THANK YOU so much everyone for all of these responses. I am drinking them all in and will share my reflections as they integrate and dance together.
with much gratitude, Ashley On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 5:11 AM, Beatriz Vera Pozzi Redko < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear Toke and all > > Somehow I feel that in this word of communication and computers and this > current thinking of 'I' nobody accepts the word 'leadership' well . Everyone > develops 'hers' or 'his' thoughts by herself or himself. People are very > informed those days, in all places around the globe. > > As a Brazilian educator, Paulo Freire said: "Nobody teaches no one. We > learn from each other, mediated by the word" (Ninguem ensina ninguem. > Aprendemos uns com os outros, mediados pelo mundo). > > 'Leadership' takes out part of the inniciative of the others. All the > participants are equaly important on the process. We only can contribute > with some ideas every now and then. And in listening their ideas, most of > the time more adequate to solve their problems than ours. > > In rural areas the poor people really wants to know how to feed their > children, to pay their debts and to educate well their children. > Follows a exemple of a cooperative action in a poor agricultural site in > Brazil. > Around 15 families meet on Sundays on Spring and on Summer to enrich with > trees the slopes near the rivers in their small properties (less than 10 ha) > to warrant that the rivers do not get dry. Each Sunday everybody goes to one > site. > It is a family operation. Men do the hard work, women do the plantation, > children mostly talk. > It is a wonderful endeavour, but if the local Major do not provide them > with the transportation and with the seeds, it would not be possible. > > A important thing is that all men and women are equally important on the > decisions, and every Sunday the family that hosts the gathering takes most > of the responsabilities. > > That is going on for two years now, and people are seeing their progress > and very motivated. Every soul is responsable for it. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fflLWwLo-SE > > Warm greetings > > > Beatriz > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Toke Paludan Møller <[email protected]> > *To:* AoH List <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Sunday, December 06, 2009 11:49 AM > *Subject:* Fwd: [OSLIST] [AoH] Collective Leadership > > > > Sendt fra min iPhone > > Start på videresendt besked: > > *Fra:* Chris Corrigan <[email protected]> > *Dato:* 6. dec 2009 13.36.13 EET > *Til:* <[email protected]>[email protected] > *Emne:* *Vedr.: [OSLIST] [AoH] Collective Leadership* > *Svar til:* OSLIST <[email protected]> > > Hello Ashley: > > Some reflections from three days spent exploring this question with 25 > young Estonian leaders: > > - Day One <http://chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/?p=2471> > - Day Two <http://chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/?p=2473> > - Day Three <http://chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/?p=2477> > > One of the ways we structured this learning journey was by exploring "the > Art of Participatory Leadership" which is kind of an inquiry from how > participatory methods work, and noticing what moves into larger fields and > contexts. Our basic frame from the three days was: Basics - Tools - > Application" and the mode we used was "noticing." We spent the first day > just noticing what the basic patterns of participatory leadership are, what > we have learned from Open Space and World Cafe and other forms and methods > and then thinking about how to apply those basics to other areas of work, > including invitation, organization, management, leadership and so on. I > love what Michael has written about noticing on the OSLIST around this > discussion. I was coming into this teachings space after having spent some > time playing and learning about applied improvisational theatre and one of > the basics there is "notice more, change less." > > I think we are addicting to a perceived need for change, and that what is > required is somehow to cultivate a stillness in ourselves to be able to > deeply notice resources, and opportunities and connections and emergence > that is flowing by in the ever changing stream of the world. So I'm playing > a lot with that practice these days. > > Collective leadership is always present, and with space, invitation, > relationship and practice we can very quickly and simply evoke the energy > for it to emerge. And the quickest way to that evocation is resting and > noticing that we already have those basic materials in hand, it is simply a > matter of inviting a collective noticing and then asking: what can we now do > together? > > Chris (waiting in the Helsinki airport on my way back home). > > > On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 7:55 PM, ashley cooper <<[email protected]> > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I'm curious... What is important when inviting a group into collective >> leadership? What first comes to your mind as being of essence when creating >> such a field of practice and structure for action? Maybe a principle comes >> to mind, specific practices, resources that have good ideas, your cherished >> opinions... I'm interested in what pops up first! >> >> With much gratitude, >> Ashley >> >> >> -- >> "This is a year that needs you to be you." >> ~ Rabbi Ted Falcon >> >> <http://www.wovenessence.net>www.wovenessence.net >> <http://www.easilyamazed.com/blog>www.easilyamazed.com/blog >> > > > > -- > CHRIS CORRIGAN > Facilitation - Training - Process Design > Open Space Technology > > Weblog: <http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot> > http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot > Site: <http://www.chriscorrigan.com>http://www.chriscorrigan.com > > > * * ========================================================== > [email protected] ------------------------------ To > subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > [email protected]: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about > OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > > * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
