Nearly 3 years on and 350 blog posts later, I though it was time reflect on the BIG lessons – those ah-ha moments and times when writing things down changed my worldview.
Blogging is about the most important thing I do in life. The craft of writing allows me to explore emergent ideas. The reading of other people’s blogs nourishes my own learning and challenges what I believe. When other’s pick up my ideas and build on them … that’s a gift. Something that my mate Chris Corrigan calls The Gift Economy.
“An idea isn’t anything until it’s been published and offered to the world” Can’t remember who said this?
So, as I reflect on 3 years of writing, here are the posts, stories and ideas that I seem to get drawn back to again and again …
Facilitation
My reflections & lessons from the year 2010
The day after open Space – reflecting on a 4 day gathering
Rapid reflections on facilitation
The SLIPs – and how we collaborate across the oceans
Which conversation do you choose?
Unconferencing – a new standard for conferences
Space Invaders, Holding Space and Improvisation
Collaboration & Connections
Emerging possibilities & collaboration
Community & Emergence
Starting Somewhere – a local community story
The fun & improvisation of a music festival – the back story
Sustainability
Community Home Assessment Training Model
Complexity & all things Wicked
Great use of YouTube by Dave Snowden – a range of videos that have shaped my thinking
My introduction to Systems Thinking
Agile planning – the observations of a facilitator
Podcasts I’ve been involved in (mostly with my colleague & friend Viv McWaters) …
Participatory Evaluation of a Community Leadership Training Program – with participants from the program
Using Improv to Save the World – with Belina Raffy (Maffick Ltd) and Andy Middleton (TYF Ecosapiens)
Bushfire Recovery & Community Leadership – with Viv McWaters and Nicole Hunter
Why facilitation is necessary after a disaster – Viv and I chat with Gil Brenson-Lazan
Interview with Patti Digh from ’37 Days’ and ‘The Circle Project’
Interview with Anne Pattillo on Facilitation
How stuff spreads & changes
Big lessons from a Sustainability Behaviour Change project – a turning point in my life
A personal story about food, people and change
Improv
The Improvisation of Bodhichitta
Trying too hard- a personal story
Put down your clever & pick up your ordinary
Space Invaders, Holding Space and Improvisation
Visual Thinking & Presentations
A visual story of the “Show Me The Change Conference”
Conversations lead to flow & creativity – 2010 Gurteen Knowledge Cafe with the RSA (Aust/NZ chapter) and KLMF
Seth Hierarchy of Presentations
The Space between Action Learning & Social Media – 2009 ALARA Conference
Starting somewhere – a community story