Nora Bateson – Combining: Living the Experience of Complexity

How can we embrace ambiguity?

“The major problems in the world today are the result of the difference between how nature works and the way people think,” Gregory Bateson

Nora Bateson will be discussing her second book Combining. Nora invites us into an ecology of communication where nothing stands alone, and every action sets off a chain of incalculable consequences. She challenges conventional fixes for our problems, highlighting the need to tackle issues at multiple levels, understand interdependence, and embrace ambiguity.

In Combining, Nora explores how we can reimagine our interactions, relationships, and problem-solving approaches in a world of complex interdependencies. This event invites participants to engage in a deep, reflective dialogue about the patterns that shape our lives, and how we might cultivate new ways of thinking, feeling, and acting in response to today’s challenges.

Join us for this thought-provoking webinar to discover how Nora’s work illuminates pathways for co-creating a future that acknowledges the richness of ambiguity and the necessity of collaboration. Whether you’re interested in systems thinking, communication, or new frameworks for addressing global issues, this event will leave you with profound ideas to ponder—and apply.

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About the speaker:

Nora Bateson is an award-winning filmmaker, research designer, writer, educator, international lecturer, as well as President of the International Bateson Institute based in Sweden. She is the creator of the Warm Data theory and practices. Nora’s work brings the fields of biology, cognition, art, anthropology, psychology, and information technology together into a study of the patterns in ecology of living systems.

She wrote, directed and produced the award-winning documentary, An Ecology of Mind, a portrait of her father Gregory Bateson. Her first book, Small Arcs of Larger Circles, released by Triarchy Press, UK, 2016 is a revolutionary personal approach to the study of systems and complexity. She was the recipient of the Neil Postman Award for Career Achievement in Public Intellectual Activity in 2019.

In her latest second book Combining – the focus of her talk – Nora invites us into an ecology of communication where nothing stands alone, and every action sets off a chain of incalculable consequences. She challenges conventional fixes for our problems, highlighting the need to tackle issues at multiple levels, understand interdependence, and embrace ambiguity.

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