Closing Triangles

Monday, 11 January 2010, 17:32 | Category : Coaching, Community, Leadership
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I think of myself as nurturing networks and communities as well as individuals and organizations. And one strategy I use is network weaving. Network Weaving describes the connection made between two people I know who don’t yet know each other as closing a triangle, because in a network map, this is exactly what it looks [...]

If it were not for….

Monday, 28 December 2009, 16:45 | Category : Community, Leadership
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What created the today you will build your future upon? Fill in the blank: If it weren’t for __ I wouldn’t be/have ___.

This twitter post inspired me to share my gratitude.
If it were not for… my network… I would be or have nearly anything I do have and am.
I can name names [...]

Solution-Focus

Thursday, 26 November 2009, 15:57 | Category : Coaching, Leadership, Social Change
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How much time do you spend in each of the following states?

Oh, look, that isn’t working! See how it isn’t working? Did you notice this part over here doesn’t work either?
Hey, I am trying to fix this, can you hand me a lever?

Many of us get fascinated by the first state. Point to all the [...]

Zero-Sum Games

Tuesday, 3 November 2009, 13:13 | Category : Coaching, Community, Leadership
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Have you ever heard of zero-sum games? How about non-zero sum games? For those of you who have not heard of zero-sum games, allow me to briefly explain and share some links. It comes from political and economic theory, and it means if wins are plusses and losses are negatives, the equation will end up [...]

Fund Thrivable.org kick-off

Friday, 31 July 2009, 12:51 | Category : Coaching, Community, Field Building, Leadership, Social Change, Uncategorized
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After three years of exploration and network building, writing and discussion, planning and processing, Thrivable.org is just about ready for kick-off. We will have a soft launch to our friends and collaborators this month (August) and will run a pilot for three to six months.
While I have self-funded the development until this point, the work [...]