My work is grounded in my daily work within Sociocracy For All, a nonprofit I co-founded and built from 2 to 240 people as the Executive Director. I’ve trained thousands of people, been on dozens of podcasts and videos, my books have found 10,000 readers.
I’ve been called a “manifestor” more than once.
I am not so strong on how to be still. How to “just be.”
But I’m learning!
Born in 1979, I’ve worked in self-management. I’m author of four books on the topic – Many Voices One Song (2018), Who Decides Who Decides (2021), Collective Power (2023), From Here to There (2025). Originally German, parent of 5, transgender, part of an intentional community in Massachusetts. I have a PhD in linguistics and a masters in linguistic, literature and history.
In 2023, I had a dream – one of those vivid dreams when one wakes up and knows, this was a message. The message was this: “Pack your stuff, Ted, and get ready to go. You will need everything you’ve ever learned to bring it all.”
After this dream, I was shaken up and walked around like a deer in the headlights for a few weeks. Where am I going? And what am I doing?
I didn’t answer the call back then. I was scared, I wasn’t ready, I was distracted, my organization was in crisis, and I wanted to finish writing my third book. But mostly, I felt like I hadn’t grown yet into the person that could do whatever it was that I needed to do. I now feel ready.
Now, I understand a little more what I need to do.
The question now is more this: given who I am now, how can I be in a meaningful relationship with the world? How can I bring what I know to the part of the world that can hear it?
You can reach me under info@wiserorganizations.org
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