Duncan’s Blog
A collection of human transformation practices, lenses, and perspectives including: tools for re-authoring our relationships to nature and each other, tools for facilitating better conversations, behaviour change concepts, experiential tourism and community development, community based marketing resources, and more.
Trust-Building Practices for Deeper Connection and Stronger Relationships
For the past year and a half I’ve been using Dr. Chené Swart’s Re-Dignifying Practices as listening tools and habits to deepen conversations and make them more connective, safe, and inspiring. When we feel secure, moved, trusting, and truly connected with each other,...
Asking vs Guessing Culture
This is a classic case of Ask Culture meets Guess Culture. In some families, you grow up with the expectation that it’s OK to ask for anything at all, but you gotta realize you might get no for an answer. This is Ask Culture.
Re-Energize: Harness the Power Of The Stories You Live By
Find the power in your own story and past experiences to shape the future you want
2020 Events
In 2020, I mostly worked on the How We Thrive: The Narrative Project in terms of hosting events and several events at the Front Street Community Oven. You can see the the How We Thrive Narrative Project recaps and summary video here. You can see the Front Street Oven...
A Worldwide Glimpse of the Future of Tourism
How the future of travel is evolving, tourism strategies designed for the travel, how tourism regions are adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic, what will be needed in terms of process to design tourism of the future.
COVID 19 Has Changed Everything, How Can We Get to Our “New Normal”
Good day friends, this morning I had a breakfast call with my friends at Mudcreek Rotary Club and it brought up some thoughts about how everything has changed and how we can work together to "create our new normal." Hi folks, I didn't get a chance to...
Cynefin Framework Changed How I Think About…
...every social and climate crisis related issue I've worked on! Cynefin framework helped me understand why social innovation, poverty reduction, and food systems often work fails. It starts with an understanding that to work on complex problems like food system...
Everyday Questions to Inspire More Connective Conversation and Story
This post is inspired by the re-authoring learning and practicing I'm learning with Dr Chené Swart, conversations with my dear friend and business partner Adam Barnett, many conversations about hosting with my life partner Anne Stieger, many first meeting...
One Simple Way to Have More Interesting Everyday Conversations
I'm very hesitant to reshare this because of how destructive these kinds of words are and the implicit meanings expressed int he statement "look like a Canadian." When I posted this, I got a response from my friend Christa. She said, "When we were in an airport...
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