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January 2006 
Conversations about conversations
Posted on Jan 1st, 2006
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Steve
Steve
Almost by accident I met Ryan and Scott in a cafe in Calgary. I explained I felt like John the Baptist wandering in the wilderness etc. - the frustration with spending valuable oxygen talking about our need (as a species) to embrace our own evolution.
Our conversation lead to conversations, we shared a sense that conversation cafes were one of the places where homo sapiens could begin to benefit from 'collective intelligence' and make the next step forward.
The work of David Issacs and Juanita Brown and their most recent book 'The World Cafe' came up - they seemed to have orginated the 'cafe concept' and have done a great deal to promote the use of dialogue and conversation within the corporate world. I had been researching their work as part of the backgroud toa book I am writing on the topic of resilience and teams.
As I researched the chapter on 'connection' I was simply blown away by the quantity and depth of work that is being done in the area of Collective Intelligence (see the wonderful article on the topic by Craig Hamilton in WIE magazine). Maybe I should get out more!
Anyway I am in the process of trying to weave the topic of resilience with this important trend toward collective awareness.
Would be interested in hearing from anyone who is aware of others working in this area.
This is the first time I have ever 'blogged' and frankly find it very unnerving - like the first time I had to shower in public (don't ask) so excuse me if I have missed the point.
Our conversation lead to conversations, we shared a sense that conversation cafes were one of the places where homo sapiens could begin to benefit from 'collective intelligence' and make the next step forward.
The work of David Issacs and Juanita Brown and their most recent book 'The World Cafe' came up - they seemed to have orginated the 'cafe concept' and have done a great deal to promote the use of dialogue and conversation within the corporate world. I had been researching their work as part of the backgroud toa book I am writing on the topic of resilience and teams.
As I researched the chapter on 'connection' I was simply blown away by the quantity and depth of work that is being done in the area of Collective Intelligence (see the wonderful article on the topic by Craig Hamilton in WIE magazine). Maybe I should get out more!
Anyway I am in the process of trying to weave the topic of resilience with this important trend toward collective awareness.
Would be interested in hearing from anyone who is aware of others working in this area.
This is the first time I have ever 'blogged' and frankly find it very unnerving - like the first time I had to shower in public (don't ask) so excuse me if I have missed the point.
Access: Public
hehe. Welcome, Steve! (Won’t ask about the shower in public but this is one helluva nice first blog post.
Right on!
Here are some of my thoughts on Boddhisatvic blogging and why I’m so fired up about our members sharing their wisdom with the world.
You mean we’re not supposed to shower in public?? No wonder the police officer was angry at me.
Hey Steve, I loved your first blog entry. I would like to read your book when it is finished. Blog about it when that happens so we can all do that. Thanks!
With Love,
~Matthew
Cool comment, Steve! Sometimes saying nothing at all says it all!