Scaffolding a place in which to collaborate
This article comes from a case study of working with the faculty in an academic institution over the summer of 2017, to help shape a manual to embed shared principles. This work…
These notes come from a conference about ‘Mindful Change in Times of Permanent Reorganization’ held in Germany in 2012.…
Picked from work and projects since 1 November 1997. Last updated December 2019. Swiss Agency for Cooperation and Development (SDC).Five year partnerships to explore storytelling as a vehicle for the transfer…
This article comes from a case study of working with the faculty in an academic institution over the summer of 2017, to help shape a manual to embed shared principles. This work…
Notes from a conversation with Lisa Hirsch about cultural assessment. First published in 2013. I first met Lisa in 2006 in at the International Storytelling Centre in Tennessee. I treasure her handout…
'Stories from behind the scenes' tracked a profile group as part of an evaluation in 2013. Here's an inside design look. Thinking about Story the Future and the ILO Knowledge Academy [https:…
First published on the Sparknow blog in 2004. Lightly updated 2019. Editorial note: the projects being referred to are the EBRD information audit from 1999, the DTI 'Friendly Audit' and the SDC…
This note arises from reading 'The Overstory' by Richard Powers (2018), combined with conversation with a friend who is working on a tree disease research project. The collective power of a 'dizzy…
'A lightness in the way we hold thoughts gives us room to learn and shift perspective, and to keep a rigorous humility of confusion.' I've been reading Nora Bateson (grand daughter…