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Rise up you guilty ones!

July 27, 2011 By BC, Collaboration, Community, Leadership, Organization

What a pattern…all over the world police attacking citizens…it happened here in Canada too last year during the G20 talks (that probably had some bearing on what subsequently unfolded in Greece).  The most powerful line in that video is that one that welcomes us to the age where everyone is innocent except the people, who are guilty.  That is a stirring reminder of how this story is being told.

If you are not a part of the problem, you cannot be a part of the solution!  So, proud to stand with all those who identify as “guilty.”  Time for those who don’t declare any responsibility for the state of the world to move aside.

Hope emerges

July 27, 2011 By Uncategorized

A nice quote from the website of an organization I am working with these days:

Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.

— Lin Yutang, Chinese author, inventor, and translator who was once detained at Ellis Island

Upcoming Art of Hosting learning events

July 26, 2011 By Art of Hosting One Comment

Three Art of Hosting learning events are coming up this fall in western Canada.  Join us in Saskatoon or here on Bowen Island to explore the leadership capacities needed for convening the conversations that matter in our time.

 

The week’s tweets

July 24, 2011 By Notes

  • RT @dweinberger: My take on PR, @Edelman_Trust and Murdoch http://bit.ly/oqNczs @prwelsh #
  • Left Baltimore early this morning. At 400am it was already 32 degrees C and humid. Hottest pre-dawn ever. #
  • I'm not going to the Galaxy match to see Beckham…I'm going to see if the #whitecapsfc can beat them. Suspension=good news! go Caps! #
  • Shocking. –> The Killing Of Bin Laden Worsened Americans' Views Of US Muslims http://zite.to/oeX0PY via @zite #
  • Essential. RT @Braddo: A Compilation of work from John Holt – One of The Founders of the Home Education Movement http://j.mp/qmTMTd #

Open space organization at W.L. Gore

July 21, 2011 By Leadership, Open Space, Organization

A great article about the way W.L. Gore organizes itself which is essential an open space organization. Leadership is everywhere and passion and responsibility dictate what gets done.

“Gore also believes that leadership has to be earned. It embraces what it calls “natural leadership.” Leaders at Gore gains influence by developing a track record for getting things done, and excelling at team building. They have to be talent magnets. As one associate explained “We vote with our feet. If you call a meeting and no one shows up, you’re probably not a leader because no one is willing to follow you.” Once in a leadership role, that person’s job is to strengthen and make his or her team and colleagues successful. Because Gore associates are involved with multiple teams, they may a leader on one and a regular member on another”