Fired Up Interview with David Sibbet on “Group Learning”

Gordon Rudow, founder of Bonfire Communications, interviewed his mentor David Sibbet recently on his Webmaster Radio Show, Fired Up. Gordon wanted David to share his responses to the current economic turmoil and how organizations are and might respond. He also invited David to share some practical take-aways about how organizations can support a learning orientation in their cultures. It’s a half hour interview. Sit tight through the over-the-top intro music and rah rah framing. Gordon is a serious student of organizational dynamics and valued part of the Grove network of collaboration oriented consulting firms.

Steven Wright’s “Real Time” Mural

Steven Wright, The Grove’s Senior Associate in Seattle, sent us a picture of a mural he did “mostly” live in June for the graduation class of LIOS (Leadership Institute of Seattle).  It’s a wonderful piece of work that we wanted to share.

Steve co-designed the basic concept a few weeks before the event and recorded it on three art boards during a one-hour closing ceremony (plus a few hours post-event cleaning, including all of the gifting students’ names, and chalking). The middle board is representing the transition in underlying support for the LIOS program from Bastyr Univ. to Saybrook Univ.

The group commissioned Steven to do this as an art piece/gift to the college to hang in there new LIOS offices. It ended up 3’ by 6’-6”. They had it custom framed and it’s now on the wall of the office in the prospective new student resources area.

It’s an example of how graphic facilitation can move into the domain of real artistic expression.

Steven Wright's Mural for Leadership Institute of Seattle

Steven Wright's Mural for Leadership Institute of Seattle

From Me To We: Kare Anderson Touts Graphic Facilitation

Kare Anderson was a Coro Fellow back in the 1970s when David Sibbet was directing the San Francisco Center. They’ve been tracking each other since. She wrote a little homage to David on her wonderful “From Me to We” blog, netting in perspectives on how everyone can be more collaborative. Enjoy this post and explore all the other ones at From Me to We.

From Kare's Me to We Blog

From Kare's Me to We Blog