From my base in Bristol (UK) I activate breakthrough innovation and change in corporations, non-profits and communities.
I do this through one-to-one sessions, small-scale workshops and large-scale unconventions, using an approach I call The Way of Un (read more) .
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My work draws on a lifetime of experience ( read my story ) and delivers big results for a small investment.
Jack is an innovation consultant who walks the talk. He is constantly innovating his own business activity, its design and aims. He is “the person” to talk to for large group interventions , for whole system change and innovation. I have attended a five day Open Space conference that Jack facilitated. It set me on a new path in life. Jack is highly committed and skilled, challenging and truly creative. Jack thinks deeply about innovation and transformation. He has developed a range of...
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Jeff Aitken is the new Open Space Poet LaureateFrom: jackmartinleith.com
Post Date: 2008-03-18 01:56:51
Twice each year the Open Space community, through its email list OSLIST , holds a restricted form poetry contest. The winner becomes Poet Laureate for the next six months and hosts the next contest.
The winning entry in the latest contest (theme: Inner Open Space) was announced today, and Jeff Aitken – pictured above – is the new Poet Laureate. Here is his winning poem:
When my father died I grieved all year.
But Michael Stipe was right that sweetness follows.
When...
more David Gurteen brings us World 2.0From: jackmartinleith.com
Post Date: 2008-03-22 06:55:20
David Gurteen is a prominent commentator on knowledge management, the co-creator of an invaluable resource called the Gurteen Knowledge Website , the beating heart of the Gurteen Knowledge Community, and the originator of Knowledge Cafés .
Two years ago I had the great pleasure of meeting David at Contactivity , a gathering of knowledge management and innovation practitioners organised by my friend and colleague Ed Mitchell , where he gave the participants a taste of Knowledge C...
more Open Space in 60 minutesFrom: jackmartinleith.com
Post Date: 2008-03-30 04:54:59
I’m just back from Madrid, where I ran a 60 minute Open Space as part of the MIT Global Startup Workshop , an annual conference for young entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and other service providers.
My session was billed as an Open Breakout Session , and I was a last-minute replacement for a friend who was unable to make the trip to Madrid.
Doing Open Space in an hour was a massive challenge but the answer to the question I asked myself, ”What’s the worst thing tha...
more Harrison Owen tells us how he came to invent Open Space TechnologyFrom: jackmartinleith.com
Post Date: 2008-04-19 01:29:11
This video clip came to light earlier today when I was nosing around YouTube.
(The URL is www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDi0GLTO9ao .)
I sent Harrison an email to ask him the story behind the interview. Here it is:
I did an Open Space in October for a group of folks who coach. One of the participants, who came from Korea, had apparently come to the conference just to see Open Space and meet me. I thought that was a little over the top – but people do strange things. Anyhow he w...
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