When someone deeply listens to you it is like holding out a dented cup you’ve had since childhood and watching it fill up with cold, fresh water. When it balances on top of the brim, you are understood. When it overflows and touches your skin, you are loved. ~ From John Fox’s poem, When Someone Deeply […]
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“I worked in government for three years, doing third party consultations on the British Columbia Treaty Process. It was coalface level democracy. I was talking to citizens – some of them with truly odious opinions – about a historic public policy initiative that had the possibility to permanently change their way of life. They were not […]
“Tell me a little more about what you hope for from the practicum?” This is a question that pops up during our phone calls with the people who have applied to attend The Circle Way practicum happening on Whidbey Island, Washington this August. One of the common themes in the answer to this question is […]
One of the questions my friend, colleague and co-teacher Tenneson Woolf has held over the years is about why there are often few(er) men in Circle. I love that he is holding an intention to explore that and shift it. From Tenneson: I wrote this short article to be deliberate about inviting men and women to […]
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The Circle Way: A Leader In Every Chair Leading Engaging and Transformative Meetings Sharing a great learning opportunity in New York with very accessible rates thanks to our partnership with Good Shepherd Services. Join Nancy Fritsche Eagan, Alexandra Cukier, Mayra Lopez and myself in NYC on December 7th and 8th, 2015 for a 2-day Circle training. We […]
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Practicing Circle
In the Art of Hosting we refer to a core pattern known as the Four Fold Practice. It is simply an observation that great conversations happen when people are present, when they participate, when they are hosted well and when they co-create something. – Chris Corrigan When it comes to circle practice in particular, I […]
This is a follow up from last week’s post on Resources for Circles + Conflict, which supported a one hour teleseminar where I spoke about using circle practice and process to transform conflict in the workplace. “Change the chairs, change the conversation” is a line us circle practitioners will often say. Sometimes moving the chairs into a circle and […]
Art of Hosting practitioners – as well as others who use participatory process as part of their facilitation practice – are often familiar with circle mostly as a tool for check-in and check-out, or as a way of arranging the chairs to create an environment for something different to occur. And it is much […]
Last summer around this time I was preparing to co-teach the August PeerSpirit Circle Practicum on Whidbey Island. This August I get to share a sweet announcement… been working on this behind the scenes for the past couple of months! Nancy Fritsche Eagan of People Potential and I are delighted to announce a new […]
This is a post I wrote for the May PeerSpirit Circle Tale. Sharing it here on my blog as well! Second Fire Gathering – Using Circle to Move to Wise Action As a practitioner of The Circle Way I notice that sometimes circle process is perceived as separate from the idea of getting work done. […]