EcoDialogues
A Curated Selection of Files
Together We Be
A journey through identity, imagination, and interconnectedness—exploring the dance between self and other in shared sacred spaces.
Like a Butterfly
A poem about love, letting go, and the beauty of freedom—watching someone you care about soar like a butterfly through life’s journey.
Re-Evaluating Our Worth As Human Beings
A reflection on worth beyond productivity—AI acceleration, privilege, and identity—ending with a simple question: what do we actually need?
Accountability Over Accuracy — Spaciology Chronicles
A boardroom interruption shifts the room. David chooses repair over being right—and learns how accountability can widen trust.
Space As Home (Part 3): From Heroics To Habitat
The hero’s journey is a beautiful story. It is also a dangerous default. In its modern form, the hero narrative trains us to believe that transformation is a personal achievement accomplished through willpower, certainty, and conquest.
Space as Home (Part 2): Shared Space and the Ethics of Attention
If internal space is the room you live in alone, shared space is the room you co-create with others.
Space as Home (Part 1): Living Inside a Belief System
Beliefs are not only opinions floating in the mind. They are the invisible architecture that shapes what we notice, what we dismiss, what we fear, what we desire, and what we think is possible.
Who Wants To Live Forever?
A contemplative poem exploring mortality, love, and cosmic connection—from witnessing the universe’s end to finding grace in life’s final moments.
Into The Mystic
Voyaging through time and change, “Into the Mystic” captures the wonder, questions, and courage found on our lifelong journey beneath the spinning stars.
The Philosophy of Enough
Discover why mission-driven organizations achieve deeper impact by embracing ‘enough’ rather than chasing endless growth that dilutes mission focus.
The Universe, Kites, and Sadness
This poem reflects on longing, letting go, childhood joy, and searching for meaning—reminding us we are kites, tethered by the universe and human experience.
Why Slowing Down Accelerates Mission Impact
Slowing down gives organizations space to reflect, align with their mission, and focus resources for real impact.
Spaceship Earth
A poetic reflection on life, identity, and the mysteries of existence aboard “Spaceship Earth.” Exploring gravity, feeling, dreaming, and cosmic wonder.
Dust in the Wind
A meditation on reality, perception, and mortality – exploring how thoughts deceive us while we spin through existence until becoming dust in the wind.
The Deeper Story in Mission-Driven Work
Marketing for mission-driven organizations operates in spaces far removed from traditional promotional strategies.
One-Hit Wonders
A poem that explores what it means to be a “one hit wonder”—inviting readers to reflect on individuality, impermanence, and the shared beauty of fleeting moments.
Chasing Space, Finding Self
At the end of our lives, what will we think about? Will we remember those ‘important’ projects at work that diverted our attention from our children as they struggled to get our attention?
A Space-Based Approach to Leadership
Most leadership playbooks still carry old habits: control the plan, predict the future, move fast, and grow at all costs. That mindset can shrink our field of vision and crowd out people, wisdom, and the living world.
The Meaning of Freedom
This past weekend, I had occasion to visit Freedom, NH for their Old Home Week Celebration—an experience that changed my perspective on what it means to be human.
Rethinking Transformation: More Than a Hero’s Tale
For generations, the hero’s journey has shaped how we imagine change. Its arc—departure, ordeal, return—offers a compelling story of individual transformation.