Navajo people call human beings “five-fingered” people. This refers to the way that Navajos relate their clan connections using the fingers of their hands. The thumb is “shay”, myself. And each one is imprinted with a unique spiral pattern. This spiral pattern is said to emerge when a child has spirit blown into it be the ye’i – the ancestors, who also produce the spiral of hair on the top of each person’s head. The spiral gives life. From there, each person can recite their clan heritage through the remaining four fingers, their father and mother, their father’s mother and …
The Be The Change Earth Alliance presents their kick off symposium on March 28 in Vancouver: You are invited to Be The Change that our planet and all beings are calling for. This volunteer-based citizen engagement program is co-arising to inspire and support each of us in the significant role we have to play at this important ecological time in history. Be The Change begins with a Symposium to activate the calling continues with Be The Change Action Circles that support us in the ongoing transformative process celebrates our commitment and actions with an annual Festival in October engages us …
Last wekk I was working with some good friends – Kyra Mason, Thomas Ufer, Ruth Lyall, Jennifer Charlesworth and Nanette Taylor. Together we designed and delivered a one day workshop on what we called “Chaordic Leadership in Changing Times.” The focus of the workshop was collaborative leadership practice and we were asking questions about collaborating around a movement in the child and family services sector in British Columbia. Collaborative leadership practice has a couple of key capacities. First is the ability to be in and hold space for conversations that matter. The second is the practice of developing and holding …
Crystal glass water music Indivisible oneness: a gorgeous essay by Evelyn Rodriguez Rheingold on the coming age of cooperation Go fill your ears with music: The mammoth list of mp3 blogs The Grand Plan to get the US onto to solar energy. Some fine organizational tools for non-profits and philanthropic endeavours An amazing conversation on the collective Buddha
Jack Ricchiuto on the “point” of stories: It’s a good day when we’re open spaces for the stories of others. We close this space by hoping people get to conclusions in their stories. Stories are not about conclusions, they’re about the weaving of reality from the fibers and colors and textures of our experience. I was in a workshop yesterday, doing a little teaching about organizational forms and at one point I was going to tell a story about working in networks. Something came over me and I stopped and said “someone tell me a story about the …