THANK YOU so much everyone for all of these responses. <div><br></div><div>I am drinking them all in and will share my reflections as they integrate and dance together.</div><div><br></div><div>with much gratitude,</div><div>
Ashley<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 5:11 AM, Beatriz Vera Pozzi Redko <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bvredko@attglobal.net">bvredko@attglobal.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<div><font face="Constantia">Dear Toke and all</font></div>
<div><font face="Constantia"></font> </div>
<div><font face="Constantia">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.</font></div>
<div><font face="Constantia"></font> </div>
<div><font face="Constantia">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).</font></div>
<div><font face="Constantia"></font> </div>
<div><font face="Constantia">'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.</font></div>
<div><font face="Constantia"></font> </div>
<div><font face="Constantia">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. </font></div>
<div><font face="Constantia">Follows a exemple of a cooperative action in a poor
agricultural site in Brazil.</font></div>
<div><font face="Constantia">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.</font></div>
<div><font face="Constantia">It is a family operation. Men do the hard work,
women do the plantation, children mostly talk.</font></div>
<div><font face="Constantia">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.</font></div>
<div><font face="Constantia"></font> </div>
<div><font face="Constantia">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.</font></div>
<div><font face="Constantia"></font> </div>
<div><font face="Constantia">That is going on for two years now, and people are
seeing their progress and very motivated. Every soul is responsable for
it.</font></div>
<div><font face="Constantia"></font> </div>
<div><font face="Constantia"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fflLWwLo-SE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fflLWwLo-SE</a></font></div>
<div><font face="Constantia"></font> </div>
<div><font face="Constantia">Warm greetings</font></div>
<div><font face="Constantia"></font> </div>
<div><font face="Constantia"></font> </div>
<div><font face="Constantia">Beatriz</font></div></blockquote><div><div></div><div class="h5">
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<div style="font:10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div>
<div style="font:10pt arial;background:#e4e4e4"><b>From:</b>
<a title="toke@interchange.dk" href="mailto:toke@interchange.dk" target="_blank">Toke Paludan
Møller</a> </div>
<div style="font:10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title="aoh@list.artofhosting.org" href="mailto:aoh@list.artofhosting.org" target="_blank">AoH List</a> </div>
<div style="font:10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, December 06, 2009 11:49
AM</div>
<div style="font:10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Fwd: [OSLIST] [AoH] Collective
Leadership</div>
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<div><br><br>Sendt fra min iPhone</div>
<div><br>Start på videresendt besked:<br><br></div>
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<div><b>Fra:</b> Chris Corrigan <<a href="mailto:chris@chriscorrigan.com" target="_blank">chris@chriscorrigan.com</a>><br><b>Dato:</b>
6. dec 2009 13.36.13 EET<br><b>Til:</b> <a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU" target="_blank">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a><br><b>Emne:</b>
<b>Vedr.: [OSLIST] [AoH] Collective Leadership</b><br><b>Svar til:</b>
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<div>Hello Ashley:
<div><br></div>
<div>Some reflections from three days spent exploring this question with 25
young Estonian leaders:</div>
<div><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<ul>
<li style="margin-left:15px"><a style="color:rgb(66,99,171)" href="http://chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/?p=2471" target="_blank">Day
One</a>
</li><li style="margin-left:15px"><a style="color:rgb(66,99,171)" href="http://chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/?p=2473" target="_blank">Day
Two</a>
</li><li style="margin-left:15px"><a style="color:rgb(66,99,171)" href="http://chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/?p=2477" target="_blank">Day
Three</a></li></ul>
<div>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." </div>
<div><br></div>
<div>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. </div>
<div><br></div>
<div>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?</div>
<div><br></div></span>Chris (waiting in the Helsinki airport on my way back
home).</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 7:55 PM, ashley cooper <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mail.easilyamazed@gmail.com" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:mail.easilyamazed@gmail.com" target="_blank">mail.easilyamazed@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="border-left:#ccc 1px solid;margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote">Hello,<br><br>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!<br><br>With much gratitude,<br>Ashley<br><font color="#888888"><br><br>-- <br>"This is a year that needs you to be
you."<br>~ Rabbi Ted Falcon<br><br><a href="http://www.wovenessence.net" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.wovenessence.net" target="_blank">www.wovenessence.net</a><br><a href="http://www.easilyamazed.com/blog" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.easilyamazed.com/blog" target="_blank">www.easilyamazed.com/blog</a><br>
</font></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>CHRIS CORRIGAN<br>Facilitation - Training - Process
Design<br>Open Space Technology<br><br>Weblog: <a href="http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot" target="_blank">http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot</a><br>
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