Chris Chapman's Page

Welcome to participants of the Art of Hosting through Play, on its first edition at Mas Fontarnau, Vic, Spain!! (6-9 June 2013)See More

The leading edge of playful, co-creative leadership.Our interest is in the potential of play to spark moments of inspired co-creation that lead to wise and sustained action.How can play add to all those wonderful tools and resources we already have ?*  We want to show up as our whole selves and set ourselves free to experiment and innovate together.*  We want to explore how play can help us to access the deep wisdom and collective intelligence that we might otherwise miss*  We want to discover…See More

(CLDI - stands for Collaborative Leadership Development Initiative - it is a deliberately clumsy holding name waiting for a better name to emerge - about 50 people are in it at the moment)- the physical representation that came to us was a circle of friends, but something organic that could morph, split and un-split into different shapes at different times- thinking of this 'cldi' thing in terms of lifestages feels important, not just being concerned with how it is now or in any particular…See More

We Had Tired of Confusion – Roger Lipsey We had tired of confusion, stupidity, and evil And so we climbed the mountain to see From a great height, through clearest air, The grand design. We saw the abstract Of experience: the sacred algorithm That shakes itself into ten thousand forms and lives, Sets the swarm in motion though it is simple in itself, Even slightly naive. We were dazzled. But my wife was soon uneasy. 'I miss little things,' she said. 'I can’t see threads or bugs Or harmless…See More

A space for the ongoing harvest from the January 2012 Art of Hosting training held in The Burren, Co. Clare, Ireland.See More

Developing and connecting AoH/Participatory Leadership Communities of Practice in a translocal learning community. Exploring CoP questions, co-learning, sharing stories and protypes and supporting each other’s work. You will also find links to other sites and online groups, as far as we know about them!See More

Exchange on how to practice AoH in schools, the education system, non-formal education, etc.