Connecting the Dots 2.0
Barely six months ago, I launched Connecting the Dots. Now, it's already time for version 2.0
The Political is Personal–And Vice Versa
The political and personal and vice versa. See how viewing these two statements from a systems perspective can help change the way we try to change the world.
Conflict Mapping
Systems mapping is a key skill in conflict analysis and resolution. Unfortunately, we rarely explain why it is to our students. As a result, they often see constructing those diagrams as a waste of time. So, here is a quick introduction to why and how we use systems maps to understand the way a given conflict evolves and then how we could go about doing it.
Nepal
For the book Doug Irvin-Erickson and I are writing, I was looking for an example of a state of the art peacebuilding project we could build a chapter around. It didn't take us long to settle on a decade-long project that John Paul Lederach helped lead for the McConnell Foundation in Nepal.