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This chapter focuses on the relationship between individual and collective development and how to support this development in transformative learning communities. We describe the I/We model, a framework that arose out of sixteen years of practice and research on how individuals and collectives grow and develop over time. We give examples of practices that support individual/collective development and thereby support the development of MetAware-informed Subtle collectives. The chapter concludes with a description of the implications for creatively and generatively navigating the complex challenges that we face as a human family.
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Lynam, A., Fitch, G., Androsoff, T., Wood, J. (2022). The Interpenetration of Individual and Collective Transformation: A Framework for Development, Collective Intelligence, and Emergence. In: Nicolaides, A., Eschenbacher, S., Buergelt, P.T., Gilpin-Jackson, Y., Welch, M., Misawa, M. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Learning for Transformation. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84694-7_38
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