{"id":1382,"date":"2008-03-29T11:39:10","date_gmt":"2008-03-29T19:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?page_id=1382"},"modified":"2022-12-27T16:25:44","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T00:25:44","slug":"really-useful-posts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/really-useful-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"A collection of life&#8217;s lessons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I find my life becoming more and more becoming like one big teaching. From very early on, I have used my weblog as a place to do &#8220;open source learning&#8221; in the world. As a result, I have collected a number of these teachings on this weblog over the years, and here are some of the highlights.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LESSONS ABOUT WORKING WITH GROUPS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tools and Processes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=1622\">Going deep into Open Space<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=1975\">Really simple strategic planning<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=2406\">Strategic planning using Open Space and World Cafe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=843\">Making public meetings work<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=937\">Facilitate as the sky does<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=3128\">The art of giving instructions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=2996\">The tyranny of flipcharts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=905\">Using nothing but stories to experience emergence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=2035\">Otto Scharmer&#8217;s reflection questions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=1234\">Living in Open Space<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=1243\">Presence, circles and granola<\/a>: more on \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=1241\">living in Open Space<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Hosting and facilitating<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=3355\">Objections to participation in conferences<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=1307\">The difference between facilitating and hosting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=1353\">What Navajo people have to teach the world about collaboration<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=665\">Values, tools and authentic facilitation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=1352\">Working with the centre<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=1050\">Harvesting nutrients<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Seven LIttle Helpers for dialogue and action\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/seven-little-helpers-for-dialogue-and-action-part-1-presence-2\/\">Part 1: Presence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/seven-little-helpers-for-dialogue-and-action-part-2-have-a-good-question\/\">Part 2: Have a good question<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/seven-little-helpers-for-dialogue-and-action-part-3-use-a-talking-piece-2\/\">Part 3: Use a talking piece<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/seven-little-helpers-for-dialogue-and-action-part-4-harvest\/\">Part 4: Harvest<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/seven-little-helpers-for-dialogue-and-action-part-5-make-a-wise-decision\/\">Part 5: Make a wise decision<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/seven-little-helpers-for-dialogue-and-action-part-6-act\/\">Part 6; Act<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/seven-little-helpers-for-dialogue-and-action-part-7-stay-together\/\">Part 7: Stay Together<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Maps and design<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=1550\">A map for talking our way to a decision<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=1369\">Use maps, not tools<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=3369\">A basic design for extraordinary conversations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=1265\">Divergent and convergent thinking<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=1568\">Balancing work, relationships and co-learning<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=1362\">The mother map<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=1362\">Using maps to help ground hosting practice<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=1029\">The simplest way to host conversations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=837\">Designing conversations to change the world.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=690\">Keynote facilitation and changing the way conferences are designed.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Facilitation stories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hawai&#8217;i: <a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=3063\">speaking to the shadow<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=3074\">resting in the feminine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=1268\">Co-creating safety in a group<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=1367\">Presencing in a small strategic planning workshop<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=1106\">Using World Cafe in a conference setting<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>LESSONS ABOUT WORKING IN ORGANIZATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=2946\">Changing an operating system<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=1310\">Appreciative worldviews and living systems<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?cat=7\">What we can learn from mushrooms<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=1296\">Rapid prototyping at Boeing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=1267\">The gift of bureaucracy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=346\">Strategy and improvisation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>LESSONS ABOUT WORKING IN COMMUNITIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=3390\">At the intersection of power and participation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=1657\">Patterns for building community<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=2964\">Participatory community engagement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=2759\">Meg Wheatley&#8217;s 12 principles for community engagement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=3197\">Acting resourcefully in community organizing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=1257\">Hosting for conscious community to emerge<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lessons from working with the Nuxalk Nation:<a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=1177\"> A community opens space for itself,<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=1176\">Teaching and learning about leadership in a First Nations community<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=1048\">Working with community action systems<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>LESSONS ABOUT LEARNING<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=633\">At play in the fields of flow: music, writing and participation.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=946\">Remaining a learner while committing to action<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=898\">Emergent learning: watching my son teach himself to read<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=336\">How networks change learning<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>LESSONS FROM INDIGENOUS NORTH AMERICA AND BEYOND<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=1950\">Working with cultural differences in indigenous contexts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=2875\">Inuit Qaujamajatuqangit<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=1353\">The Navajo concept of k&#8217;e<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=330\">Ojibway genesis and the deep pattern of creation stories<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=343\">On dreaming and visioning<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=333\">Stories of transformation and decolonization in Open Space<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=1361\">Quantum physics and indigenous worldviews<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=1047\">Nuu-Chah-Nulth ha-wilh and co-sensing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=857\">Principles of indigenous science<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=670\">Sky Woman&#8217;s teachings about transformation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=670\">A Nuu-Chah-Nulth teaching about holding space<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=421\">Sonny Diabo and a Mohawk teaching about the path of life<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=271\">Herb Joe and a Sto:lo teaching on the perfect gift of humans<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=273\">Martin Brokenleg and the Circle of Courage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=1122\">The power of tribal structures in building peace in Somalialand<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=567\">Working with ancient patterns in the contemporary world at Sliammon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>LESSONS ABOUT LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=2207\">Turning our mind to practice<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=3250\">What it&#8217;s like to make change<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=330\">The deep pattern of our stories<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=3065\">Lessons for White Guys<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=327\">An invitation to work together<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=1316\">Four good life practices for serving the world<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=1301\">The responsibility of love<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=1272\">Sometimes our best efforts do not go amiss<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=1207\">Holding our enemies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=987\">What I learned from John Muir <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=988\">What I learned from David Newhouse<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=982\">Remembering the birth of my son<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=926\">Trust and control<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=909\">What my ancestors created together<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=890\">Productive waiting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/?p=113\">Life on a pale blue dot<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a 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From very early on, I have used my weblog as a place to do &#8220;open source learning&#8221; in the world. As a result, I have collected a number of these teachings on this weblog over the years, and here are some of the highlights. LESSONS ABOUT WORKING WITH GROUPS Tools and Processes Going deep into Open Space Really simple strategic planning Strategic planning using Open Space and World Cafe Making public meetings work Facilitate as the sky does The art of giving instructions The tyranny of flipcharts &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1382","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PiBp1-mi","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1382"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12520,"href":"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1382\/revisions\/12520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}