Dear friends, I am excited to announce The New Story of Wholeness (NSoW), a flagship initiative by the Institute of Applied Metatheory aiming to create a global “Welcome Mat” for the emerging Integrative Worldview, a meta-narrative capable of restoring coherence in a time of fragmentation. NSoW is an ambitious, experimental attempt to bring the worldview to life … Read More "Introducing The New Story of Wholeness" The post Introducing The New Story of Wholeness first appeared on Insti...| Institute of Applied Metatheory
Dear friends, The Institute of Applied Metatheory (IAM) is pleased to announce the release of a new white paper that charts the landscape of leading-edge responses to the global metacrisis. In “Mapping an Ecology of Integrative Approaches to Addressing the Metacrisis”, IAM scholars Brandon Norgaard, Nicholas Hedlund, PhD, and Claudia Meglin provide a sweeping (albeit … Read More "Mapping an Ecology of Integrative Approaches to Addressing the Metacrisis" The post Mapping an Ecology of In...| Institute of Applied Metatheory
Applying Big Pictures to Big ProblemsWe’re an applied philosophy network formed from the belief that the world’s largest problems and most difficult questions are not considered with the Big Picture complexity needed to see their transformational potential. Join the movement A learning organisationA Social Innovation CommunityWe’re focused on catalyzing novel social experimentation through the penetrating| Institute of Applied Metatheory - Applying Big Pictures to Big Problems
Much of humanity lacks a coherent, comprehensive worldview that effectively integrates mind and consciousness with matter and successfully aligns objective knowledge of natural science with subjective and social ways of knowing. The Unified Worldview Initiative (UWI) is designed to underlabor for the continuing emergence of a complete and coherent Integrative worldview capable of addressing this "Enlightenment Gap" and orienting humanity through this moment of planetary transformation. Led by...| Institute of Applied Metatheory - Applying Big Pictures to Big Problems
This initiative will deploy a sophisticated, integrated, and comprehensive philosophy to show what is possible when we leverage Big Pictures to support new forms of sensemaking and meta-strategizing about complex, wicked problems. There is an emerging consensus of a profound, global "metacrisis" characterized by entangled, interpenetrating, and co-arising ecosocial, spiritual, ethical, and epistemic crises, and their underlying network of interconnected root causes. This project will convene ...| Institute of Applied Metatheory - Applying Big Pictures to Big Problems
Taking the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy as inspiration, the Encyclopedia of Big Pictures will be a free online resource that defines the relevant terms and concepts for the growing body of philosophical work underlying integrative metatheories.| Institute of Applied Metatheory - Applying Big Pictures to Big Problems
Dear friends, I am thrilled to introduce you to the Faith Development Pathway Initiative (“FDP”), the Institute of Applied Metatheory’s newest social impact project. Led by Brendan Graham Dempsey, the Faith Development Pathway is a groundbreaking initiative aimed at developing the world’s first open-access protocol for the developmental maturation of faith and ultimate concern. … Read More "IAM Spotlight: The Faith Development Pathway" The post IAM Spotlight: The Faith Developme...| Institute of Applied Metatheory
Institute of Applied Metatheory and California Institute for Human Science Forge Transformative Partnership In a move to bridge the gap between metatheoretical academic research and real-world application, the Institute of Applied Metatheory (IAM) and the Integral Noetic Sciences (INS) department at the California Institute for Human Science (CIHS) are thrilled to announce a strategic partnership. … Read More "IAM Announces Partnership with CIHS" The post IAM Announces Partnership with CIHS...| Institute of Applied Metatheory
What if the future of civilization rests in the hands of those who know how — and where — to give? In this visionary episode of IAM Insider, Josh Leonard joins Robb Smith to unveil his new developmental map of philanthropy, created using the Context AI platform. Together they explore how philanthropic institutions — … Read More "Why Philanthropy Is the Most Powerful Lever for Systemic Change" The post Why Philanthropy Is the Most Powerful Lever for Systemic Change first appeared o...| Institute of Applied Metatheory
Dear Colleagues, At the Institute of Applied Metatheory (IAM), we think deeply about the metacrisis and how to build the new structures and institutions we need to address it and lay the groundwork for the Transformation Age that is already underway. But while we do the work to create these institutions of the future, we must … Read More "IAM Announces The Evolution of Philanthropy" The post IAM Announces The Evolution of Philanthropy first appeared on Institute of Applied Metatheory.| Institute of Applied Metatheory
The Institute of Applied Metatheory is proud to introduce the Unified Worldview Initiative (UWI) — a bold and timely effort to help close one of the most critical rifts in modern civilization: the Enlightenment Gap. For centuries, humanity has struggled to unite our understanding of mind and consciousness with that of matter and mechanism, leaving our worldviews fractured and … Read More "IAM Announces The Unified Worldview Initiative" The post IAM Announces The Unified Worldview Init...| Institute of Applied Metatheory
Read Bruce’s white paper here: Polarization and the Algorithmic Undertow: Integral and Critical Realist Perspectives In this foundational episode, Bruce Alderman joins Josh Leonard to explore one of the most insidious forces driving today’s cultural fragmentation: the algorithmic undertow. Drawing from his recent white paper, Bruce introduces this powerful metaphor to describe the slow, … Read More "Polarization and the Algorithmic Undertow" The post Polarization and the Algorithmic...| Institute of Applied Metatheory
The Institute of Applied Metatheory (IAM) presents “A Sociology of Big Pictures: Network Strategy for a 21st Century Worldview” by Robb Smith, an in-depth exploration of how major idea frameworks emerge, compete, and evolve within the historic attentional landscape. As we enter the Transformation Age—marked by rapid geopolitical, technological, ecological, and epistemic shifts—Smith argues that … Read More "A Sociology of Big Pictures: Network Strategy for a 21st Century Worldview" ...| Institute of Applied Metatheory
How do we measure the depth of human meaning-making across history, traditions, and intellectual paradigms? In this fascinating presentation, Brendan Graham Dempsey introduces the Cultural Complexity Index (CCI) initiative, a pioneering research project launched by the Institute of Applied Metatheory and Sky Meadow Institute that empirically maps how humans structure knowledge, solve problems, and make sense of their world. Utilizing … Read More "IAM Spotlight: The Cultural Complexity ...| Institute of Applied Metatheory