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Friday, 16 June 2017

Session 6, 14 June 2017

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Monday, 5 June 2017

Session 5, 7 June 2017

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Session 4, Wednesday 31 May 2017

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Link to today's presentation HERE What today’s session is about Crystallizing the vision for what amazing things could happen Using 4D mapping to get a sense of that An introduction to prototyping Hitting the upward curve of the U What we will have done by the end of the session Experience...

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Session 3 (Presencing), Wednesday 24th May 2017

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Link to today's presentation HERE What today’s session is about Group mindfulness The U curve Absencing and presencing Generate ideas for food system prototypes Group journaling What we will have done by the end of the session Practice group mindfulness Explore and describe...

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Friday, 16 June 2017

Session 6, 14 June 2017

The presentation from today is here

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Monday, 5 June 2017

Session 5, 7 June 2017

The presentation from today is here.

Check out the prototyping worksheets: Prototyping Sourcebook:

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Session 4, Wednesday 31 May 2017

Link to today's presentation HERE

What today’s session is about

Crystallizing the vision for what amazing things could happen
Using 4D mapping to get a sense of that
An introduction to prototyping
Hitting the upward curve of the U

What we will have done by the end of the session

Experience Social Presencing Theatre
Understand the tools for prototyping
Have ‘crystallized’ further the ideas for possible projects

Where we are on the U Curve

We're on the upward curve of the U, where we are starting to take what we have listened to and generate some insights, with the aim of moving towards prototyping: where the action happens.

Lesson - Social Presencing Theatre and 4D Mapping

4D mapping helps us find an underlying wisdom about a system as we move from Sculpture 1 to 2.
Mindfulness is key: 4D mapping is not about acting out pre-conceived ideas
4D mapping is teasing out what might be significant as we move from where we are now to what things could look like (the future reality)
How we move in SPT is based on what is actually emerging, not what we think something should be
The inverse of this process is Absencing

Activity 1 - Social Presencing Theatre

In Social Presencing Theater, the word theater is used in connection to its root meaning – a place where something significant becomes visible, or where a community of people can see a shared experience. 4D mapping makes visible the current reality in a social system, such as a school system, health care system, or the food system.

We're going to split up into groups and have a go and some role playing to see what new insights we can generate.

Lesson: Prototyping

The principles of prototyping:

Clarify the core questions that you want to explore with your prototype
Find a group of fully committed people & cultivate your shared commitment
Iterate, Iterate, Iterate
Create “landing strips” for the future that is wanting to emerge
Listen to what is emerging from others
Beware two major dangers and pitfalls: mindless action and actionless minds

RESOURCES:

Video: 1st and 2nd principles of prototyping (5m19s)
Video: 3rd principle of prototyping, part 1 (0m24s)

Video: 3rd principle of prototyping, part 2 (3m42s)
Video: 4th principle of prototyping (2m46s)
Video: 5th principle of prototyping (0m59s)
Video: 6th principle of prototyping (0m51s)
Video: The Marshmallow Challenge, a TED talk by Tom Wujec (7m22s)

Social Presencing Theatre guide (PDF)
Prototyping guide (PDF)

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Session 3 (Presencing), Wednesday 24th May 2017

Link to today's presentation HERE

What today’s session is about

Group mindfulness
The U curve
Absencing and presencing
Generate ideas for food system prototypes
Group journaling

What we will have done by the end of the session

Practice group mindfulness
Explore and describe where you are on the U curve in relation to your food system journey
Generate ideas for food system prototypes
Experience group journaling (with a focus on your “food system Work”) .. as a tool for connecting with your emerging future

Activity 1 - Mindfulness practice

Pause and notice body feels, notice the in and out breath, don't change it, just observe
Notice if there is a sense of relaxation, or tension
Allow a little more relaxation
Notice the in breath and the outbreath.

You can read the mindfulness handout here.

Lesson - Absencing and Presencing

Energy follows attention
We have to go through a process with three movements
This only works if we cultivate the inner instruments: Open Mind, Open Heart, Open Will
At source are two root questions:

Who is my Self?
What is my Work?

You will face three enemies:

Voice of Judgment
Voice of Cynicism
Voice of Fear

You need to hold the space to go through the same process on a collective level
The inverse of this process is Absencing

Presencing, done right, marks the turning point in the process, where you move from the observing and questioning part through to the creative and transformational part.

Activity 2 - World Café

What can we do to improve something for x problem?
What is the essence of this idea?
What would this look like if it was set up?
What would be the benefits?
How can we engage with the community

to give x
to get x
to create...?

How can we use the resources within our hub / U.Lab course to do...?

Activity 3: Group Journaling

Guidelines:

The essence of this journaling is that one person asks the questions to enable you to find your own answers to these questions.
Give time for the group to quietly write answers.
Go through all the questions and don’t adapt them.
You’ll have about 10 minutes to ask and answer the questions.

Activity 4- Check out

Well done everyone! Half way through!

RESOURCES:

Video: Mindfulness Practice (9m57s)

Video: Introduction to Presencing (5m36s)

Video: ‘Facing the fire (8m40s)

Video: Absencing and the inverse of presencing (11m24s)

Some bonus inspiration

Video: Steve Jobs gives a Commencement Speech at Stanford (14m33s)

Video: Professor Brene Brown gives a TED talk on vulnerability