As Australia faces its worst bushfire catastrophe in history and smoke blankets the cities and country towns, we discuss what the role of crisis can be in economic and social change. And whether it is possible to dream and create a new vision in the midst of crisis.

Is it possible to find a space for vision when our bodies feel physically and psychologically threatened?

Or can a crisis force us to reconsider how we live?

Is this what wakes us up to the reality of our destructive systems?

We need a safe platform to envision a future, but sometimes it takes a real crisis to force us to innovate, because when we're comfortable, we see no need to change the status quo. The innovation we need right now will not come from ego or cognitive thinking, it will come from the unconscious and from a changing of the human heart. Perhaps, both love and grief can shift our system of values.

Dive deeper with our recommended reading:

'The Second Mountain', David Brooks
'A New Republic of the Heart', Terry Patten
'The Book of Joy', Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Douglas Abrams

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