magic in the middle

Forming a hosting team for building the Finn space

Our intention is to honor our friend, the late Finn Voldtofte, his work and spirit, by creating more than a beautiful memorial site. We want to grow a space where people can interact with and learn from his work, continue and weave it into their own.

   read more »

Finn Voldtofte, our friend showing a way

Tagged with:

Our intention is to honor our friend, the late Finn Voldtofte, his work and spirit, by creating more than a beautiful memorial site. We want to grow a space where people can interact with and learn from his work, continue and weave it into their own.

May we help Finn's beloved "magic in the middle" live on in the heart of all in the communities of practitioners that he belonged to, especially World Café, collective intelligence and wisdom, and Art of Hosting.

   read more »

Learning from/with Finn's beloved "magic in the middle"

Tagged with:

Lots of people are connected with Finn Voldtofte. That became very clear in these days now that he is in such a critical, medical condition. As emails flew back and forth, it became pretty soon clear that there is a lot of learning involved in this process of freeing and letting go. In these pages I try to capture some of the learning for the collective and for later use.

Ria
November 19, 2006

For a chronological order, start from the bottom up.

Feel free to add or comment if you are/feel part of this unfolding story.

The Stewards' Spontaneous Collective Speak


Following an inspired conference call, 30 April, between Nexus stewards Ashley, George and Martin E, the three of us decided to stay in the field that emerged and do 15 minutes of spontaneous writing. Here are the fruits of that writing process.

ASHLEY
Spinning out from a resonant field of conversation and being together with body, mind, heart and soul. I am in awe of the ways in which my being is humming right now… there is a sense of reverence, I feel my body in a prayer-full position my palms open, … a dance of joy and connectedness radiating through space.
 read more »

The "Magic in the Middle" of Movement Models by George Pór

The current conversation about the models of the movement raises the question of what are some of the other frameworks that would be useful to integrate or, at least, feed into those conversations? Here are my top three candidates.

3. The six-pole model collective intelligence introduced in the "Cultivating the Global Knowledge Society," initiative by Pierre Lévy, here and there .

2. Evolutionary Guidance Systems theory of Bela Banathy:
- a presentation
 read more »