ly/41lr3ux

🔥🔥🔥: "If equitable and just systems are dependent on collaborations doing deeper relational work in the context of a more polarized world, then it absolutely matters how you show up, what you show up for, and what leadership you are bringing to the table." buff.ly/4h3tabT

So much this! A core part of systems change is collective inner work - the space needed to put down the masks and be human... with all the mess that that entails 💔

This is the path I have chosen. #anarchy

A poem on chaos and complacency that really resonated during our discussions on the importance of inner work today! youtu.be/fnKVnEBLgGI?...

Sometimes what we don't know about inclusion is the most important thing we can know... In this blog post Abby Taylor discusses her experiences and suggestions on creating *truly* inclusive spaces. www.ciacic.com/post/what-i-...

We just played video games at work. Because sometimes making a collective impact means: - being lost in the woods - building a new house - exploring despite the risks - watching your facilitator die to 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑠 - “something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct.” - Carl Jung

The verdict: Guilty on all counts. But this is so much bigger than a case. People have turned up every day to stand in solidarity with Gisele. An incredible collective holding of space to support this woman's courage as she shone a horrifying light on violence. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/gi...

What is the real cost of the focus on 'keeping a stiff upper lip' for our male colleagues and leaders? We need to talk more about this: www.ciacic.com/post/the-rea...

"Community gives you the hope to try again." The funny thing about learning about learning (try saying that three times fast) is that the experience can be surprisingly meta - we sometimes end up learning and experiencing 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 on learning: www.ciacic.com/post/learnin...

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday! It was a morning with *immaculate vibes*! We will be taking some time digest everything, respond to your emails, and will reach out to everyone shortly. Until then, we hope your technology is kinder to you than it was to Abby 😉!

This has been my favourite phrase this year, and such an important one - particularly when it comes to acknowledging enshittification by design. We need to have conversations about this and it comes easier to share ideas when we have (wonderfully sweary) words like this!

I'm excited this is happening in 40mins (and there is still room to sign up if you'd like to drop by)! Love me a live chat room. 🤩

LOUDER FOR THOSE AT THE BACK!!

How do we *make* change? Navigate this bullshit? It starts with inner work - no, not 'love yourself before you can love anyone else'. Separation is killing us. Inner work was never supposed to be something we do alone. Together we are strong. Let's talk inner work, together. #Socialism

I'd like to create a list called #SocialistCircle with a view to expanding it to be a Bluesky community feed (so we can add it to our feeds area & see each other's posts). If you would like to be added to the list, please post your name in the comments below & retweet for wider exposure, thanks!

So many new faces here! Would love to hear more about you, your current passions & thoughts! Personally this week I've been asking questions about the role of community theatre in society, how we push the boundaries with so little time, & why we believe starving artists are 'romantic'?? (~Lara)

Some fascinating meta analysis here - especially for those working with coordination within social change spaces!

Hope: 1. Trust Yourself 2. Find others you trust 3. Grieve 4. Release what you cannot change 5. Find your path 6. Do not auto-obey, do not self-censor 6. Reshape alignments 7. Get real about power 8. Handle fear, rebound violence 9. Envision the positive wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/10-t...

We tell people to just 'be themselves' in an interview, but does anyone really show up without their professional mask? Abby discusses how redesigning recruitment has helped us to remove barriers, form better connections, and hire the 'right kind of weird.' (aka me!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTD5...

"Learning is change." ...and the raw vulnerability of it still takes us by surprise. But there is hope in the shared embodied experience of learning, (even if sometimes the night *is* dark and full of terrors and you really might 'know nothing, Jon Snow') 😉. www.ciacic.com/post/how-has...

When you put decision making into the hands of the community, wonderful things happen. When we started facilitating the Gateshead community bridge builders we had no idea where they would take things - but they have created community magic! newcastlemagazine.com/wey-aye-deaf...

Autonomy sounds great... until you try it. What is it about 'working for ourselves' that feels so terrifying? (Hint: It's, uh, the terror... the terror is terrifying... who knew!) youtu.be/8f9_1zcBfLc

"We must tend to our elephants (the emotional side of us) rather than pretending that the rider (our rational side) is always in control..." www.ciacic.com/post/doing-t...

Wow. What an inspiring, incredible, webinar! We are deeply humbled and appreciative of the energy, vulnerability, and beauty you all bought with you today. Thank you all so, so very much! We'll be in touch with you lovely attendees shortly, may your elephants remain well tended in the meantime! 🐘

' As many institutions think through what it might look like to ‘decolonise’, I believe we have a lot to learn from the practices of African descended peoples and their community-based approaches to sharing, preserving, and learning history.'

Free tomorrow morning? Come and join us for a free webinar and share some ideas (and your favourite morning beverage) with like minded folks! Let's change the system, together! www.ciacic.com/webinar-regi...

Learning is so much more than answers 💚

Trauma is a invisible force that contributes to our social systems getting stuck. Inner work is needed for us to unpack this, to get us 'unstuck'. youtu.be/f95wNFSVUVs

In which I (Lara) applied for this job while appearing on stage as a pantomime villain and simultaneously having a small (ironic) existential crisis over the idea of true autonomy in the workplace... www.ciacic.com/post/hiring-...

'one of the things that the women have told me in my meetings with them is that they've never really been listened to like this, they've never been invited to a decision making table' Fozia Haider' (14.09) Building community power and devolving decision making, is about so much more than money.