A great article about the way W.L. Gore organizes itself which is essential an open space organization. Leadership is everywhere and passion and responsibility dictate what gets done.
“Gore also believes that leadership has to be earned. It embraces what it calls “natural leadership.” Leaders at Gore gains influence by developing a track record for getting things done, and excelling at team building. They have to be talent magnets. As one associate explained “We vote with our feet. If you call a meeting and no one shows up, you’re probably not a leader because no one is willing to follow you.” Once in a leadership role, that person’s job is to strengthen and make his or her team and colleagues successful. Because Gore associates are involved with multiple teams, they may a leader on one and a regular member on another”
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Just dipping into Google+ a little more today. I’ve set up a few circles of friends, family and various professional and local communities of practice. Today I went a step further and set up a circle of “conspirators.” I intend to use this circle for posting process and facilitation design questions for clients and challenges I am currently working with and I invite you to do the same. One of the ways the social web has changed my business practice is that I rarely design projects without checking in with friends first. Usually I do this based on who is on Skype at the moment, but I am going to take the opportunity of a new social network to see if I can’t change the way I do design.
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- On the train to Seattle to drop my daughter off for Power of Hope camp and spend the night in town with Finn, father/son style. #
- Who has some good improv games to explore oppression and status in a social justice workshop? #
- 900pm on the train http://ow.ly/i/edam beside Puget Sound, rushing north to Vancouver. Seals and eagles and ravens o my! #
- Welcome Mustapha Jarju to #whitecapsfc 24 year old attacking midfielder. Fills a gap and builds for the future! #
- Rain. Long, slow, deep, cool, wintry rain. #
- Anyone up to join me at Camden Yards in Baltimore next Wednesday night for the Orioles-Red Sox? #
- Farewell to Terry Dunfield. Home town boy shipped off to #TFC Never forget your goal against TFC in the opener..#whitecapsfc #
- Part of the new kit for Modric? http://ow.ly/1uCnrQ #coys #
- Berry picking afternoon http://ow.ly/i/eoIk http://ow.ly/i/eoIq http://ow.ly/i/eoIt #
- Rainy, foggy, humid day. Heading into town to see the #whitecapsfc match. Hope the grass holds up. Finn is a flag bearer. #
- #whitecapsfc okay everyone has had their little bitchy moment. I didn't see much complaining when the mufc match was booked. Let's move on. #
- #whitecapsfc also, if you are going to heap scorn on the caps for todays cancellation at least get your facts str8. So much ignorance…. #
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Just out from an Art of Hosting practitioner. The guide is a free download:
The Lotus – A Practice Guide for Authentic Leadership in Strategic Sustainable Development – presents nine personal leadership capacities that authentic leaders find essential in their work when facilitating large-scale, complex, transformational change in organisations and communities. Furthermore, it suggests practices (ranging from contemplative and spiritual to physical, engaging both head, heart and hands) that help in developing your personal leadership capacities
via The Lotus | A Practice Guide for Authentic Leadership in Strategic Sustainable Development.
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- Branches cracking after an early morning downpour. The ravens are hoarse in their calls. The sun is burning off the fog. #
- When are we going to get serious? http://vivmcwaters.com.au/2011/07/04/when-are-we-going-to-get-serious/ #
- The wisdom of starting over: every small adjustment to the beginning determines how it will go. Get the start right, over and over again. #
- Wednesday or Thursday or Friday, my time.. #
- Anyone know what the #whitecapsfc plans for a soccer stadium are now? Grid iron lines on a soccer pitch make my eyes barf. #
- Is there other street food in Vancouver? I don't know because I just keep eating @thekaboombox. Tx guys! #
- Senior Road on a summer evening http://post.ly/2LH4E #
- RT @shiftingshape: Stewards – patterns makers, breakers and keepers: http://t.co/N75nuVL #
- RT @apod: Southern Ocean Sky: http://t.co/YHlc0ZN @vivmcw @geoffbrown3431 your neck of the woods! #
- Let's go #whitecapsfc tonight! These bets I'm laying on you against #columbuscrew are getting expensive! #
- Perfect air, perfect light, perfect morning. #
- Art of Hosting on Bowen Island, BC, Canada, October 23-26: http://t.co/uxS9EO6 Join us! #
- RT @globepolitics: Sliammon accuses Tories of ‘bad faith' negotiations: http://tgam.ca/CeRj #johnweston needs to clarify his role in this. #
- ancestral interdependence http://benjaminaaron.wordpress.com/2011/07/01/ancestral-interdependence/ #
- I liked reading 'ancestral interdependence' http://t.co/ZC1BMpk #
- http://ow.ly/i/e3WE Sitting in the garden on a summer afternoon amid swallows and chickadees and the scent of clematis. #