Category Archives: Presencing

How well can collective self-reflexivity scale?

Posted on April 5, 2008 by George Pór

I woke up this morning 4 o’clock and not only because the jetlag. Yesterday was the first day of the first World Café Research Conference. Due to the delay of the flight from New York, I arrived late and when … Continue reading →

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Social Presencing Theater for scaling up collective intelligence

Posted on September 4, 2007 by George Pór

In his new book on Theory U, MIT professor Otto Scharmer describes one of his 7 enabling conditions for inspiring a positive shift on a global scale: “A new social art form I call Social Presencing Theater that stages media … Continue reading →

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Collective intelligence in service of Reboot

Posted on May 20, 2007 by George Pór

Reboot is “Calling all practical visionaries of the world!” It’s an event to reboot our minds, play on the edge of technology, and re-dream our culture. Its is a brainchild of Thomas Madsen-Mygdal, in its 9th successful year, happening in … Continue reading →

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The power of open AND generative questions

Posted on August 20, 2006 by George Pór

Robert Bystrom wrote in his comment on the “Connectivity ramp, CI, and Jaron Lanier” blog entry. “Whenever you entertain an open question, you invite personal intelligence. Whenever a group entertains a shared question, they invite their collective intelligence.” Robert, the … Continue reading →

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Chance and choice experiences, presencing as community art

Posted on August 6, 2006 by George Pór

Andrew Campbell wrote somewhere, “The more whole and integrated each person the chances for choices are increased…” I may have found that sentence in the context of his conversation with de Lange on the Learning Organizations list, 5 years ago. … Continue reading →

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Escaping from the Museum of the 20th Century

Posted on August 6, 2006 by George Pór

As I woke up, I immediately knew: the meaning of this dream will grow with me, keep unfolding; I will see clearer the guidance that Im getting from it, over the years. At the time of that dream, in the … Continue reading →

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All presencing is co-presencing

Posted on July 29, 2006 by George Pór

Talking about presence, Andrew Campbell wrote in email, what it means is not what it is — and does. It reminded me of Aurobindo’s saying, Man’s greatness is not in what he is but in what he makes possible. What … Continue reading →

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