Patterns of Engagement

Core principles of public engagement

June 29th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Compass Bearings, Patterns in Action

This provides a useful overview of the dimensions of public engagement, as well as a good application of DebateGraph.

Liberating Voices Practicum Downloads

I’m still woefully behind on completing a report on the practicums I’ve been conducting at Evergreen College. Nevertheless, I’m posting a selection of tools and templates I used for exploring the practical application of Liberating Voices patterns, partly to support the teams of students who are working with local organizations this quarter. While most of [...]

Fearless and the collective journey of coming through

Just now listening to Gorecki’s Third Symphony, the “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs,” which was brought to my attention as the soundtrack for the climactic scene in the movie, Fearless. In the film, Jeff Bridges plays an architect recovering from severe post-traumatic stress induced by a horrendous jet crash, from which he walked away virtually unharmed, [...]

There and back again: An invitation to innovation at the margins

In a recent tweet, I wrote: Increasingly drawn to creativity at the margins, in the gap, where little is expected & folks later scramble to explain what happened. And nearly as soon as I released it, I realized I had used “margins” as a place holder for several different dimensions that may intersect with unexpected [...]

Filters and the scaled perception of the whole

Just contributed a comment to another great conversation over at Tim Kastelle’s Innovation Leadership Network blog about “Personal Filter, Aggregate, and Connect Strategies,” and felt that I should expand a little here while the creative juices were still bubbling. For reference, here’s my comment: Now I’m realizing that there’s yet another dimension or perspective beyond [...]

About Ken Gillgren

Drawing upon over 30 years of experience in community development, corporate communications, and stakeholder engagement, I assist individuals, organizations and companies identify and develop integrated solutions for core challenges, building on their own wisdom, resourcefulness and network of relationships.