I was recently blown away by a deeply powerful post on Linked In. Strategic leadership coach David Hutchens quotes Chilean bioethicist Humberto Maturana, who wrote: “Love is the only emotion that can increase the intelligence of the system.” Then David follows up on this by asking us, “Does that stop you in your tracks like […]
I’ll start with some personal context, and a celebration… My dissertation is complete!!! YAY!!!! As in, finished and approved… not only that, my doctoral journey is complete, as well!!!! A thousand times YAY!!!!!!!!!! So, I am now officially the bearer of a “PhD” (or, as my friend Fred would teasingly call it, “Piled higher and […]
SO happy to celebrate, that my dissertation is at the copy-editors! It has been a looong process.. and, I am also celebrating the launch of my new newsletter / email list, The Listening Arts… I will continue to share my learnings and musings there, on the various topics I’ve blogged about here in the past, […]
“Democracy may not exist, but we’ll miss it when it’s gone” –the provocative title to Astra Taylor’s awesome book – is feeling hugely apt to the times we are in. It’s 2022, and here in the U.S. many of us are extremely concerned about the next elections. It’s clear that some are attempting to regain […]
hello again! in case you’ve not noticed, I’ve been an infrequent blogger at best… 🙂 at times over the years, I’ve wanted to share something here, yet worried that it might be too academic or geeky… other times, I wanted to write on a topic that seemed a bit afield from “The Listening Arts”. Or, […]
Parallels we’ve experienced between Constellations and Dynamic Facilitation The following sketch of the underlying dynamics of emergence began as a conversation between Halina Rozensztrauch and my husband Bruce Nayowith, about the dynamics of Constellations experiences they had shared. It then evolved as Bruce and I began to explore the parallels between Constellations and Dynamic Facilitation. […]
While only an occasional blogger at best, this has been quite a hiatus for me: it’s been a year since my last post here. In addition to work with facilitation and coaching clients, and a concerted effort to make progress on my doctoral studies, there were several months of working as a volunteer with Marianne […]
Recently, I’ve been working with colleagues on a revision to the Wise Democracy Pattern Language. We are about to publish a 2.0 card deck which will soon be available for purchase, unlike the previous version which was only available in a do-it-yourself, download-and-print format. It’s been a real pleasure to be working on this […]
In the last few years, I’ve been exploring the use of Empathy Circles with some of my organizational clients, with facilitator learning groups, and in communication workshops. I’ve been finding that it is a great introduction and warm-up for Dynamic Facilitation, one of my core practices, as it offers everyone in the room the opportunity to […]
For this blog post, I wanted to share an edited version of a letter I wrote recently, to some climate change activists whom I know and love. I’m thinking that its contents may be relevant, beyond those for whom it was originally intended… Dear friends, I am writing to you in response to some […]
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