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A prophetic turn in populist politics

Back in 2022 Peter Levine – whose thought blog posts are amongst my favourite reads on a regular basis – wrote the following: The left should represent the lower-income half of the population; the right should represent the top half. When that happens, the left will generally advocate government spending and regulation. Such policies may or may not be wise, but they can be changed if they fail and prove unpopular. Meanwhile, the right will advocate less government, which (again) may or may not be desirable but will not destroy the constitutional order. After all, limited government is a self-limiting ...

A renewed set of resources for planning and facilitating Open Space Technology meetings

I finally managed to update all the broken links and misplaced resources on my Open Space Technology resources and planning pages. If you now visit the Open Space Planning page and the Open Space Resources page, all the links should be working. Anything you can’t find there is likely to be found at the Open Space World home including a library of books and papers from Harrison Owen. Thanks for everyone who kept poking at me to get this done.

The story of our local whales

A graph showing cetacean sightings in Átl’ka7tsem/Howe Sound from 2001-2018 Here in Átl’ka7tsem/Howe Sound, the return of cetaceans over the past 20 years has been truly incredible. Having been hunted to extirpation from this part of the world in the early 1900s, a single Humpback Whale made a stunning return to our inlet in 2001. Along with the Humpbacks came hope of a renewed and recovered inlet, washed free of the massive pollution problems caused by a century of logging, wood processing and mining. The explosion happened in earnest in 2010 when Pacific Whitesided Dolphins returned to Howe Sound by ...

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At the intersection of power and participation
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Leaving New York today. It has been an incredible four days here working with my good friends Kelly McGowan and Tuesday Ryan-Hart and Lex Schroeder, Aniestla Rugama, Alissa Schwartz, and Aswad…Continue

Started this conversation. Last reply by Chris Corrigan Dec 2, 2011.

Working with power
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This past week I have been in Minnesota working…Continue

Started this conversation. Last reply by Linda Joy Mitchell Dec 5, 2011.

Chris Corrigan's Facilitation tools
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Here is the collection of resources I use in my facilitation practice.  By and large these resources support facilitation of participatory and self-organizing process at scales ranging from very…Continue

Started this conversation. Last reply by Simon d'Orsogna Sep 29, 2010.

 

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Creating some theory

A group to look at trying to understand what works about participatory practice for groups and the four fold practice for individuals.  See More
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Ram Efrat joined Chris Corrigan's group
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Creating some theory

A group to look at trying to understand what works about participatory practice for groups and the four fold practice for individuals.  See More
Aug 11, 2020

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How did you learn about Art of Hosting (please add the date and place) and what attracted you to it?
I am a steward, experienced practitioner and teacher of Art of Hosting workshops.
Tell us about your experience with Art of Hosting as part of your life and work. What would you say your competence in it is? (new, starting practitioner, experienced practitioner, steward)
Steward, experienced practitioner and contributor
What is the primary field/topic/focus in your hosting work?
I work with indigenous communities, faith communities, non-profits and leadership development and especially with young and emerging leaders in North America. I have travelled to Europe, Africa and the Pacific as well to support learning in many different communities practice.
Where do you live/work?
Live on Bowen Island, BC, Canada.
Would you like to share a web address?
http://www.chriscorrigan.com

Chris Corrigan's Blog

Some useful files

An audio file of Teresa and I teaching the Berkana change model from a perspective of hosting mastery:

 

A recent source journal for the Art of Hosting.

Posted on January 25, 2011 at 4:23pm — 1 Comment

Audio files of teaching sessions from Calgary

From our recent Art of Hosting in Calgary, here are links to a number of audio files featuring Chris Corrigan, Teresa Posakony and Tenneson Woolf teaching some of the tools and frameworks we are currently using.

 

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Posted on January 17, 2011 at 4:41pm

Harvest from the Art of Hosting Calgary

In Calgary last week we used a ning replacement called webs.com to host the harvest from our days together.  If you head on over there you will find photos, Open Space reports and an extensive collection of audio files with some of the teachings we did including teachings on the Berkana model of systemic change, a framework for balancing work, co-learning and relationships, the chaordic stepping stones, the art of harvesting and a…

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Posted on January 16, 2011 at 7:16pm — 4 Comments

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