Over at Winkipod, Harrison Owen launches his new book (at the 2008 OSonOS) and in this Winkipodcast, Harrison explores a metaphor that links surfing at Mavericks … Open Space Technology and Self Organising systems. Given Viv and I named our podcasting blog (Winkipod) after another famous surf break (Winkipop) … it has added significance. Here is Mavericks … where the surfer is not in control of this wave! Here is Harrison Owen’s Mavericks metaphor (from the podcast above) … Mavericks is a world class surf break (with incredible power) that comes into northern California. Surfers show up when Mavericks is “on” and …

Dave Pollard and I appear to stumble upon (and notice) similar stuff. This time it’s Transition Culture. I have learned much from the Castlemaine community and they have jumped head first into the Transition Culture process which is all about making the transition from a carbon-centric to a carbon-free economy/lifestyle. Here is a description of the Transition Handbook from Rob Hopkins’ blog: “The book has three sections, the Head, the Heart and the Hands. The Head explores the issues of peak oil and climate change, and how when looked at together, we need to be focusing on the rebuilding of …

Despite the ‘seriousness’ of Climate Change … we need some more humor and creativity in this space. These were emailed to me by one of my blog subscribers today. Geoff

Whilst away in San Francisco at the 2008 World Open Space on Open Space conference, Viv chatted with 2 of Canada’s best exports! Chris Corrigan and Larry Peterson on Open Space. Over at Winkipod, we have divided this interview into 2 podcasts of roughly 20 minutes each. Enjoy! Geoff

Over at my podcast blog Winkipod, I have just posted an inspiring podcast. Viv just recorded Harrison Owen’s book launch speech at the 2008 OSOS Conference happening now in San Francisco, USA. The quality of the sound is poor, however, Harrison’s words are inspiring! Download Harrison Owen’s Book Launch Speech here Listening Tip – if you have control over the Equaliser Levels, reduce the BASS frequencies to a minimum. Cheers Geoff