Port Hardy, BC While traveling up to Port Hardy here I ran into my friend Art Mercer who is charge of Economic Development for the Nisga’a Lisims Government. Art is one of the members of the Counsel on BC Aboriginal Economic Development, a group I have worked with a fair amount over the years. The Counsel is a body that is challenging the status quo with respect to economic development in First Nations in Canada. For the past two years they have been hosting an annual conference called “Strategic Conversations” named for the strategic plan we wrote together in 2002. …
Victor Yushchenko gave his victory speech on January 23 after Ukranians finally and officially elected him to office. It stands in stark contrast to other inaugural addressess of recent days. In it, he lays out an optimistic and idealistic program for Ukrainian progress that talks about how he will meet the expectations his people have of him. Mostly he talks about honesty. After all, how can one respond to such profound living in truth without pledging to maintain the standards set by millions of his people? Two months ago millions of people came to this Maidan, to the squares and …
And speaking of 100bloggers, the chapter I am in will also feature Michael Herman and Andy Borrows, both of whom met the other day in London and blogged about each other. Ain’t that cool?
Folks, I need some advice, and I feel a little sheepish, not wanting this to turn into some kind of cheesy vanity post. I’ve been invited to participate in the 100bloggers book project, and I’ve scoured my archives for what I think have been the most interesting posts. I count them this way largely because of the comments I have received on them. I have settled on eight posts and I’d be most grateful, if you are so inclined, for your advice on which to include. So here they are: Blogging as dreaming Creation stories Process and results Living in …
Prince George, BC Peter Lindberg blogs Elliot Eisner’s types of creativity:/eisner Boundary Pushing (the rules are too constraining) Inventing (bring things together in a new way) Boundary Breaking (the rules are the problem) Aesthetic Organizing (order and beauty from chaos) Over the past couple of days I have been working here in Prince George conducting a 1.5 day Open Space meeting with literally hundreds of people from the Prince George urban Aboriginal community. We have had upwards of 275 people coming and going over two days and all four of these forms of creativity have shown up. The theme of …