by Duncan Ebata | Jan 20, 2021 | Facilitation, Hosting, Learning, Productivity, Re-Authoring
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,...
by Duncan Ebata | Jan 19, 2021 | Facilitation, Hosting, Learning
Photo by Etienne Boulanger on Unsplash Last week I met up with my dear friend Julia Feltham. Julia is a social innovator, host and superhuman, who co-founded and runs the Sackville Commons, a co-working and community space in Sackville, New Brunswick. We were aware of...
by Duncan Ebata | Dec 24, 2020 | Facilitation, Hosting, Learning, Re-Authoring
Where Tourism Is Now A year ago I wrote something like this in a note: Tourism shapes the culture in many rural parts of the world, including where I live in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada. Having had the privilege to travel to many agricultural valleys and tourism...
by Duncan Ebata | Nov 26, 2019 | Hosting, Learning
…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...
by Duncan Ebata | Oct 3, 2019 | Learning, Re-Authoring
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...
by Duncan Ebata | Sep 30, 2019 | Hosting, Learning, Re-Authoring
Hi folks, I’m prototyping projects that create more regular experiential learning opportunities, push the bar for regenerative slow tourism and entrepreneurship, working on community narratives, and foster deeper connection between humans and the earth. I’ve...
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