Category Archives: Hosting
Reflections on Chaordic Stepping Stones
The following are reflections in response to questions from a group of Indian practitioners. This group is in the early stages of co-creating and nurturing the development of a ‘Community of Practice’ (COP) among hosting practitioners in India. … Continue reading
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Self-Organisation, Open Source Learning and Participatory Leadership in Crisis
Here is a link to the article that I wrote about my experiences attempting to apply participatory leadership practices during the ‘refugee crisis’ in the Balkans in 2015. Gratitude to the Journal of the Association for Management Education and Development for publishing … Continue reading
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Tagged Art of Hosting, Balkans, learnings, Participatory Leadership, reflections, refugees
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Powerful Questions
Here is the third piece of writing that I have been working in collaboration with Helen TitchenBeeth to revise the Art of Hosting workbook (what I prefer to think of as a companion guide) in preparation for an upcoming training. This has … Continue reading
The Chaordic Path
I have recently been working in collaboration with Helen TitchenBeeth to revise the Art of Hosting workbook (what I prefer to think of as a companion guide) in preparation for an upcoming training. This has given me the opportunity to revisit … Continue reading
The Four-Fold Practice
I have recently been working in collaboration with Helen TitchenBeeth to revise the Art of Hosting workbook (what I prefer to think of as a companion guide) in preparation for an upcoming training. This has given me the opportunity to revisit … Continue reading
Questions from the Global South
Its been four months now that I have been in India and China with the intention of “preparing the field” and it feels like it is time to be harvesting some learnings from this journey. My hesitance and procrastination suggest … Continue reading
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Being the Sacred Other
It was 5:55PM and we were scheduled to begin at 6:00 and still we did not have the design. Narayan, my co-host, and I had just met for nearly three hours with four young Chinese women to sense into the … Continue reading
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Tagged Art of Hosting, China, Sacred Other, warrior, World Cafe
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Finance Innovation Lab
“How can we build a financial system that really sustains people and planet?” This is an inspiring story of the Finance Innovation Lab project in the UK. They are using the tools of conversational leadership to explore finance and economics … Continue reading
The Story of The Art of Hosting
Toke, Monica and Jan share stories of how they discovered the patterns that have become the Art of Hosting.
The story of Art of Hosting from Art of Hosting on Vimeo.
Art of Hosting Story and Lineage
My friend, Tim Merry, does a nice description of where the Art of Hosting came from and confronts the tension of growth in the AoH community. “None of us owned it but we all deeply trusted it.”
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