July 14, 2025: transform

Transforming conflict. Kai Cheng Thom, is such an exuberant advocate for her ideas and practices, and I love the joy and grace she brings to the important conversations that groups need to have around conflict, and especially activist groups, whose inability to deal with conflict wisely can be a massive energy sap to their bigger work. Here is a brilliant podcast episode where she shares ideas, stories and theory over a cup of tea.

Transforming dialogue. I’ve been having a great conversation in the comments on this post with my friend Peggy Holman, which led me to go back to some of her writings. Here’s her most recent work on engaging emergence from 2023 and a lovely reflection on how our shared mentor Harrison Owen transformed her life.

Transforming community. The scheme in Italy whereby foreigners can buy a house for one euro, transforms communities. And houses. And communities. And ideas about belonging.

In “today I learned” news: giving farm workers a living wage raises the price of food by a minuscule amount. Interesting. Transform that.