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Hi Ashley<div><br></div><div>thanks for sending along Beatriz e-mail - I didn't see this one on the OS List - did I miss it, or did you find it in another venue.</div><div><br></div><div>I find it very inspiring.</div><div><br></div><div>Denise</div><div><div><div>On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:03 PM, ashley cooper wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">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;"> <div bgcolor="#ffffff"> <blockquote style="margin-right:0px" dir="ltr"> <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"> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <blockquote style="border-left:#000000 2px solid;padding-left:5px;padding-right:0px;margin-left:5px;margin-right:0px" dir="ltr"> <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> <div><br></div> <div><br><br>Sendt fra min iPhone</div> <div><br>Start på videresendt besked:<br><br></div> <blockquote type="cite"> <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> OSLIST <<a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU" target="_blank">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a>><br><br></div></blockquote> <div></div> <blockquote type="cite"> <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> Site: <a href="http://www.chriscorrigan.com" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.chriscorrigan.com" target="_blank">http://www.chriscorrigan.com</a><br><br><br></div>* * ========================================================== <a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU" target="_blank">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a> ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of <a href="mailto:oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu" target="_blank">oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu</a>: <a href="http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html" target="_blank">http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html</a> To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist" target="_blank">http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist</a> </div></blockquote></blockquote></div></div></div> </blockquote></div><br></div> * * ========================================================== OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu: <a href="http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html">http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html</a> To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist">http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist</a></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>*
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