This is the fourth in the TENDERNESS series.
In June I co-hosted The Flow Game Host Reunion, a gathering of Flow Game Hosts from around the world. We found strength and inspiration in being together, but more than that, a commitment to leaning into each other to offer more.
The Flow Game is a play...
Notice the question I’m asking isn’t “Is disruption a comfortable thing?” or “Is disruption an easy thing?” Nope. That’s not the question. This question is aimed at looking into the nature of disruption, and considering that experiencing, it might not be a binary construct.
My friend Phil Cass, who...
This the third post in the TENDERNESS series
Many people have told me they feel "in the gap" right now, sure that something new is coming, but not sure exactly what comes next. One person told me they feel the energy in many associations they are connected to, which are all trying to do good work a...
This the second post in the TENDERNESS series
In July I was part of the first Art of Hosting in Armenia. It was aimed at Russian speakers. The callers had a deep wish to create new ground across different groups through participatory practice. They talked about their desire to help the circle "unbu...
This is the first in the TENDERNESS series.
It has been awhile since I've reflected in public. My last newsletter back in March focused on edges, indeed, I've faced a few recently -- in myself and others. That means now I need to put the focus on what to do once we've gone over the edge.
Over the ...
Last Sunday we held a sensemaking session following our global Art of Hosting inquiry in February. We were taking a look at the harvest from our conversation around the question:
What does hosting conversations that matter mean in times like these?
Many practice communities out there are hosting c...
I still remember my last horseback ride in New Zealand. I was working for the New Zealand Tourism Board at the time, so I got offered a number of experiences in the hopes that I would continue to promote them.
I jumped off a perfectly useful cliff in Queenstown tandem parapenting and scared mysel...
The answer to everything. Isn't that what we're all hoping for right now? We're hoping someone else has the answer to whatever mess we find ourselves in. And that longing for the end to the turbulence has us grasping for whatever solution offers itself -- the easier, the better!
Whether it's the t...
If you're anything like me, you will have listened to at least one forecast about 2026 so far. Whether it was an energetic update, a business forecast, doomscrolling or the weather, we're all curious about what this new year will bring. Here's my personal prediction for 2026, and I'm telling you and...
This week when I popped into the grocery store I found a crowd got there before me. The lines were so long for the self check out that I joined one of the ordinary checkout lines.
We inched along and I finally saw why. The cashier was a much older man, but obviously new at the job. He was turning e...
It was 2012 when I last visited Hong Kong, so I was excited to receive an invitation to co-steward the first ever Art of Hosting training November 21 - 24. Our calling question was How can we reconnect to our shared humanity so that we can weave a thriving future for all?
Much has changed in the in...
At the beginning of November I was a guest at the Rotterdam Change Days. Started as the Berlin Change Days about 15 years ago, this event is now moving from place to place and also happening online.
This year's theme was "At Work in the Ruins," taken from the book of the same title by Dougald Hine,...