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Beauty, Silence and Listening

This from Bob Stilger in the Art of Hosting community: Several days ago, in Montreal, we held a one day workshop using stories from Japan’s disaster area as fuel for a conversation about thrivability in Montreal. Several things were key to the event’s success. One was that we brought beauty into the center. As we […]

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Sitting in Stillness

Searching back through archives for some process design ideas and came across this reminder of the value of inviting people to sit in the silence, the stillness. From Stephen Mitchell’s 2006 translation of the Tao de Ching, Chapter 15: Tao Te Ching #15 The ancient Masters were profound and subtle. Their wisdom was unfathomable. There is […]