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17 contributions to The Pivot Commons
The Imaginal
We keep trying to make sense of everything. I get it. The world is unstable. But I’m not sure more analysis is always what this moment needs. What if the next signal doesn’t arrive as an answer? What if it arrives as an image, a dream, a pull, a symbol, a strange resonance? Not irrational.. I don't mean fantasy. Another kind of knowing asking to be taken seriously.
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Permeability
We keep building resilience. I get it. The world is hard. But I’m not sure bouncing back is what this moment needs. What if the point isn’t to adapt but to be shaped? Not us moving through the world. The world moving through us.
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@Bert Wethers Bert , yes. What you’re describing — befriending it rather than dismantling it is a more conscious move than most transformation work offers. Towards wholeness. The curiosity you’re pointing to opens a door. Not a decision to jump to change, but a question to hold - letting it work you.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
The Second Move
DISPATCH April 2026 I’ve been watching the Iran situation this week. The threats, the counter-moves, the escalation. My first move is always a verdict. I notice that. The second move is one I have to choose. It starts with curiosity. What would have someone do what they’re doing? How does this make sense to them? What invisible forces are pushing their hands? Not to excuse it. Just to actually see it. Demonizing is easy. It’s also a dead end. Once I’ve named the villain I’ve stopped looking and this isnt useful to anyone trying to navigate what’s actually happening. The question I keep returning to: if there’s a larger logic at play here, what is it? What values are in genuine collision? What fears? What historical weight? I don’t always find the answer. But the question keeps me in contact with the greater more layered reality rather than my story about it. That feels like the right place to navigate from. One question worth living with: Where are you meeting the world right now with a verdict and what opens up if you get curious instead? Dave ​​​​​​​​​​​​
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@Jj Vega yes. We our story making is normal and useful. Its how i hold them that matters. A tight grip thinking they are ground truth or a open hand holding them as valid and partial. The word « Maybe » has always helped me loosen the grip. How do others « keep an open hand » to see the complexity?
Strange moment.
Talking about war then groceries then what’s on tomorrow. All in one conversation. That’s where we are.
2 likes • 24d
Its an interesting practice to hold both the meta and existential events and the mundane day to day. Has anyone found any particular movement, practice or way in that helps the holding of both ?
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@Stéphanie Ruder Schoof Beautiful practice and capacity.
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@Jj Vega JJ — good to see you here. That arc you described… a lot of people would try to outrun that kind of sequence. You didn’t. What stood out is where you are now. Not the intensity of what happened, but that moment where the move isn’t forward in the old way. Slowing down sounds simple. It’s not, especially when competence and drive have worked for you. There’s a different kind of trust in what you’re naming. Less directional. More allowing something to come back online in its own timing. Glad you brought that in.
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@Jj Vega yeah, it's so true. I find the same thing. Some days I feel totally connected. I actually feel the flow of life moving through me, and so the rhythms and all that are all in sync. The next day, or sometimes a few hours later, I'm looking at nature as an object and have to exert effort to feel it. So interesting, this human experiment.
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I help accomplished people navigate and thrive when their old maps no longer work. Swiss-based, working globally. Founder of The Pivot Commons.

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