I’ve mentioned Nipun before…an amazing weblogger. Today in my RSS feeder comes this lovely analogy:
When I was trying to explain the new paradigm of a movement and the relevance of decentralization in this world, Jayeshbhai promptly summarized it — ‘Just like a banyan tree.’ Indeed. Banyan tree starts with a root but when any of its branches hit the ground, they become roots too. In a short period, it’s impossible to figure out the original root, and it’s also very difficult to remove a banyan tree.
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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 century are lessons that can benefit all communities struggling with defining themselves, using their assets and resources and institutionalizing new ways of becoming more free in a global context.
Spend some time watching the video (especially Patrica Montour’s presentation on revolution and empowerment) and browsing some of the research papers and thinking about how they might apply to your own community, state, province or country. This is a big “good news” story for First Nations and it shows that we are leading the way in opening up and testing new ideas about what governance means.
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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.
The project involves a number of communities, community organizations, youth, service providers and government looking at youth suicide prevention. What I am interested in is simply connecting with others and talking about design issues. All I can offer in return is a series of decent conversations at this point and some assessment of how a collaborative conversation can unfold using some of these tools. You’ll also have the satisfaction of contributing thinking to a serious issue facing First Nations youth in this country and I’ll willingly offer what I can to any of your projects in return.
For us consultants labouring alone, working on local issues in a global community, the world is our water cooler and the internet is what makes it work. If you want to play drop me an email (chris@chriscorrigan.com) or Skype me at chriscorrigan.
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Found, on a sign on our main road here on Bowen Island.
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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.
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