Complexity and Coffee

Complexity Thinking & Contemplative Practice
The world is in flux. Systems are unraveling, colliding, and reshaping faster than we can make sense of them. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed, paralyzed, or unsure about how to respond.

​Many of us are looking for ways to understand what's going on, but struggle to find them. The world is full of people trying to sell us simple explanations and quick solutions. But there’s really no such thing. So let’s abandon the search for an easy way out; instead, let’s commit to staying with the uncomfortable messiness just a little longer.

​In this two-part workshop, we’ll ask: Who are we? What kind of world is this and how do we experience and make sense of it? What might that have to do with the challenges we’re facing? And how can we respond to them effectively and wisely?

​Part I | Ambiguity, Impermanence & Entanglement
​In this session, we’ll begin by slowing down. Through meditation, reflection, and shared experience, we’ll explore what it means to be in complexity—not just to think about it. We’ll trace the roots of today’s polycrisis and introduce core concepts like emergence, feedback, and entanglement. But more importantly, we’ll ask: How does complexity live in us? And how do we relate to it?

​This session is less about solving problems and more about shifting our stance: cultivating presence, deepening perception, and learning to stay with the tangle rather than cut through it. Together, we’ll begin to see complexity not as a problem to be solved, but as something intelligible that we can sense and respond to wisely.

Sign up
We’re using a platform called Luma to manage signups for this event. That’s because we’re also inviting folks from outside Meetup, and Luma helps us keep everything (including sending out reminders and sharing follow-up materials) organized in one place.

Here’s what you need to do to save your spot: Just head to the Luma event page and click “Attend” to register. It’s quick, free, and you don’t need to create an account.

Complexity Thinking & Contemplative Practice
The world is in flux. Systems are unraveling, colliding, and reshaping faster than we can make sense of them. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed, paralyzed, or unsure about how to respond.

​Many of us are looking for ways to understand what's going on, but struggle to find them. The world is full of people trying to sell us simple explanations and quick solutions. But there’s really no such thing. So let’s abandon the search for an easy way out; instead, let’s commit to staying with the uncomfortable messiness just a little longer.

​In this two-part workshop, we’ll ask: Who are we? What kind of world is this and how do we experience and make sense of it? What might that have to do with the challenges we’re facing? And how can we respond to them effectively and wisely?

​Part II | Ambiguity, Impermanence & Entanglement
​After learning to sense the patterns and entanglements of complexity, the question becomes: how do we act wisely in a world we cannot control?

​In this session, we shift from seeing systems to attuning to them. Rather than rushing toward solutions, we explore how to move with presence, integrity, and responsiveness. Through contemplative practices, group dialogue, and embodied exercises, we’ll examine what authentic progress looks like when success is not linear—and how small shifts can open new futures.

​We'll also step into the terrain of the adjacent possible: the liminal space just beyond the current moment, where something unexpected might emerge. This is not the domain of certainty or strategy, but of subtle sensing, creative tension, and quiet courage. ​By the end of this session, we’ll begin to recognize that the future doesn’t arrive through force—it unfolds through attunement.

Sign up
We’re using a platform called Luma to manage signups for this event. That’s because we’re also inviting folks from outside Meetup, and Luma helps us keep everything (including sending out reminders and sharing follow-up materials) organized in one place.

Here’s what you need to do to save your spot: Just head to the Luma event page and click “Attend” to register. It’s quick, free, and you don’t need to create an account.