A recent piece of work has led to the coining of the phrase ‘aid net-oric’ (pron: net-er-ik) – a form of rhetoric which applies to exaggerated and bombastic use of the term ‘network’ in the aid sector. Once you start looking, you can see potential examples of ‘aid net-oric’ everywhere, from political manifestos to organisational [...]
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Posted in Facilitation, Institutions, Knowledge and learning, Networks, Public Policy on April 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Complexity & Conversation: reflections 1 & 2
Posted in Facilitation, Meetings, tagged complexity, conversation, emergence, Facilitation on November 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sean Lowrie writes: Vicky it has been a great pleasure and a stimulating learning experience to collaborate with you in this experiment. Let’s do it again sometime! Meanwhile having read your piece I offer here some thoughts to continue the conversation. Let’s face it: the day was a significant departure from the norm established in [...]
How to Organise a Childrens’s Party – Based on the Nature of Systems
Posted in Facilitation, Knowledge and learning, Organisations on November 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This short clip sees Dave Snowden of Cognitive Edge use the metaphor of a childrens party to present three different kinds of systems, and the organisational approaches relevant to each. His delivery is typically insightful and acerbic. FYI Dave ran a meeting in 2008 for the aid & complexity community, and will also be keynote speaker at the forthcoming Innovation Dialogue in [...]
