World Work

World Work is the name for Process Work's approach to conflict resolution and community building, particularly concerning social issues and conflicts. It is based on the idea that groups and communities can find understanding and access creative directions forward, when all points of view are brought forward to interact with facilitation - including those ghosts, extreme views, and painful emotions that are often left out of negotiations.

Those points or 'hot spots' where the conflict threatens to cycle or erupt can turn into doorways of transformation and a different future. World work requires awareness of dynamics of rank and power, where we do not share equal privileges, as well as awareness of the underlying humanity which we all share.



World Work has been developed by Drs. Arnold Mindell and Amy Mindell, together with a group of colleagues, of which we are a part. ( Mindell, A. Sitting in the Fire, LaoTse Press, 1996 and Mindell A, Deep Democracy of Open Forums, Hampton Roads, 2002)

Worldwork is also the name we use for particular Process Work seminars offered by the Global Process Institute. These seminars have occurred annually and more recently every two years. They are seminars of 200-300 participants from some 20 nations, where we learn and practice World work together. These have taken place on the : Oregon coast USA ( three times); in Bratislava, Slovakia; Lonavala India; Washington DC, USA; and Eritrea Greece, Sydney Australia, WorldWork 2008 will be in London! See www.worldwork.org and www.globalprocessinstitute.org.