Florentina Bajraktari of the Presencing Institute interviews Lorenz for the Transforming Capitalism Lab
Presencing in Practice
Over the last few years I’ve been heavily inspired by work out of the Presencing Institute and by the concept of presencing itself. The term presencing refers to a process of becoming present and it implies a way of encountering the present from the potential of the future. It is
Plexus Pop Up Presentation
I recently presented Sutra to the Plexus Community. This is the very first time I have given a demonstration of our work in a such a public way. If you’re curious to learn more about what we do, please watch this.
A New Podcast on Community and Co-Creation
Over the last three years I have endeavored to bring people together online in deeply human ways. The origins of this work started in 2011, through a sort of personal epiphany. At the time, I felt a deep call to bring more love and peace into the world through my
On Sutra
Truly transformative learning often happens offline, in person, and in small groups. People have an opportunity to spend time together in community and experience new ways of being together. The idea behind Sutra revolves around delivering this kind of experience online. Our work emphasizes dialogue based experiences that involve deep
On Co-Creation
When I was a child co-creation meant playing cops and robbers in the front yard. In my teens co-creation happened through deep existential conversations. In my late twenties it meant participating in the creativity of Burning Man. Now well into my thirties, I’m asking myself what is co-creation and where
Learning and Collaboration
The heart of Sutra is small group interaction. Our emphasis is on improving the quality of interaction and relationship between people involved in any collaborative endeavor. We focus on learning because learning gives us opportunity to practice new ways of being – deeper levels of listening, dialog, and co-creation. Learning
Community is Dead. Long Live Community.
This is an essay about online learning, the future of work, and building community. It is about learning together, collaborating with the people that we learn with, and cultivating real community through co-creative relationships. And it is about Sutra, an open source software project that supports the integration of these
Community and collaboration
Over the last few years I’ve been thinking a lot about how to connect people in deeper and more meaningful ways. A lot of my thinking has revolved around the role of community in that function. I think people have (at least) two essential needs: a need for love and