Discovering our evolution – 10 day deep democracy intensive – Cairo

From faculty leaders: Drs. Ellen and Max Schupbach

Dear friends,

We are excited to invite you to our first Intensive in a Muslim majority country – and in Egypt, with its historical role in human evolution.

Come and discover together the natural flow of evolution hidden behind polarizations and conflicts. Learn to use your eldership, the ability to hold and facilitate hotspots and co-create natural dialogue spaces by developing a deep understanding of the processes of diverse, often highly polarized parties. Practice using your awareness to notice and frame the natural occurrence of unity present in every system, understand different phases in short- and long-term consensus forming processes, and work with a system in each of these phases.

Our approach

Deep Democracy (also called Process Work) is a global, whole system approach to facilitate change, self-realization, and self-discovery for individuals, families, teams, organizations, and governments. 

Come and discover together the natural flow of evolution hidden behind polarizations and conflicts. Learn to use your eldership, the ability to hold and facilitate hotspots and co-create natural dialogue spaces by developing a deep understanding of the processes of diverse, often highly polarized parties. Practice using your awareness to notice and frame the natural occurrence of unity present in every system, understand different phases in short- and long-term consensus forming processes, and work with groups in each of these phases. 

The personal development of the facilitator receives the same amount of focus in our Intensives as does the practice of group facilitation. Fluidity in your inner work and accuracy in your group work are closely connected prerequisites for impactful facilitation and leadership. Eldership, your personal development in relationship to the whole, and Deep Democracy practices, the discovery and facilitation of hidden force lines that organize communities – and conflicts – can be learned as a standalone approach for coaching, facilitation and leadership, or as an addition and enhancement to your own facilitation and leadership approach. 

The learning journey

This is a full immersion learning experience including linear, theoretical learning in mini-lecture style, inner work and personal development in dyads, and group facilitation practice with other learners. Daily tutorials will be held for individuals that would like further study of the Process Work paradigm. There will be opportunities for individual coaching, case presentation, and case studies. 

The Deep Democracy Institute

DDI was founded in 2006, with the vision to research Deep Democracy and Process Work applications in the areas of leadership and organizational development. As a think tank and training institute, it partners with governments, universities, and organizations worldwide to study new leadership developments and multi-stakeholder dialogues for individuals, groups and nations. DDI trainings and open forums have been held in over 20 different countries. Our main training centers are in San Francisco, Amsterdam, Kyiv, Moscow, Nairobi, Bangkok and Cairo. 

Our Learning Community

Typically, the group is composed of about 100 participants from Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Australia, Asia, and the Americas, and includes business and NGO leaders, artists, scientists, politicians, journalists, coaches and therapists, change management experts, and community leaders. Additionally, participants represent different religions and spiritual communities, as well as different political directions. They hold opposing views on just about anything and everything; however, they also share the belief that awareness and facilitation can make our personal development and the development of organizations and nations less difficult and more effective.