I once wrote a poem and in the middle of writing it, the poem completely changed direction. One of the fresh, unexpected lines was “Only Lovers understand moments.” That line could mean many things. One meaning for me is that…
For a while Group Genie has had seven powerful world-changing ideas, seven “upgrades for humanity.” (Examples of past upgrades are: written language, coin money, laws, clock time, mass communication, and most recently the Internet.) These ideas are briefly described on…
When I was young my parents encouraged me and my twin brother to join Boy Scouts. I stayed in the program for about six years. I still tell people that it was the best education that I ever had. I…
I made an important change to the Basic Program. I added the “Ingredients of Learning” Questions. The basic idea is that if you don’t first re-gather all needed ingredients for learning or change, then learning and change will be difficult…
Once there was a large, beautiful meadow in which lived several horses and many hornets. As far back as the hornets could remember, the horses dominated the meadow. They stomped on the plants, turning a part of the meadow barren.…
James Bond, 007, had the license to kill. Not a good thing, mind you, but it was vital to the security of England (and to movie theaters and popcorn sellers everywhere.) You may not know this, but Group Genie has…
In 1998 I created a game of empowerment called Mission Ball. There were four teams: white, blue, red and green. We actually did a test run of the program in Monroeville, PA. The teams functioned as support groups to do…