Elder Gathering at Retreat Center Center in Indianola, Iowa
Elders come weave your gifts! The Elder Council and the elders of the Central Plains Community of the Mankind Project USA offer an opportunity for elder men and women from across the world (anyone of age 50 or older) in their USA Gathering of Elders (USAGE) conference to be held October 27 – 30, 2011, at the Wesley Woods Camp and Retreat Center, just 20 minutes south of the Des Moines Airport near Indianola, IA. The theme of the...
Honing Our Integral Edges
by Boysen Hodgson In the ManKind Project, we’re voracious integrators. Our trainings and groups are a tightly mixed alchemical combination of exercises, modalities and practices from across the spectrum of personal growth, psychology, spiritual, ritual and physical practices. Men from different traditions and multiple generations have brought their unique gifts to the ManKind Project and our men’s circles, and men show up...
The Startup Dilemma – Primary Integration Training in Mexico
by Migs Halpern, MKP International Vice Chair We can only guess, but Mexico must have 15-20 men who have somehow attended the New Warrior Training Adventure, or more … records are sparse, people have moved and have not updated their profiles. Mexico City itself may have 5-10 of these men, the others spread out in cities like Guadalajara, Guanajato, San Miguel de Allende and beyond, similar to Centers like NorCal or The Greater...
Leaders, Old vs New
Over at Harvard Business Review, Marshall Goldsmith discusses what he considers the mark of a good leader today, and contrasts it to leaders of the past: Years ago, when most organizations were based on the hierarchical business model of the Industrial Age, great leaders were those who were unemotional, rational, even mechanistic. Those days are […]
The male war for survival of the fittest
by Judah Freed Human civilization has been guided by a map of reality that makes sense of life and evolution as a male war for dominance, what’s called “the survival of the fittest,” which is founded on the old premise that might makes right. This cynical vision of society, today widely called “Social Darwinism,” has caused much suffering on earth. Let’s clear up some misconceptions about Charles Darwin’s findings on “natural...