It was a group of about 60 church leaders and lay people, gathering for a regular business meeting. They meet face to face like this only a few times a year. I was invited in to provide participatory design and hosting for the session. They wanted to use the time to look back and discover […]
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Music = Ideas
On Saturday night we went to see our talented friend Stanton C. Jack perform his Duo Romantico with Shannon Rowe; a beautiful selections of songs arranged for the classical guitar and flute. They played at St. Andrew’s Wesley, a United Church in Vancouver, on a rainy rainy October evening. Check out Stanton’s recording of him playing Concierto […]
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What Are You Avoiding?
Shared from @YYoga today: The yoga pose that you avoid the most you need the most. Unknown When I passed it on to my network I added “True for things beyond yoga.” Hmmm. What am I avoiding that I am needing the most? Good, uncomfortable contemplation. Hosting myself before I can host others. Silvia Sala […]
One of the awesome people in my life got back from an incredible month-long journey that included an African safari. She shared the lessons she learned from her safari experience, and here they are woven with my perspective on designing and hosting conversations that matter (in italics). 1. It’s all about luck! Maybe you’ll see an […]
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Whose Business Are You In?
Lots of lessons and insights happening through my yoga practice these days. One night my sweetie was to meet me at the studio for a class; he had called the front desk to say he was going to be late (this after I had reminded him not to be late!). The kind woman had signed […]
*This is a long, rambling capture of my learnings* We were a group of 11 who gathered in a warm, sunny San Francisco for Lisa Heft’s Open Space Learning Workshop: Porcia, Owen, Gary, Julie, Dianne, Anthony, Denise, Carolina, Lindsay and Lorenia. We started by reflecting in silence on our work as a facilitator and wrote […]
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Falling Down
When I created my goals for the year I imagined a quarterly reflection to see how I was progressing, reflect on my learnings, make tweaks and continue on. But here I am with one month done and I can feel this presence hovering over my shoulder. I think it might be my conscience. So reflection […]
Thanks to the Linchpin Meetup this past June, my blog and book reading list grew (in length and in value). One of the recommends was Jason Mraz’s blog and let me say thanks thanks thanks to the Linchpins that suggested drinking from his freshness. This weekend’s awesome nugget was about Cafe Gratitude’s Question of the […]