We Evolve is working to bring awareness of the need for inner change in individuals, teams, groups, organisations through explicitly working with and integrating practices, tools and approaches, maybe termed as “spiritual”, maybe not. The important part is that they come from the deeper parts of what influences and drives our purpose, approach and intuitions to address what has so far proved intractable or at the least, very challenging. Bringing these deeper ideas and practices into the spotlight, connecting them to the global initiative of the IDGs to work on our inner selves, holding a space to openly discuss and explore these in cultures that may not be conducive to them is of the utmost importance right now, in these times. This requires some courage and yet gives a real opportunity for us to expand and evolve in helping our world to thrive in all its aspects.
Since 2020, the UN, already working on the Sustainable Development Goals for 8 years, have come to understand that achievement against these goals is not what it could be, They assert that this is because we, as humans, need to develop in ourselves in order to approach our problems differently, and that this will make the difference in making the transformational changes that are needed.
Esther Hall is an associate at Oasis - School of Human Relations leading an IDG Hub (of which there are many around the world). Esther is also working with Collective Leisure in Sydney, Australia to incorporate IDGs in whole systems thinking approaches to transformation being taken there.
The IDGs give a platform for the voices of people about their personal and collective experiences that both help and hinder their connections and collaborations as whole systems.
Within this platform is the possibility to accept and explore experiences not necessarily identified or accepted within the world of science.