Step 1: Recognize that the ultimate cause is the Meta-crisis
Our society is facing many impossible-seeming problems. They are ultimately caused by our System and how it no longer fits our situation, It's painful to stop and look at that. And to realize all the impossible-seeming existential problems result from it. And how our normal solution strategies, which our system makes available to us, can only address symptoms. (Check out YouTube videos on "Moloch" ... e.g. "Who is Moloch and what is the Metacrisis?youtu.be/NOie4GCI40I?si=_6J4Mkp2qcEbMRIB"
Step 2: "Own" the meta-crisis ... e.g. "This is something We(I) need to resolve!"
Most common is for people to go into denial about the Meta-crisis. Of course, it's important to address the symptoms ... like the lack of trust in government, the spoiled creeks and rivers, the anxiety we all feel, the man-distribution of wealth and power, the partisan gridlock, etc. ... But we must also, simultaneously, "own" the need to address and resolve the deeper cause for all this, how our society is destroying our people, our institutions, and our planet.
Step 3: Investigate this new approach open-mindedly
Another common response is to encounter the ToBe Project with critical thinking rather than curiosity, seeking to find the fatal flaw. Please go first to the place of "Hey, can this really work!!?" The answer is "Yes" but most people need to understand first this new facilitative, holistic model of change. Five elements are discussed in the free seminar "Essential Wisdom for solving society's biggest issues:"
- how change can happen ... i.e. facilitating vs. managing
- solving impossible problems ... of course they can be solved if we adopt the right spirit of thinking (Choice-creating vs. decision-making)
- helping people work together in solving impossible problems ... Dynamic Facilitation can reliably evoke choice-creating in small groups
- facilitating large systems of people to work together ... the Wisdom Council Process can set up a added new dynamic of creative, collaborative thinking
- facilitating society to transform itself ...Society's Breakthrough (i.e. the ToBe Project)
Step 4: Gain personal experience with the process
This is a new-paradigm approach. Best is to experience Dynamic Facilitation, choice-creating and the Wisdom Council Process first hand. Come to a 3-day seminar. This can help you in your personal and work life too. Or better yet ... Organize a "Dynamic Facilitation and Wisdom Council Seminar" in your local area. Maybe e you can build a community of DF'ers and use the ToBe Project in your local area.
Step 5: Join with us ... and help in your way
OK we need money. So donate if you can. .. Or help in some other way. Maybe you can help us stay in contact with those who express interest, or rework this website, or write to media about this approach, or philanthropists, or climate experts, or politicians, or just your friends who are scared about the direction of our society.
Step 6: Are you one of "just us"?
To really get going we need to gather people to help organize the ToBe Project, globally and nationally in the U.S. and other countries. Help us to convene these meetings.