AEL 46 Issue 1. A publication on LDD's ground breaking course ShiftED, in collaboration with Charles Darwin University. ShiftED is designed to improve student engagement and inclusion by supporting teachers to transform their pedagogical capabilities for democratic citizenry.

In our fast-paced professional world, meetings have become integral to our work lives. And many of us spend a significant proportion of our working week caught up in meetings. These meetings can make us feel like mere cogs in a machine.

There are good reasons why I am passionate about the I Know Me. Firstly, this psychology-backed assessment tool delivers deep insights and enables you to identify your unique strengths, behavioural tendencies, challenges and opportunities for growth.

Reflections on the webinar with world-renowned conflict expert Professor Friederich Glasl. We hope that in some way, we took small but proactive steps to close the chasm that exists between Ukraine and Russia and build bridges of connection.

A Thesis by Afrab Erfan using the LDD Methodology. Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (planning). THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

An experiment in Mitchell’s Plain, South Africa with Myrna Lewis and Peter Jordi. Lewis Deep Democracy asserts that real wisdom lies in the unconscious of a group and through a facilitated process answers can be uncovered and interventions initiated where the group can begin resolving and healing their own issues.

Written by Georgina Veldhorst. The alternative view is often a doorway to achieving a greater understanding of an issue, reaching a better decision, and enhancing the culture of safety.

An article by Elise Hawthorne on Myrna Lewis and Lewis Deep Democracy. Maybe if we all learnt to practise the Lewis Method of Deep-Democracy, we could inch closer towards, “imagine all the people living life in peace,” as John Lennon asked us to do so many years ago.

Written by Roz Townsend. It was my interest in a new model of decision-making that had me in Sydney last week studying a United Nations award-winning model called Deep Democracy.Decisions and how we make them can have a crucial impact on our future. Even daily decisions, from whose turn it is to wash up to which candidate gets our vote, are woven into the fabric of our lives.

Written by Afrab Erfan. This paper details an exploration in therapeutic planning that took place in a small Indigenous community in Canada. The researcher engaged in exploratory action research that intentionally prioritized healing of collective traumas. With this intention, a series of community planning meetings were conducted, using a facilitation method known as Deep Democracy. Modest but promising therapeutic effects are documented in this paper, using various measures of success.

Written by Aftab Erfan. Earlier this year I got an invitation to travel to South Africa and experience something called the Conversation across the Socio-Economic Divide. The invitation came from Myrna Lewis, a South African psychologist who has developed an advanced facilitation methodology called Lewis Deep Democracy for working with groups.

An article by Belamie Peddle. To meet the challenge of upskilling people, it was decided that everyone would be taught essential communication skills with a focus on meetings. So people diagnosed on the autistic spectrum, politicians, and social workers involved in the CIivis Project met for meetings. Two Lewis Deep Democracy facilitators enabled the dialogue and provided a theoretical understanding, cores steps, diagnostics and support.