The World Café Kinship Gathering (Oct 20 - 24) was both an opportunity for a 30 years celebration and a potent reminder to me about the power of staying in practice. World Café is a methodology that has spread around the world. It appears simple and easy. Thousands have tried it.
And it is often d...
On Monday night during our second session of BEYOND FACILITATION, Maria Scordialos told two stories of working at the edge between chaos and chamos.
Chaos is something we all think we know about. But the deeper sense of this Greek word points to the new potential that arises when a fertile disturba...
I've had some good reminders of small, but really important practices to take note of during my last month on the road, which included a one day workshop and two three day trainings. Here they are:
INVITATION AS A LEADERSHIP TOOL
In September I hosted the third Art of Powerful Questions for IKEA i...
I've been noticing that I haven't moved as much towards my biggest goals as I would like at the moment. Instead of berating myself and pushing harder, I've realised I need to cut myself some slack.
While it may seem that I am in the valley between "back then" and "what happens next,"storytellers k...
I really enjoy being in conversation with other practitioners and hearing what's going on in other parts of the world. This week I was on the monthly Art of Hosting auf Deutsch Stammtisch call -- a time when German speakers get together to share news and insights. (And yes, I was speaking German, I ...
In June I was in Sweden hosting another Art of Powerful Questions workshop for a client. This work is like play for me -- I LOVE working with questions! They are not only a very practical leadership tool, but also a powerful opening to new possibilities and potential through seeing things in a new ...
At the end of May I was in Budapest stewarding an Art of Hosting training. Hungary is a place like many others. Control is rising. Activists and community workers are feeling despondent, desperate for resources and under threat. We don't know how much longer we can bring participatory practice.
S...
The "Am Ende ist alles Gut" podcast with Mareike Tiede
Twenty vibrant souls joined us for the Flow Game Host training in Berlin at Beachmitte April 11 - 13. At the same time, two historical threads were weaving themselves together. Toke Møller and I left Denmark for Berlin on April 9, the day 50 years ago when the Nazis invaded. We named for ourselves t...
I was in Innsbruck, Austria at the beginning of May for an Art of Hosting training. It had been seven years since the last training at Haus der Begegnung and a fresh challenge for me to see if I could deliver a training and work in German for five straight day.s
During one of the World Café round...
During the Art of Hosting training in Innsbruck last week, someone posted a session in Open Space that really caught my eye -- What does potential need to become visible?
You might also ask it like this: What is needed in me/us to be able to notice the potential that is hidden in every moment, e...