"THE ART OF HOSTING IS AN APPROACH TO LEADERSHIP THAT SCALES UP FROM THE PERSONAL TO THE SYSTEMIC USING PERSONAL PRACTICE, DIALOGUE, FACILITATION AND THE CO-CREATION OF INNOVATION TO ADDRESS COMPLEX CHALLENGES."
-www.artofhosting.org/
In 2014, I was introduced to the Art of Hosting at an Authentic Leadership In Action Institute. I immediately knew it was an approach to group process that felt at once familiar and absolutely necessary way in order to understand the type of wicked problems facing our world. I have apprenticed with Tenneson Woolf, who was there in the beginning when Art of Hosting coalesced. I have participated as a trainer and steward of the work here in Portland, teaching systems, mental models, and visual thinking since 2015. I utilize the methodologies and principles through out my work.
For more information on Art of Hosting visit: http://www.artofhosting.org/
Role: Facilitator, Harvester, and Teacher
Collaborators: Tenneson Woolf and Kevin Heibert
World Cafe is a core practice of Art of Hosting.
Participants learn a few simple visual thinking methods to help diagram a system.
Participants have the opportunity to practice the methodologies during the training.
Harvest can take many forms. For this training we created a colorful and artistic interpretation of the work done as a group.