I’m anticipating some lighter blogging ahead, as I will be offline for a couple of weeks after Christmas. So let me take this opportunity now to wish everyone who celebrates it, a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year to all. Thanks for another year of reading, writing, linking, and learning.
In memoriam
Genevi�ve Bergeron – H�l�ne Colgan – Nathalie Croteau – Barbara Daigneault –
Anne-Marie Edward – Maud Haviernick – Barbara Klucznik Widajewicz – Maryse Lagani�re – Maryse Leclair – Anne-Marie Lemay – Sonia Pelletier – Mich�le Richard – Annie St-Arneault – Annie Turcotte
It’s World AIDS Day, and every year, I link to an Aboriginal HIV/AIDS project. This year it’s Chee Mamuk, the Aboriginal AIDS and STD awareness program at the BC Centre for Disease Control.
In memoriam, to all the Aboriginal brothers and sisters who have succumbed to this disease, and a strong shout out to all who are living with it.
Vine Deloria, Jr. 26 March 1933 – 13 November 2005
�Instead of fighting over the idea of beginnings, the focus should be a better understanding of earth history. Then we can talk about how we think things originated.�
On November 13, Vine Deloria Jr. passed away. Joy Harjo has a nice remembrance in Indian Country.
Robyn Stratton-Berkessel posts about a great training she was a part of last week, while we were doing our OST practice workshop on Vancouver Island. And what is really cool is that she posted this diagram of the appreciative inquiry process, which is a lovely frame for doing anything really.
Naturally, this process maps nicely onto the map we use of the Open Space practices. Discovery requires Opening, Dreaming requires Inviting, Designing requires Holding and Destiny requires Grounding. And even within the positive topic choice, all of these practices come into play, as the design process that leads to an AI project, or an Open Space event demands that you use the same practices in planning as you do in execution.
When you are doing the work of conversation that is informed and connected to the heart, fractal integrity is critical because you can feel the dissonance when it’s not there.