The website of the National Centre for First Nations Governance is finally online. This is a huge addition to First Nations communities, and dare I say, many other places as well. The Centre is a kind of open source research and dialogue hub for leading edge thinking and conversation on First Nations governance along the lines of the Delgamuukw site we prepared for the Assembly of First Nations. As I have said all along, the lessons that are being learned as First Nations experiment and implement new forms of governance based on traditional processes that are valid for the 21st …
I’m interested in how blogging, email and Skype connect us and more importantly, what we do with those connections. This has been the subject of conversations I’ve recently had with Rob Paterson and George Nemeth among others. Now I’d like to put this to the test, but reaching out across the blogosphere using these tools to gather ideas on a project I’m working on. I’m beginning a new process with a client to design an appreciative summit for a group of First Nations. I’d like to use this opportunity to practice connecting with people over Skype to bounce ideas around. …
Directions for finding God Found, on a sign on our main road here on Bowen Island. Technorati Tags: God
The 2005 iteration of a 14 year tradition, the annual Open Space on Open Space will take place this year in Halifax,. Nove Scotia. And despite it being on the other side of our continent, it’s still closer to me this year than it has been since I co-hosted the gathering in 2001. So I’m going. And if you are interested in Open Space Technology, and free August 4-6, you might consider joining us in Halifax. Technorati Tags: openspace, conferences, halifax
While I was in Prince George, David Stevenson and I rejigged the OST practice workshop that Michael Herman and I have been delivering around the world over the last two years. We changed it from two days of mostly open space, to four half days of focus on the practices of opening, inviting, holding and practicing. I sent the design to Michael and he pushed the parts around a little and came up with this riff: “1. practice of opening. it’s about willingness. willingness to see, to know, to open. it’s personal and reflective, but can be felt physically in …