Hi Ashley
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.
I find it very inspiring.
Denise
On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:03 PM, ashley cooper wrote:
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
<bvre...@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
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Hello Ashley:
Some reflections from three days spent exploring this question
with 25 young Estonian leaders:
Day One
Day Two
Day Three
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.easilyama...@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
www.wovenessence.net
www.easilyamazed.com/blog
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CHRIS CORRIGAN
Facilitation - Training - Process Design
Open Space Technology
Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot
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