It has been a light week of blogging – I’m taking some time off. At any rate, here are a few notes I’ve collected. The Tällberg Forum: Every year all sorts of interesting people gathering in Sweden to ask questions like “How on Earth can we live together?” You can follow along with their conversations. (via The World Cafe blog) Photography of stones from Douglas Ledbetter and Ashley Cooper. Had some pieces of anarchy come through the filter this week. First, Rukavina on anarchist babysitting, next Pollard on possibility and third, “Anarchism in America” a great full length film. And …
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Towards a New Process for Learning What is Important Dave Pollard on learning, community and entrepreneurship (tags: change community economics education learning networks politics) The 24 Hour Challenge: Internet Marketing Without Sleep Mark Blair stays up all night to market The Age of Conversation using all of the best web tools available. (tags: web marketing ageofconversation) Eight Random Things A beautiful visual and text post from Amanda, a woman whose experience of randomness is filtered through autism and her own way of communicating with the world. (tags: autism being) The Art of War by Sun Tzu The Taoist classic of …
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From a lecture by Phillip K. Dick called “How to Build a Universe That Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later”: “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.”
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My partner Caitlin is a master of compassionate inquiry. For years she has been working with Byron Katie’s work, using it with herself, in her coaching practice and with our family. She was recently interviewed for Byron Katie’s next book on how the work has changed her parenting, and that interview appeared today on Katie’s website. A bonus she has discovered in her new way of being is that her children involve her more in their processes. They trust her to be present and simply curious with them about whatever they’re dealing with. Together, they come up with ideas and …
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The Age of Conversation launches today. It is a collection of mostly marketing writers who have contributed some thoughts on what conversation means in the branding world. I found myself among them, contributing a short piece on open listening. The book is available at lulu.com and proceeds are going to charity. We’ve even had our first review. Here is the list of authors for your perusal: Gavin Heaton Drew McLellan CK Valeria Maltoni Emily Reed Katie Chatfield Greg Verdino Mack Collier Lewis Green Sacrum Ann Handley Mike Sansone Paul McEnany Roger von Oech Anna Farmery David Armano Bob Glaza Mark …