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Jeff sits down with\xa0Kathy Jourdain and Mike Ritzius to discuss how leadership styles can make or break your next project. \xa0In this episode, we look at top down leadership strategies as seen in large conferences, and community based strategies as seen in the Edcamp model.
About\xa0Shape Shifting Strategies
Are you interested in sharpening your skills to engage your team, organization or community in collaborative change and innovation? Are you ready to grow your practice of leading together in the complex times we are experiencing?
Learn and practice proven patterns and methods for collaborative leadership and change.
Build stronger teams and partnerships by engaging others in meaningful conversations that promote resilience, belonging, innovation and collective impact.
Learn practices to engage skillfully with conflict and stuck patterns. Develop leadership confidence for facing challenges that don\u2019t have apparent solutions.

This is for you if:


You are hungry for a better way to host collaborative conversations that lead to deeper engagement and wiser action


You need to bring together diverse voices with strong views to learn, grow and generate solutions together


You are tired of unproductive meetings and repetitive debates


You are looking for proven ways to fuel your courage to host change at work, at home or in your community \u2013 anywhere that matters to you

You\xa0are\xa0ready\xa0to\xa0learn\xa0new\xa0ways\xa0to\xa0step\xa0in,\xa0step\xa0up\xa0and\xa0practice\xa0hosting\xa0the\xa0possibility\xa0and\xa0potential\xa0that\xa0lives\xa0in\xa0collective\xa0wisdom

Links of interest

www.ShapeShiftstrategies.com
Twitter Links

@mritzius
@shiftingshape


For information on World Caf\xe9:\xa0http://www.theworldcafe.com/
For information on Open Space Technology:\xa0http://openspaceworld.org/wp2/
For information on Circle Practice:\xa0http://www.thecircleway.net/
For information on Appreciative Inquiry:\xa0https://appreciativeinquiry.case.edu/intro/whatisai.cfm
For other resources check out\xa0www.Meadowlark.co



About\xa0Our Guests
Kathy Jourdain \u2013 Strategist, Process Artist, Author
Kathy Jourdain\u2019s diversity of experience in process design and co-creating adaptive strategy is called upon by a wide variety of clients and colleagues in addressing issues that matter. She is co-founder Worldview Intelligence, a rapidly evolving body of work that generates a deeper understanding of worldview, how worldviews are developed and why understanding them and growing the skill to work with them creates a fundamentally different environment for some of today's most challenging conversations.\xa0\xa0For more information check out\xa0www.WorldviewIntelligence.com.
Kathy is internationally recognized as a steward and practitioner of the Art of Hosting (AoH) Conversations That Matter, which provides a set of patterns and practices to understand and work with complexity in increasingly unpredictable circumstances. For more information go to\xa0www.artofhosting.org
Her company, Shape Shift Strategies Inc., has expertise in co-creative, collaborative leadership and engagement strategies to effectively develop and implement strategic planning, change management, innovation processes, conflict resolution, team enhancement, and to deliver one-on-one and group coaching. For more information check out\xa0www.ShapeShiftstrategies.com
Kathy\u2019s memoir, Embracing the Stranger in Me: A Journey to Openheartedness, has been hailed as a deeply authentic sharing of a personal journey that has shaped who Kathy Jourdain is today and an invitation for others to enter or stay in their own unfolding journey. For more information check out\xa0www.KathyJourdain.com

Mike\xa0Ritzius\xa0\u2013 Designer\xa0of\xa0Professional\xa0Development,\xa0Organizer,\xa0Unionist

Mike\xa0Ritzius\xa0serves\xa0as\xa0an\xa0Associate\xa0Director\xa0of\xa0Professional\xa0Development\xa0for\xa0the\xa0New\xa0Jersey\xa0Education\xa0Association\xa0where\xa0he\xa0designs\xa0learning\xa0experiences\xa0for\xa0the\xa0200,000\xa0educators\xa0that\xa0comprise\xa0NJEA\u2019s\xa0membership.\xa0Formerly,\xa0he\xa0was\xa0a\xa0high\xa0school\xa0science\xa0teacher\xa0of\xa014\xa0years.\xa0During\xa0his\xa0time\xa0as\xa0a\xa0teacher,\xa0Mike\xa0co-founded\xa0both\xa0the\xa0Edcamp\xa0movement\xa0and\xa0foundation.

Mike\xa0is\xa0currently\xa0engaged\xa0in\xa0exploring\xa0the\xa0practices\xa0of\xa0Art\xa0of\xa0Hosting\xa0Conversations\xa0that\xa0Matter\xa0in\xa0an\xa0effort\xa0to\xa0make\xa0schools\xa0into\xa0the\xa0inclusive\xa0and\xa0participatory\xa0communities\xa0he\xa0knows\xa0them\xa0to\xa0be.
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