Leadership Edmonton

Each year Leadership Edmonton participants learn that being a leader isn’t a five step process, it is a life-long journey towards wisdom. Participants embark on a learning jounrney that explores the Human Venture framework. Where did we come from? Who are we? Where are we going? Explorations draw on real world examples from personal learning, to community learning to civilizational learning. This blog follows the journey participants and alumni involved in the program the program. Enjoy!

Recent Blog Posts

Alumni Profile – Sami Berger
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What are the most significant engagements in your life, and why are they meaningful to you? My most significant engagements:  Make me feel a sense of wonder or connection to the planet. Most of this happens through travelling, being close to nature, and observing animals in the wild.  S...
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Alumni Profile – Nick Kalogirou
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1. What are the most significant engagements in your life, and why are they meaningful to you? I have been lucky in my life to be part of a close, caring, mutual support community. Especially over the last 10 years, this community has given me the opportunity to consistently strive across many do...
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Winter Solstice Message 2018
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by Ken Low The winter solstice is upon us, or more accurately, we’ve arrived at the solstice once again. The winter solstice is the point when the changing elevation of the noonday sun stops its downward course, appears to pause then begins to climb again. The change occurs slowly – almost ...
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Poetry from Another Part of the Capitalist Machine
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by Anonymous This is a collection of poems from someone named Xu Lizhi. He was a Chinese migrant worker who worked at Foxconn corporation.  Foxconn is one of the pillars of our western society. It manufactures many of our smart phones, computers, monitors, televisions, videogame systems, and...
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2018 Report to the Community
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The past year has been an exciting period of development for the Human Venture community. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to our collective effort to support adaptive learning and wise action to meet the challenges of this period of history we find ourselves in and for future generation...
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Solstice Celebration
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The winter solstice season is a time to break from routine and reconnect with family, friends, nature and self.  It is also a time to reflect on the gift of being alive and human, and the responsibilities that come with that gift. Celebrate this special time with the Human Venture community. Your...
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Holiday Shopping Night on Nov 28
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Attention holiday shoppers! If you’d like to give meaningful experiences to the explorers on your shopping list, consider giving books. At all ages, books stir our imaginations and consciences, helping us learn more about being alive and human. The holidays can be a perfect time to catch up on re...
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On Either Side of Memory
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by Ken Low Memory is a critically important part of adaptive intelligence. The function of memory is to record and store relevant aspects of experience and observations, providing the material out of which we construct the lessons that guide our actions and further learning. Some lessons come alm...
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Innoculating Ourselves Against Ignorance
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Innoculating Ourselves Against Ignorance by Natalie Muyres We recently kicked off our ninth Human Venture Leadership Alumni Program. The Alumni Program provides us an opportunity to support each other’s learning, and work harder toinoculate ourselves against ignorance. Like our immune systems nee...
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The Mystery and Mastery of Strategic Thinking
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There is a show on Netflix called Churchill’s Secret Agents: The New Recruits. The reality show takes people from today and puts them through Special Operatives Executive (SOE) training implemented by the British during WWII. Imaging pulling on your itchy wool socks and heavy felted uniform to ma...
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