What if?

During the harvesting of the Inviting Innovation process, I had a wonderful experience of the 4th Principle of the World Café: ‘Encourage Everyone’s Contribution’, which responds to the question, "What if your contribution is a key...

Peace Café

The first World Café of the first day, addressing Peace & Forgiveness, was aptly housed in the crypt of the newly restored Frauenkirche, itself a powerfully vibrant example of peace and reconciliation. This photograph by the extremely talented Ulrich Soeder...

On the Train

On the train to Dresden yesterday I asked a gentleman sitting near me for directions and it turned out that he too was coming to the World Café! Reinhard Kuchenmüller, for that was his name, is a visual facilitator coming in from Tuscany to facilitate today’s...

Woven Essence

Sometimes sound and light is better at conveying the essence of things than words … Council Of Hosts – video powered by Metacafe (This video was made at a Council of Hosts gathering in Bowen Island, by Ashley Cooper and Thomas Arthur of Woven...

Compelling Conversations

The following is a story in response to a question Juanita posed: How did you become aware of conversation as a co-evolutionary force and why do you think that is an important insight for engaging with the critical challenges of our time? It was 1970 and I was 16, a...