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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.

Are you a rider on the storm?

A 'Rider on the Storm' is a term we use to describe people such as facilitators and coaches who work with organisations and individuals facing the storm of external and internal change. Professionally and personally our job is to ride the storm on an almost permenant basis. We also need to be able to ride our own professional and personal storms so they don't affect the quality of the services we offer our clients.

Does this…

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.

• Teresa teaching The Five Breaths (.amr format, 5Mb)
• Chris teaching  Wise action that lasts (mov format,…

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…

Parker Palmer

We spent December 14 - 16 growing our AoH community of practice at Ohio State University, now nearing 200-strong.  Three days of intense conversation and companionship, standing in the light of our mates in Columbus, and worldwide (Toke, Monica, Phil, Chris Corrigan: you were there in spirit). 

In thanks and appreciation, we offer part of our harvest to Hosts everywhere:

HARVEST



Come back from the fields

let them…

I came across a nice blog post on the Art of Weaving; really worthwhile reading!

Here is one of the first paragraphs:

"Weaving, the principal leadership practice in Network Organizing, is an intentional practice of helping people connect to information, opportunity, each other and, most importantly, their own personal power. Weavers do this by opening new…

Some we may win and others we may lose.

Look for the lesson in every challenge

Fight with love and put aside revenge.…

It would be very difficult to get an argument over whether the earth is round or flat. We have had over five centuries to get used to the idea that the earth is a sphere (mostly).

It is something so basic to our understanding of reality that we hardly ever have to think about it. When we are at very high altitude we may be able to see the curvature of the earth. Or…

Earlier this month, I attended an Experienced AofH Practitioner Retreat (in Daylesford, Australia). It was a wonderfully nourishing 1.5 days attended by just over 20 participants.

As part of an OST session hosted during the Retreat, I posed the question, “What are the conditions that allow spaces of non-judgment to open and remain grounded?”…