Brandon Nørgaard

Director of Research

Brandon has always possessed an interest in understanding how things work and appreciated learning about philosophy, religion, history, politics, science, and technology.  Throughout his life, Brandon wanted to better understand why there is so much conflict and injustice in our world and what, if anything, people can do to work toward greater peace.  The Enlightened Worldview Project is an outgrowth of Meetup groups that Brandon co-organized.  More info can be found on Brandon’s personal page.  You can contact Brandon at brandon@enlightenedworldview.com

Marty Behrens

Director of Community Development

Marty’s work emerges from an awareness that we can muster our shared intelligence in profound new ways to address the multiple crises of our time. There is a majestic power in our human connections that is a rocket fuel for the growth and transformation of society. In the most fundamental way, we are not separate from one another, or from anything else. Staying aware of our shared intelligence and wisdom, even when faced with fearful times, is no small feat.

After a career in technology and digital media with large corporations like Microsoft and Sony, Marty founded and ran a successful data analytics company for 10 years. At some point, the changes in him and in our world have led him to this work of building tools and methods to grow our collective intelligence and wisdom. Marty recently founded a startup called Local Sense News (www.localsensenews.com). Marty also write a Substack called Reinventing US (reinventingus.substack.com) where Marty has been publishing his book as well as writing about politics and transformation.

Lee Chazen

Curriculum Development

Lee runs a consulting group called GliderCell, which produces creative concepts and strategies across disciplines.  He did some early work in creating an educational model that incorporated concepts from chaos theory.  Many of the ideas stemming from this research can be applied broadly to organizations or to socio-political challenges. Lee is also the founder of Ideas In Motion, organized through Meetup. You can contact lee at lee@glidercell.com