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Peter Merry is a social innovator, author, educator, and one of the leading voices in evolutionary leadership and systems transformation. As Chief Innovation Officer of Ubiquity University and founder of the Wyrd initiative, he explores the intersection of consciousness, leadership, subtle interconnectedness, and societal change. Drawing on Integral Theory, human ecology, and emerging understandings of energy and information fields, Peter’s work invites us to lead “from the field” and participate consciously in the evolution of humanity. He is the author of Evolutionary Leadership, Why Work?, and Leading from the Field.

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Radical Wholeness

Is an integral approach the Third Attractor? We explore why it has to be taught from the top down and the bottom up, how waking up includes becoming, where AI fits, and five kinds of wholeness a person can practice.

60 min · 19 Sep 2026

Rationality needs Wisdom

How can effective altruism and inner work meet? We talk about connecting islands of coherence, holding paradoxes without choosing sides, hopes and fears around AI, and why giving even 1% of your income can matter.

83 min · 17 Sep 2026

Stories create Possibility

Why do stories matter for change? We explore inner parts and ancestral healing, asking the web of life what it wants, listening versus a benevolent dictator, stories of connection, agency and sufficiency, a donut-economy vision, and the dangers of AI.

78 min · 16 Sep 2026

Walking the Middle Way

The Middle Way as a practical philosophy of judgment: avoiding absolute positions and staying open to revising them. We compare it with the Third Attractor, disagree on metaphysics, and discuss ethics, meditation, community and AI.

64 min · 12 Sep 2026