Pamela's Blog

"What's Landscape of Change anyway?" one of my friends asked when I said I was pleased with its recent progress, and then failed to explain coherently what the progress was. When I couldn't answer the simple "What is it?" question he tried to help by narrowing it down. "What good is Landscape of Change?" he asked, and then, narrowing it even further, "If I was to put it in a box what kind of a box would I put it in?" Even as he asked that question he rejected it observing that, given Landscape of Change was something I was...

I've found some other "explorers" this week. I've discovered that I simply need to ask. Introducing the idea When my ideas about the "Landscape of Change" started to emerge, all I wanted from people was feedback on the reality and usefulness of the concept. It didn't take me long to discover that the concept did make sense - but then I wasn't sure what to do about it. That was back in 2011. Personal explorations In some ways all the work I've done since 2011 has been part of my personal explorations of the Landscape of Change (LofC). I've also...

If things happen in an emergent kind of way then every now and again it's a good idea to reflect on what's emerging. Two phone calls this morning provide pointers. The connecting theme is simply my own learning journey and how it illustrates and informs my ideas about deep patterns of change. One call was from Jemima Gibbons of FRSA London Reboot. The other was from Francis Sealey, of GlobalNet21 meetups. Exploring the Landscape of Change Jemima Gibbon's call was about FRSA London Reboot 2: Stimulate, Expand, Amplify! on Wednesday, 27 February 2013. I've been invited to do one of...

Ken Owino of Nafsi Acrobats said: ".... learning from your experiences we employed the use of Etherpad as a virtual space through which participants of our "CUlture Of ARts " project drawn from Denmark and Kenya, could meet and have cross- cultural discuassions ... We had a facebook page where we archived the meetings notes and kept all participants updated ..... ICT has really been instrumental in my advancement . i must admit that i have l earnt much virtually . Most the lessons learnt i did not get them from the physical classroom ." Ken told us this at...

1 - Life is a bit of a roller coaster. On Tuesday I came home discouraged and seriously considering the human equivalent of spinning a cocoon, abandonning my present life-form identity, turning into crysalis soup, and not emerging again until I had turned into something completely different. Today things have bounced up again. 2 - Lost in a landscape of change My discomfort was related to how I see the world - and its uncertainties - and our stumbling explorations in this landscape of change. The confusion was about the ongoing dance between connections and disconnections, overlapping interests and apparently...