• A Simple Strategy to Amp Up Team Performance

    How do you amp up team performance? By creating a meeting structure that consistently changes the quality and power of team meetings and therefore team performance. In November 2018, three people from one of our larger clients, Sanford Health, came to one of the two-day Art of Hosting Intensives we have created. These two-day intensives

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  • Alignment Between Traditional Lakota Conversation Practices and Art of Hosting

    Recently I (Jerry) co-hosted an Art of Hosting (AoH) training at Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa with LeMoine LaPointe. LeMoine is an elder from the Lakota Nation at Rosebud. Turtle Mountain Nation residents are mainly Ojibwa or Meti. LeMoine is a good friend and wise leader. He is an active practitioner of the Art of

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  • 50 Years Ago Still Impacting Worldviews Today

    Recently I attended a cabaret style program about the year 1966. It was a lot of fun and brought back memories of events and music. The program consisted of the performers moving back and forth between roles as news broadcasters talking about key events and singers of then popular songs. This all came to a

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  • Be Afraid. But Not For the Reasons You Might Think

    Be afraid. Be very afraid. But not for the reasons you might think. We are living in precipitous times. We are in danger of losing our humanity through fear. Fear of what and who we do not know. I am writing this in the Charles de Gaulle airport as I wait for my flight home

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  • A Way Forward When Worldviews Collide

    In September 2011, Jerry Nagel was invited to do a TEDx talk on worldview – When Worldviews Collide. His understanding of worldview has evolved from his research for his PhD on Worldview, Art of Hosting and Social Constructionist theory and the practical experience in AoH trainings, other events and now specifically the rapidly evolving curriculum for Worldview

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  • Origins of the Worldview Intelligence Framework

    The Worldview Intelligence Framework is rooted in solid academic and philosophical research and rigour thanks to the work and insight of Belgian philosopher and logician Leo Apostel (1925-1995). In his day, Apostel felt the world was becoming increasingly fragmented, particularly in the sciences, and he wanted to create a way to encourage communication across disciplines. He invited many

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