Heather Plett invited me to list ten books that have stayed with me in some way. The instructions: Don’t take more than a few minutes and do not think too hard. They do not have to be the “right” books or great works of literature, just ones that have affected you in some way. […]
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Improv Books
Sharing some improv book recommendations from the hivemind: Keith Johnstone’s Impro and Impro for Storytellers Viola Spolin’s Improvisation for Theater Patricia Ryan Madsen’s Improv Wisdom Robert Poynton’s Everything’s An Offer Keith Sawyer’s Group Genius Kat Koppett’s Training to Imagine Joseph A. Keefe Improv Yourself Tom Salinsky and Deborah Frances-White’s The Improv Handbook Kathy Lubar and Belle […]
A friend asked for some book recommendations as she is beginning to explore the world of participatory dialogue processes and hosting conversations that matter. Here are some I suggested to her: Community by Peter Block Turning to One Another by Margaret Wheatley Calling the Circle by Christina Baldwin The Circle Way by Christina Baldwin and […]
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The Alchemist
I enjoyed reading The Alchemist this weekend. I sense it is a book to be read and re-read. Layers of insights. A book about journeys and transformations. Like lead into gold. Two excerpts in particular resonated with me – including one of the book’s well known quotes (emphasis mine): “It’s a book that says the […]
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Questions and Gifts
An unexpected walk to get lunch with a colleague today, filled with general chit chat on how our day was going and our plans for the evening and weekend. The subject of books came up and I asked if there was one book she would recommend for me to read this weekend, what book would […]
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My 2011 Reading List
2011 was a great year for reading. Many of the titles reflected my 2011 guiding phrase “growing as a host of conversations that matter” and the learning from these pages has been rich. So on the eve of the final day of 2011, I sit here reflecting on this list trying to determine which one […]
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Art of Hosting – V. Seven
My scribbled notes and mind maps from my recent Art of Hosting experience are now harvested in the previous volumes. I’m left with a feeling that I have not done it justice – how can one truly harvest such an experience as we had on Bowen Island? I know I’ll look back on this in […]