Patterns. Polarity. Paradox. Progress.

An ongoing story…

 

Conceived in the heyday that ended 2019, then born as the pandemic emerged, The Collective Edge was immediately brought to its own edge — reliance on the founder’s (Michael Spayd) own history vs embracing a truly fresh start. The School of Integral Sensemaking & Action was conceived by Spayd in mid-2020 with Michael Hamman, synthesizing a new, Integrally-based curriculum for enterprise coaches to grow in bold new ways. The first cohort launched in 2021, led by Spayd & Hamman, with Lyssa Adkins as a student mentor. As the pressure of the pandemic lessened, the fresh start gradually emerged as the way forward. A regular cadence of programs had success and fulfilled an old promise.

Marie Murtagh — listening, watching and advising from the wings since the beginning — joined fully during the second year, bringing in fresh thinking and vision that began to attract new collaborators, partners and skilled teachers. By the third year, Spayd & Murtagh together conjured an ambitious vision that pushed the edges, creating the Center for Transformational Learning and other new offerings.

The shift in the agile coaching market stressed margins, forcing a reevaluation of staffing; Murtagh moved to a part time faculty position during the fourth year, having contributed much.

Now, in a smaller operation, Spayd has started exploring his longest held (but back-burnered) callings — uncovering a new type of shamanic practice, integrating semi-mystical methods for understanding and healing systems, and gathering a meshworks network of allied practitioners trained and skilled in Integral metatheory.

The original vision has evolved, but retains the core purpose, creating together a spiritually developmental container. Our aspiration is to do our part in helping to “shape the shift” emerging into our collective future, helping clients, partners and society-at-large stay present to, and functional on, our collective edge.