Nora Bateson invites the UN to let life through: to work with information that is as alive as the systems we serve. Instead of preloading projects with KPIs, she proposes placing the SDGs at the end—tend the relationships that nourish relationships, then see what goals were actually met. In disaster and conflict, skip the town-hall shopping list; make space for people to be together (childcare, food, time) and allow new patterns to emerge. Warm Data Labs create an ecology of communication where personal stories widen perception—because perception is the action.
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About Nora
Nora Bateson leads the International Bateson Institute in Sweden. She coined Warm Data and developed Warm Data Labs, now facilitated in 40+ countries, to help groups perceive complexity together. She is the author of Small Arcs of Larger Circles and Combining, and director of An Ecology of Mind (about Gregory Bateson).
Chapters
00:00Introduction to Regeneration and the UN
02:54Understanding Regeneration
05:18The Concept of Warm Data
10:44Challenges of Simplified Data in the UN
16:07Building Relationships in Crisis
22:05Creating Cohesion in Communities
27:21Listening to Marginalized Voices
32:56A New Way of Leading and Governing
34:22Vision for the Future of the UN
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