Last night I was fortunate to sit with a dozen or so other people invited together by Mark Busse for “dinner and discourse” on exploring and evolving an event Mark co-hosts every year. I was part of the group to both participate in the conversation as well as to give some light structure and facilitation […]
Tag: Chaordic Stepping Stones
In a conversation tonight with a friend who is working on two connected events that are sparking network building and collaborative action (one a larger meeting and the other a potential conference), I drew on two design helpers from the Art of Hosting community that are near and dear to my work designing conversation processes: Chaordic Stepping Stones: clear […]
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Yoga Journey
The colouful stickers beside my name on my yoga studio’s 30 Day Commitment tracker show that I’ve attended 10 classes since August 1st. Because I missed five days with my trip back to Saskatchewan I’ve been doubling up on classes – tonight was a Power class then a Yin class. As of today I have 20 […]
The folks at Anecdote reminded me of this story: An American businessman was standing at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish. “How long it […]
The stowaway was me. The ship was a committed crew doing this work in the world. The one who helped me aboard asked me this, “So, what did you learn?” Here are a few apples I tucked in my sack: Open Space is an invitation; from forming a core team and its organic expansion, to […]
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Musings on Holding Space
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to work with a group who wanted to create some plans for 2011. I drew on the Chaordic Stepping Stones to clarify the high level purpose, the principles, the people and the meeting concept, guided by the mantra that “we aren’t planning a meeting, we’re planning a […]
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I’m Steeping Like Tea
I describe myself as an avid learner. Or like Chris Brogan recently shared, I never avoid a classroom (but you’ll rarely find me inside a traditional classroom). And one of the things I love the most about my learner’s stance is how insights steep their way into my life. It’s like I’m always brewing up […]
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Art of Hosting – V. Five
Volume five… the most prolific of all my scribbly notes and mind maps from my recent Art of Hosting experience. My notes of hobbit tools and methods, harvested here as best I can. Knowledge Camps/Method Camps – announced as hosted topics and we had the difficult choice of which to join. I chose the five […]