art of harvesting

Harvesting essential conversations: an evolutionary perspective

Dedicated to the global community of practitioners of the art of hosting conversations that matter.

This blog post sprang from a conversation between George Pór, Matthieu Kleinschmager and Helen Titchen Beeth in Brussels in September 2008. The conversation was prompted by our shared passion for capturing the essence of conversations that we have participated in so that they can have a longer life and a greater impact than just the fading memories and flip-chart sheets of the original participants.
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Reflecting on Harvesting

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  • What do you think is possible with a deliberate harvest?
  • What one simple step could you take to practice and offer harvest? At this event?
  • What harvesting practice could you deepen and support in yourself and others?

The Art of Harvesting

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What if we were planning not a meeting but a harvest? In taking such an approach, we must become clear about why we are initiating any process. The Art of Hosting and the Art of Harvesting dance together as two halves of the same thing.

Harvesting is more than just taking notes. To get a sense of the complexity of this art, let's begin by picturing a field in which someone has planted wheat. How can that field of wheat be harvested?

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Using video for harvest

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