Re Open Space Gathering at Whidbey Institute on Whidbey Island, WA > > Dears: There will be an Open Space on Valentine's Day weekend, Feb 12--15 at > the Whidbey Institute, Whidbey Island, Washington on this subject: > Reclaiming our Roots: The Essence of Leadership is Creativity and Learning. > > Yes, it is only a short time away and you may have already filled up your > calendars. However, I am sending you the Registration Link, AND a personal > plea to consider this gathering a priority and check it out! > > Why? > Here's the situation I am perceiving: We have a woeful dearth of leadership > in our institutional life today. Old institutions are falling apart; > long-ignored wrongs and crimes against peoples' are demanding to be > addressed; our systems of law are revealed to be riddled with inequality, & > violence disguised as justice-- wholly inadequate to provide stability or > sources of integrity. > > Many of us have been experimenting with fundamentally different forms of > leadership: leadership that starts from within, includes the circle of > "others", and extends to the whole. In the words of Angeles Arrien, we've > been walking the "mystical path with practical feet". Some have radically > practiced opening space in all realms of our lives; others have experimented > with co-creative leadership via the arts, Bioneering, technology, > compassionate action, etc. All of us have been working at the "grass roots", > from the "bottom up", learning the hard way, feet on the ground. Our > collective wisdom is NEEDED now! > > What have we learned? What can we bring to the Shift we are living in? > > I feel it is high time (past time, actually) we came together in Open Space, > and let the Universal Intelligent field reveal itself through us. There are > new systems of governance, new practices of leadership and learning ready to > manifest. And YOU are one of the "makers". I'll be 84 years old in March. > I know the future is NOW...not in some distant vision. I hope to share it > with you. > > Please ask yourself: Does this resonate with me? Am I called to be at this > gathering? > > If you get Yes, go to the Registration link, fill it out and COME. If you > also want to invite others with whom you learn and vibe, please feel FREE. > Here's the REGISTRATION link: > http://whidbeyinstitute.org/event/essence-of-leading/
Anne Stadler, with Paul Gleiberman and Gabriel Shirley > >>>
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