Ria Baeck's blog

A friend send me an inspiring quote, by Sri Aurobindo:

"If there is to be a future, it will wear the crown of feminine design."

Here is a harvest poem from an open space session on AOH and business from Steve Skinner from Leeds in UK. (recent  Art of Hosting training in UK).

Going Commercial
 
With the public and private sector, how do we make a start?
Do I just talk about their problems, or ask what they feel in their heart?
 
And how do I get an invite? Should I focus on just one thing?
Shall I make a dynamic, high profile, power point presentation -
Or just turn up and sing?
 
And what is my marketing strategy – how can I best explain?
When really I just build relationships and heal their hurt and pain.
 
Can I use a dialogue? What’s my methodology?  read more »

Through the Art of Hosting emaillist Chris Corrigan send out the message that Dave Pollard had written a blog post on his recent experience in an Art of Hosting training.

Having read a lot of Dave's blogpost - most of them inspiring and thought-through - I was really curious what he would write. Because I know he can be very critical too!

He gave very good points to what we bring in the world and gives some language too! Thanks Dave and go on with your good work!

As a gift from our mate Phil Cass (click on: The Art of Calling) and the Columbus Medical Association /  Foundation here is the first evaluation report made on the effect of the 6 Art of Hosting trainings that has happened in Columbus since March 2005 with almost 200 leaders. If you are interested in the whole process from 2005 till now, all harvest reports are available online!

You can find the report for uploading now in our Community Library (see link in the left orange sidebar).  read more »

Silas, one of the members of Kufunda village - a learning center using the Art of Hosting as operational system - has send the report of three AoH trainings they did in July '08.

It is worthwhile reading!

Being in a hosting team there is always some learning that happens afterwards. We used our hosting team debrief to share these.

* First of all we declared the gathering to be a success. Even though many of us hadn't met eachother before, and the purpose of the gathering wasn't always crystal clear - was it a Pioneers of Change gathering? was it about multigenerational? was it about pioneering? - all participants had a learningful, inspirational and sometimes transformational time.

* During the time prior to the gathering we learned that above all the clarity of 'ownership' is crucial in making an event like this manifest.  read more »

The text below was offered by one of the participants in the intergenerational gathering. We read it in the circle before moving into a peer-coaching exercise. (If someone knows who is the author, then please tell us!)   read more »

Friday, our last day.

 

We had some unclarity in the hosting team in the morning about what was the right thing to happen. To me it seemed to reflect one of the challenges of our field. We are good, very good, at creating relationships and having conversations that matter, but how do we go to the next step, the action?

 

If we take the U-process as the model, there is a place - when you really entered the alignment of head, heart and soul - when you can 'act in an instant'. It is clear what to do; there is no doubt, although you only see the next step and not the whole plan in advance.

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In the hosting team it felt high time to open the space.

 

In silence we invited people to contemplate on the question: What do I need to take my next level of pioneering?

 

I guess some 20 sessions were posted and the marketplace was immediately filled with life and negotations about timing etc. I can't mention all the sessions, but I offer here the harvest of the day. Maria and Filiz had offered a Harvest Poster, with on  read more »

The hosting team was in the groan zone...

we stayed a little too heady...

were we talking about the real thing?

 

We had intended this day to be with some silence, as we are entering the bottom of the U. Our hearts and senses were opened in this community with lots of friendship, deep relationships and trust. And we were challenged in our assumptions, which opened our minds a little bit more. To deepen all this we decided to open the circle and speak and share around the question: What is brewing?

I give some of the highlights as perceived by me:  read more »