[AoH] Collective Leadership

Tue Dec 8 11:03:19 PST 2009

THANK YOU so much everyone for all of these responses.

I am drinking them all in and will share my reflections as they integrate
and dance together.

with much gratitude,
Ashley

On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 5:11 AM, Beatriz Vera Pozzi Redko <
bvredko at attglobal.net> wrote:

>  Dear Toke and all
>
> Somehow I feel that in this word of communication and computers and this
> current thinking of 'I' nobody accepts the word 'leadership' well . Everyone
> develops 'hers' or 'his' thoughts by herself or himself. People are very
> informed those days, in all places around the globe.
>
> As a Brazilian educator, Paulo Freire said: "Nobody teaches no one. We
> learn from each other, mediated by the word" (Ninguem ensina ninguem.
> Aprendemos uns com os outros, mediados pelo mundo).
>
> 'Leadership' takes out part of the inniciative of the others. All the
> participants are equaly important on the process. We only can contribute
> with some ideas every now and then. And in listening their ideas, most of
> the time more adequate to solve their problems than ours.
>
> In rural areas the poor people really wants to know how to feed their
> children, to pay their debts and to educate  well their children.
> Follows a exemple of a cooperative action in a poor agricultural site in
> Brazil.
> Around 15 families meet on Sundays on Spring and on Summer to enrich with
> trees the slopes near the rivers in their small properties (less than 10 ha)
> to warrant that the rivers do not get dry. Each Sunday everybody goes to one
> site.
> It is a family operation. Men do the hard work, women do the plantation,
> children mostly talk.
> It is a wonderful endeavour, but if the local Major do not provide them
> with the transportation and with the seeds, it would not be possible.
>
> A important thing is that all men and women are equally important on the
> decisions, and every Sunday the family that hosts the gathering takes most
> of the responsabilities.
>
> That is going on for two years now, and people are seeing their progress
> and very motivated. Every soul is responsable for it.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fflLWwLo-SE
>
> Warm greetings
>
>
> Beatriz
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Toke Paludan Møller <toke at interchange.dk>
> *To:* AoH List <aoh at list.artofhosting.org>
> *Sent:* Sunday, December 06, 2009 11:49 AM
> *Subject:* Fwd: [OSLIST] [AoH] Collective Leadership
>
>
>
> Sendt fra min iPhone
>
> Start på videresendt besked:
>
>  *Fra:* Chris Corrigan <chris at chriscorrigan.com>
> *Dato:* 6. dec 2009 13.36.13 EET
> *Til:* <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> *Emne:* *Vedr.: [OSLIST] [AoH] Collective Leadership*
> *Svar til:* OSLIST <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
>
>  Hello Ashley:
>
> Some reflections from three days spent exploring this question with 25
> young Estonian leaders:
>
>    - Day One <http://chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/?p=2471>
>    - Day Two <http://chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/?p=2473>
>    - Day Three <http://chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/?p=2477>
>
> One of the ways we structured this learning journey was by exploring "the
> Art of Participatory Leadership" which is kind of an inquiry from how
> participatory methods work, and noticing what moves into larger fields and
> contexts.  Our basic frame from the three days was: Basics - Tools -
> Application" and the mode we used was "noticing."  We spent the first day
> just noticing what the basic patterns of participatory leadership are, what
> we have learned from Open Space and World Cafe and other forms and methods
> and then thinking about how to apply those basics to other areas of work,
> including invitation, organization, management, leadership and so on.   I
> love what Michael has written about noticing on the OSLIST around this
> discussion. I was coming into this teachings space after having spent some
> time playing and learning about applied improvisational theatre and one of
> the basics there is "notice more, change less."
>
> I think we are addicting to a perceived need for change, and that what is
> required is somehow to cultivate a stillness in ourselves to be able to
> deeply notice resources, and opportunities and connections and emergence
> that is flowing by in the ever changing stream of the world.  So I'm playing
> a lot with that practice these days.
>
> Collective leadership is always present, and with space, invitation,
> relationship and practice we can very quickly and simply evoke the energy
> for it to emerge.  And the quickest way to that evocation is resting and
> noticing that we already have those basic materials in hand, it is simply a
> matter of inviting a collective noticing and then asking: what can we now do
> together?
>
> Chris (waiting in the Helsinki airport on my way back home).
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 7:55 PM, ashley cooper <<mail.easilyamazed at gmail.com>
> mail.easilyamazed at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm curious... What is important when inviting a group into collective
>> leadership? What first comes to your mind as being of essence when creating
>> such a field of practice and structure for action? Maybe a principle comes
>> to mind, specific practices, resources that have good ideas, your cherished
>> opinions... I'm interested in what pops up first!
>>
>> With much gratitude,
>> Ashley
>>
>>
>> --
>> "This is a year that needs you to be you."
>> ~ Rabbi Ted Falcon
>>
>> <http://www.wovenessence.net>www.wovenessence.net
>> <http://www.easilyamazed.com/blog>www.easilyamazed.com/blog
>>
>
>
>
> --
> CHRIS CORRIGAN
> Facilitation - Training - Process Design
> Open Space Technology
>
> Weblog: <http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot>
> http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot
> Site: <http://www.chriscorrigan.com>http://www.chriscorrigan.com
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