- Rainbow over the Strait of Georgia http://post.ly/1k7F5 #
- Happy "change the clocks for no reason whatsoever" day, spring version. People from sane places must think this is a massive practical joke. #
- Early morning gales gusting 50 clicks with driving rain and moaning trees. #
- “@naomidenbesten: "Principles and practices are much more useful than rules & tools" http://t.co/FDQ420l” <– in complexity, 2 b clear. Tx! #
- Blueprint for life: hip hop for the Arctic… http://t.co/5vnoNQj #
- nice collection of links on #communityengagement http://t.co/eSWWhwc #
- Another night of gales and rain as a crumbling hurricane comes ashore. #
- John Baker wins the #Iditarod in record time! Yay for Kotzebue! baker rocks it N8V style! #eskimosaladmakesyoursledrun #
- The long cold spring continues. Gales and rain at night relax into a turgid silvery dawn. #
- Waiting http://flic.kr/p/9qR3xr #
- Highly recommended…experience powerful transformative inquiry with The Work of Byron Katie with Caitlin Frost: http://t.co/B5HOBW0 #
- Grafitti wall in #openspace http://flic.kr/p/9r7rpr #
- Running an interesting #openspace today mostly with BC First Nations leadership on social collaboration @FNHC #
- “@ChairFNHC: Using my ears, heart, & brain to listen & learn is hard work. It was a great day with leaders on child poverty.” #openspace #
- Amazing day in #openspace with BC First Nation leaders on transforming collaboration. Very good closing circle on values. Thanks @ChairFNHC #
- Good teaching from today: meetings are different when we exchange gifts and there are teachings. Why isn't every meeting like a potlatch? #
- Very high tide this morning. Logs bumping the pier like the proverbial troll under the bridge. #
- All right Vancouver! Tomorrow let's make EVERY side the Southside! @southsiders #WhitecapsFC OK!!!!! #
- #WhitecapsFC let's make every side the Southside today! Looking forward to singing my heart out for the blue and white! @Southsiders #
- Just climbed on the #Whitecapsfc special bus at Phibbs Exchange in North Van. Atmosphere already! #
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This is state representative Cory Mason in Wisconsin fiercely and gently outlining what has gone wrong in that state and standing up for the rights of citizens, workers and the media against the tyranny of Gov. Walker’s plans.
What is going on in Wisconsin is big and important. Have a listen and see what you can learn.
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- Beautiful springy morning on the coast. Heading to Ottawa for the week. #
- How You Can Become a Commoner | On the Commons http://t.co/ehf7FWB #
- Another beautiful winter day in Ottawa. Getting ready to #openspace on Aboriginal inclusion in the forest products sector. #
- Good morning. Big day for Tottenham. Do something #arsenalfc couldn't!
Come
On
You
Spurs!!!!
- Blizzarding in Ottawa. It's true: hell does freeze over. #
- “@jamesglave: Elle, at citizenship ceremony in Vancouver: "am canuck" #crushedtohavemissedit € <– she'll make a great hoser James! #
- “This is the most common complaint about PowerPoint. Instead of human contact, we are given human display.” http://t.co/PjarZtq #
- Back home on Bowen in the temperate rain. #
- After a fierce Pineapple Express all night the morning is grey damp and warm. #
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Some observations from recently harvesting for a group. The harvest artifact above is a sketch I did on a flipchart in the middle of a group last week who were debriefing conversations they were having about power. In the course of a 40 minute conversation, the group raised a number of types of power they perceived, based on stories they were telling and insights that were coming up.
I was reflecting afterwards with my colleague Ginny Belden-Charles on types of typologies. There are two kinds of categorization we were exploring and it is important not to confuse them, but to use them usefully. One is the typical piece of typology used as a meaning making scheme or categorization. In Cynefin terms this is the categorization scheme for simple decision making. In nominal group technique it is the categories. It could alos be the taxonomic ranking system in biology where an agreed upon set of categories is very important. In this case I think the categorization scheme matters as much as the content. For example, if we are solving a mechanical problem, we need to know which causes arise from materials, from human intervention, from fluids and so on. The categorization scheme matters.
The harvest above is an example of a categorization scheme that is a mnemonic, and is purely subjective. It is my own way of perceiving and remembering the conversation, and in that respect it can evoke the quality of the conversation as well as the points of content that were touched upon, but the meaning making scheme is not necessarily important. It is not always important that we check out the categorization scheme with the group (although it might be). It is useful to have the group add to a graphic like this.
Both of these schemes are important, and it is important to be conscious of how a harvester is using them.
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- Four inches of slushsnow melting in a light sleetrain. This is the land of hybrid weather, especially this springwinter. #
- great article on the democratic revolutions sweeping the world and implications for China http://bit.ly/hZudLy #
- The dawn chorus has resumed its din, back from a hiatus of being frozen solid. #
- Cold air, bright sun and call of a blue jay on a Minnesota winter morning. http://yfrog.com/hsrhhuj #
- Another phenomenal lunch @thekaboombox. Heading home to check the dictionary for more superlatives. I'm all out of the ones I know. #
- 7222 http://t.co/uC1OChb really important piece on social tech as tools for revolutions but no substitute for hard work. #
- pregrieving – DeepFUN http://t.co/yiL9sh2 Bernie dekoven on how reflecting on the inevitable death of a lover touches deep joy. #
- A third option on the park debate http://post.ly/1hoEX #