Just back from Maui, quickly becoming one of my favourite places on earth next to the little Pacific island I live on. Two weeks gloriously unplugged, so out of touch that my mother in law had to phone us from Vancouver to pass on a tsunami warning last week. I spent the fortnight boogie bording at beaches like this one – kamaole Beach in Kihei – as well as getting hosted by a myriad of fish on the near shore coral reefs at Ulua Beach, Keawakapu and Ka’anapali. I picked up a boatload of music, mostly slack …
We have come to the end of a very busy year, and one which has been incredibly rich in terms of experiences, partners and projects. And so, as I do at every year end, I’d like to acknowledge the my clients and partners for 2006: Clients Association for Community Education of BC British Columbia Academic Health Council Beloit College Leadership Institute Berkana Institute Boeing Greater Vancouver Centre for Aboriginal Business Centre for Sustainability at the Vancouver Foundation First Nations Summit Chiefs Health Committee Child and Youth Officer for British Columbia The Dalai Lama Centre Department of Fisheries and Oceans – …
This is a dark time of year, and the light is returning. It is a time for rebirth. My friend Finn Voldtofte died last night. He was well known in the world cafe community as well as in communities of practice in Europe looking at collective intellegence. He was an early designer of the Art of Hosting and the flow game. Finn was with us here on Bowen Island in November at a gathering we held looking at conscious evolution. He was sick while he was here, and upon returning home he discovered that he had pnuemonia and leukemia. Back …
My friend Alex Kjerulf has just released his new book about happiness at work. Alex is a true clown in many senses of the word bringing joy and humour to everything he does. How do I know? Well, in November 2003 he suggested that we swap blogs for a week. It was a crazy experiement and it drove some of our readers nuts. I wasn’t too high on it either, but I was game for a go. When I switched to wordpress the author marking fuction didn’t come over in the import, but Alexe’s post are …