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Alexandra Smith commented on Andrew Devon Clark Castle's group 'The Art of Questioning'
Hello eveyone! I loved some of the themes of your conversations. In our work with leaders we explore "where the questopn comes from"- i.e. intent. We especially focus on this in our Coaching for Potential seminar, when leaders are honing…
Alexandra Smith commented on Alexandra Smith's blog post 'Leaders visioning the world of work in 2020'
Invitation to work with a client in Copenhagen.
I'm looking to connect with a consulancy who uses World Cafe and Appreciative Inquiry principles in their work- and are based in Copenhagen. Would you know of any contacts?
Thank you in…
Alexandra Smith commented on Tom Russell's photo
ooops- of course I don't address people with their surname- sorry Tom :-)
Alexandra Smith commented on Tom Russell's photo
Hello Russell- by a synchronicity I was logging into the Cafe site today to read a mail and I was copied n the recent chat- and saw your photos. I may be needing a grpahic recorder next week at a Chamge Leaders forum in Basingstoke. Would yoy be…
Alexandra Smith commented on Alexandra Smith's blog post 'Leaders visioning the world of work in 2020'
Hello Jaunita, thank you for your interest- firstly the location thing- I'm based in UK (incidentally I know Jeraldene Lovell-Cole she has work on a cafe with me last year!).
The group of 24 were pan-european and of all ages from 25-40. This is…
juanita brown commented on Alexandra Smith's blog post 'Leaders visioning the world of work in 2020'
Hi,
I'd love to learn more abut what you did--how old were the hi potential employees who participated and what were some of their insights? I'm especially interested helping to foster intergenerational conversations inthe workplace using…
Leaders visioning the world of work in 2020
We recently hosted a 2020Vision event for a cleint organisation and the energy and the outcomes were fabulous! There was a real buzz all day as these high potential leaders relished in the invitation of their CEO to set their imagination free and envisage the world of work in 2020, and what that might mean for their business. Here are a few images- I hope it might stimulate some more 2020Vision events. Please get in touch if you might be intersted.See More
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Janine@loveyoursmallbiz left a comment for Alexandra Smith
Hi Alexandra,
It looks like we will be in London on Friday 6th after all. Do you have any time on that day to meet? I am going to catch up with Christine from World Cafe UK as well, during the day. You are welcome to join us or we could arrange to…
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Alexandra Smith left a comment for Janine@loveyoursmallbiz
Dear Janine, Thank you for getting in touch and for looking us up on the website. 2020Vision was indeed a fabulous event and the AI network in UK responded very openly to my request and Roger Wythe came to the day and was great. Since then…
Janine@loveyoursmallbiz left a comment for Alexandra Smith
Hi again Alexandra,
I have taken a quick look at your site - the 2020 event looks fabulous and I look forward to hearing more on the forum on how it went. I am starting out as a consultant and facilitator, based in NZ, although I am currently in…
Janine@loveyoursmallbiz left a comment for Alexandra Smith
Hi Alexandra, I was reading your post in Cafe Uk looking for a UK based visual recorder....perhaps you could try Vanessa Randle of Thinking Visually?
Thinking Visually.
I met with her sometime ago when I first found out about the GR courses she…
david isaacs left a comment for Alexandra Smith
Alexandra..
hope this is clearer.... if you do a google search on swanconsulting,
it's not your organization that pops up. in your profile or in what you wrote earlier ( i can't find it now) on line you referred to swan consulting once in…
Alexandra Smith left a comment for david isaacs
Hello David, I've been travelling and so I'm just catching up on messages. Thank you for connecting- I was a little confused by your message about the web site- could you say it again in another way? Thank you. With best wishes Alexandra
Alexandra Smith left a comment for Amy Lenzo
Great to be connected Amy, thank ou for reaching out. Your Art of Harvesting group sounds a great idea for sharing ideas . With best wishes Alexandra
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Leaders visioning the world of work in 2020
Posted on November 16, 2009 at 2:45pm 3 Comments 0 Likes
We recently hosted a 2020Vision event for a cleint organisation and the energy and the outcomes were fabulous! There was a real buzz all day as these high potential leaders relished in the invitation of their CEO to set their imagination free and envisage the world of work in 2020, and what that might mean for their business. Here are a few images- I hope it might stimulate some more 2020Vision events. Please get in touch if you might be intersted.…
2020Vision - A cafe event for business leaders about organsiations in the year 2020
Posted on September 29, 2009 at 6:28am 1 Comment 0 Likes
SWAN recently hosted a leaders event called 2020Vision. The intent was to create an 'oasis' from the detail and fear of current times, and raise the eyes (and the game) towards the future.............2020. Even though its only 10 years away it was clear to all who gathered that a quantum shift will have occurred by then. The insights were signficant and you can see some of the slides of one of our icon speakers if you go to our twitter page see SwanConsulting. We are shaping up some resoutces… Continue
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- At 11:46am on October 31, 2009,
Janine@loveyoursmallbiz said… - Hi Alexandra,
It looks like we will be in London on Friday 6th after all. Do you have any time on that day to meet? I am going to catch up with Christine from World Cafe UK as well, during the day. You are welcome to join us or we could arrange to meet later, after work, if that suits you better. Breakfast works for me too!
I will probably be back in London the following week as well if Friday doesn't fit.
Warm wishes,
Janine
- At 8:18am on October 16, 2009,
Janine@loveyoursmallbiz said…
- Hi again Alexandra,
I have taken a quick look at your site - the 2020 event looks fabulous and I look forward to hearing more on the forum on how it went. I am starting out as a consultant and facilitator, based in NZ, although I am currently in the UK and will be until September next year. I would greatly appreciate any opportunities to gather up more facilitation hours whilst I am here - if you need any enthusiastic assistance on upcoming projects please get in touch as I would be more than happy to help! I have a little experience of World Cafe and am a trained facilitator of Open Space, Whole Person Process and Cross-Cultural Conflict Resolution, all part of the Genuine Contact Program (TM). I am off to the States next year to complete the GC Trainer the Trainer. I have a background in leadership development and adventure based learning in the outdoors.
Look forward to hearing from you sometime,
Janine
- At 7:59am on October 16, 2009,
Janine@loveyoursmallbiz said…
- Hi Alexandra, I was reading your post in Cafe Uk looking for a UK based visual recorder....perhaps you could try Vanessa Randle of Thinking Visually?
Thinking Visually.
I met with her sometime ago when I first found out about the GR courses she facilitates here in the UK. She was very generous with her time and I have since started integrating visual recording into my coaching work. She is a lovely woman and very talented.
All the best,
Janine
- At 4:16am on October 15, 2009,
david isaacs said… - Alexandra..
hope this is clearer.... if you do a google search on swanconsulting,
it's not your organization that pops up. in your profile or in what you wrote earlier ( i can't find it now) on line you referred to swan consulting once in addition to swanconsultinguk
there's a UK group that started .. have you seen it?
be well...
be well
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