Edgewalkers

Serving Those Who Walk Between the Worlds

Theory of Change

The founding purpose of GCI is to elevate Global Consciousness as a field of study, to transform education and economic practices and policies, and to provide strategic and energetic focus for the nurturing of change agents and leaders. GCI exists to activate a collective experience of oneness globally, enabling humanity to exist in harmony with all life.

Humanity – each of us individually and all of us collectively – has the opportunity to move towards an ascending spiral of shared commitment to the development of our full potential, flourishing with all living things, and to an increased sense of our connectedness with each other and with the planet.

We recognize that there is a collective stirring in the hearts and souls of a significant number of people in the world who want to contribute to this upward spiral of collective flourishing and loving harmony. There is an energetic movement emerging that has not been named and is not controlled or supported by any one individual or organization. It is organic and is aligned with evolutionary science.

Given this global movement, at GCI we ask ourselves, what are we called to do that is unique to us as individuals and as an emergent organization? And what is our Theory of Change that will guide us in how we make that unique contribution?

We are in the process of studying various models of change, transformation, and movement building to guide our strategic efforts so that GCI can have a highly leveraged impact on the world. The need to act is both urgent and evolutionary.

Some of our basic assumptions are:

  1. Despite current evidence to the contrary, humanity is evolving. 
  2. The metacrises we are experiencing are motivating global change.
  3. Strategies and programs arise from developmental stage theories of individual and collective consciousness.
  4. Viable approaches must integrate science and living wisdom.
  5. Transformative education is a key lever in shifting into collective consciousness.
  6. GCI is uniquely positioned to support the development of global consciousness as a field of study and practice in higher education and leadership development.

Several models that have influenced including:

  1. Marilyn Ferguson’s Aquarian Conspiracy
  2. Paul Lederach’s Critical Mass vs. Critical Yeast
  3. Competition vs. Collaboration
  4. Donella Meadows Levers of Change
  5. Mel Toomey’s Integrating Change
  6. Fred Tsao and Chris Laszlo’s Quantum Leadership
  7. Lazlo’s Change Theory vs. Theory of Change
  8. Complexity theory and wicked problems
  9. Lewin’s Force Field Analysis  
  10. Ayni Social Ecology Theory of Change
  11. Various consciousness development stage models
  12. Diffusion of Innovation 
  13. Meg Wheatley’s Emergence Theory 
  14. Appreciative Inquiry and Prospective Theorizing

The founding purpose of GCI is to elevate Global Consciousness as a field of study, to transform education and economic practices and policies, and to provide strategic and energetic focus for the nurturing of change agents and leaders. GCI exists to activate a collective experience of oneness globally, enabling humanity to exist in harmony with all life. Humanity - each of us individually and all of us collectively - has the opportunity to move towards an ascending spiral of shared commitment to the development of our full potential, flourishing with all living things, and to an increased sense of our connectedness with each other and with the planet. We recognize that there is a collective stirring in the hearts and souls of a significant number of people in the world who want to contribute to this upward spiral of collective flourishing and loving harmony. There is an energetic movement emerging that has not been named and is not controlled or supported by any one individual or organization. It is organic and is aligned with evolutionary science. Given this global movement, at GCI we ask ourselves, what are we called to do that is unique to us as individuals and as an emergent organization? And what is our Theory of Change that will guide us in how we make that unique contribution? We are in the process of studying various models of change, transformation, and movement building to guide our strategic efforts so that GCI can have a highly leveraged impact on the world. The need to act is both urgent and evolutionary. Some of our basic assumptions are: 1. Despite current evidence to the contrary, humanity is evolving. 2. The metacrises we are experiencing are motivating global change. 3. Strategies and programs arise from developmental stage theories of individual and collective consciousness. 4. Viable approaches must integrate science and living wisdom. 5. Transformative education is a key lever in shifting into collective consciousness. 6. GCI is uniquely positioned to support the development of global consciousness as a field of study and practice in higher education and leadership development.   Several models that have influenced including: 1. Marilyn Ferguson’s Aquarian Conspiracy 2. Paul Lederach’s Critical Mass vs. Critical Yeast 3. Competition vs. Collaboration: 4. Donella Meadows Levers of Change 5. Mel Toomey’s Integrating Change 6. Fred Tsao and Chris Laszlo’s Quantum Leadership 7. Lazlo’s Change Theory vs. Theory of Change 8. Complexity theory and wicked problems 9. Lewin’s Force Field Analysis 10. Ayni Social Ecology Theory of Change 11. Various consciousness development stage models 12. Diffusion of Innovation 13. Meg Wheatley's Emergence Theory 14. Appreciative Inquiry and Prospective Theorizing