The Virginia Department of Corrections demonstrates the most effective in-service care, and for the past five years, statistics on the number of inmates who return to crime have been the lowest in the country. According to those responsible, an important part of the success is that prison staff and inmates are trained in holding good conversations and showing understanding for each other.

This article describes how a team of juvenile probation officers in Yamhill, Oregon changed its culture and co-created a practice model. A practice model is a shared set of integrated evidence-based practices that an agency believes will result in better public safety outcomes. The practice-based evidence of staff was combined with a new integration of evidence-based practices called COVE. COVE stands for Coaching Options that are Versatile and Effective. The paper describes

The quantum physicist David Bohm has not only done groundbreaking research in physics, but has also applied his findings to social life as a whole. He was particularly interested in how exploration of all of the individual, social, and cosmic dimensions of life could lead to a transformation of society, but less concerned with organisations and the economy. This latter aspect was pursued by people who worked with him, including Peter Garrett and William Isaacs (Macy 2018). Si

by David Bohm (Author), Mark Edwards (Author)

By David Bohm, Donald Factor and Peter Garrett, 1991 (Download as PDF) Copyright © 1991 by David Bohm, Donald Factor and Peter Garrett