by lori | Mar 14, 2012 | Community, Learning as, Story
This winter, I made a significant professional title leap from Self-Organizing Groups Researcher to Community Story Wrangler. This recognizing-and-claiming-who-you-really-are business is fun. And scary. Not that it’s a one-time deal. I seem to do it again and again.... by lori | Mar 6, 2012 | Benefits, Community, Recognizing, Story
Back in August, I wrote about experiencing my self as different states: individual, self-organizing group, community, and planet and the beginnings of what it feels like to move between those states. It was my favorite 2011 post because it was a mysterious ball of... by lori | Feb 24, 2012 | Community, Coworking, Learning as, Recognizing
We opened our home in Seattle’s Central District neighborhood this week as a free coworking space, Wednesdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to start. If you’ve done something like this, or are planning to, I’d love to hear your “how to” because... by lori | Feb 15, 2012 | Community, Recognizing, Recognizing, Self-organizing groups
This past week was a tough one for me. My grandmother passed away, and there’s been an unshakable ache in my chest all week as I learn to move with the loss. I haven’t felt like doing much of anything, so I haven’t. Then, along comes my friend Bob... by lori | Feb 9, 2012 | Benefits, Community, Self-organizing groups, Successful Groups
My Grandma Kane, LaVina Kane to her friends, passed away this week, just one month before she turned 100. She lived on her farm into her 80s, in her own apartment until she was in her early 90s, and in the past 7 years she earned the nickname Speedy at her nursing... by lori | Jan 31, 2012 | Benefits, Community, Learning as
I spent this week in San Francisco gathering stories for the upcoming Different Work eBook series that Bas and I are creating. We’re gathering stories of groups and people who are doing work that they deeply love (most days), who are working beyond what they as...