The roots of better work: why my supervisor is a forest
That’s not strictly true, I think human supervisors are important in organisational work, whether it’s coaching or OD. That said, some of the most significant guidance for my work comes from the more than human world.
I’ve spent over twenty-five years bringing the more than human into organisational life, alongside weaving artful ways of being into my work. The influence of permaculture design, as well as deep ecology, micro-forestry, and miniature wilderness work have been part of my way of “turning up”.
In this session I will say something about what these approaches are and how I use them in my work. I hope to cover:
• Permaculture and permaculture design
• Agroforestry and its lessons for organisational work
• I’ll say something about how these link to organisational theory and practice, and to some of my core organisational perspectives including complexity, action inquiry and collaborative process work.
I’m looking forward to the conversation and to learning from your sharing.
Additional Details
Event Timezone Reference - United Kingdom
Presenter(s) Bio
Chris Nichols Chris lives in the southwest of the UK, splitting his time between Dartmoor, Exeter and his art practice in far west Cornwall. He is a long-distance walker and slow runner, fiction writer, abstract artist and printmaker. Chris also trained as a Buddhist chaplain. He is the joint founding partner of GameShift, as far as we can tell the only action inquiry / deep ecology practice to be recognised by the Financial Times as one of the UK’s Leading Management Consultancies. His organisational work focuses on systems change, working particularly in the health service innovation, higher education and food systems. Chris was previously Professor of Practice at Ashridge-Hult where he ran the MSc in Sustainability and Responsibility for ten years. He has been a long-standing visiting faculty at Schumacher College, the centre for spiritual ecology based at the Dartington Trust. His writing, as far as possible made available without charge, can be found on his publications page at https://chrisnichols.uk/publications/
Is This Event Being Recorded? - No
Event Language - English
Posted By - Hazel Farrer
Email - hazel@mindful-natureconnection.com
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