Still revelling in thoughts and feelings after 2 days in Peak District last week with four fabulous women, getting to know each other and flirting with new ideas and possibilities. Very grateful to be growing stronger connections and to be inside these relationships 🌱🌱💚💚

Ocean in a drop 💧 #Quotes #Quoteoftheday

Grateful for lovely weekend soaking up glorious explosion of spring 🌱💚☀️ incl visit to inspiring 🌳Craft Wood CIC⁩ and gorgeous evening at Grow Outside C.I.C.⁩ open mic night🌱🎤. Perfect combo of wonderful people, magic places and music 💚🙏🙏

How can we create an environment where people actually listen to each other? Ted Rau, co-founder of Sociocracy For All & Governance Lead at Dark Matter Labs, describes the application of Sociocracy in DAOs and explores the past, present, & future of governance in this RnDAO talk.

[Yes] "I’m a firm believer that much knowledge of systems is gained from acting in them, rather than trying to study them... Start where you are & integrate with what’s there today - separating understanding from acting will lead to false models" asteriskmag.com/issues/06/how-…

“How do you grow the power of your heart as a resource for action? People who are trying to change the world get very tired and we need to be able to recharge our hearts.” Dr Scilla Elworthy during a talk she gave at our conference, watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=4k28k4…

Really excited to get going with this work with brilliant J Cresswell-Waring & Samantha Whelan from Platform Thirty1. Did you know that a group of zebras is called a dazzle? 🦓🦓What if could all be part of a neighbourhood dazzle? Outwitting our foes by dazzling them together ✨✨✨

*IT IS TIME* p.7 of Endowing the Future by CIVIC SQUARE ਇਮਨਦੀਪ ਕੌਰ | Imandeep Kaur Indy Johar

Call for an Arts baccalaureate for primary education. All schools should be art schools. +Scrap progress 8 and Ebacc

Really enjoyed being part of University of Derby Civic CivicLAB conference last week hosted at brilliant ArtcoreUK with Make/Shift Dr Cara Courage S.H.E.D - Designing Dialogue CIC. Talking all things #communitypower #creativepower & sharing some of our fav words & change models by margaretwheatley.com

💥“We must discard unproductive questions that let down communities and exhaust practitioners to make progress. Instead, we should ask community-centered questions that enable communities and liberate citizens and practitioners to play to their strengths for the common good”💥

This made me stop and smile on my way home from ⁦University of Derby⁩ #MarkeatonStreet. Thanks to whoever put it up ✨🙏 ✨

Loved prepping gifts to share with Make/Shift Mover&Shakers at 1st #Communitypanel session. Beautiful book by lola olufemi experiments-in-imagining-otherwise & #gentlenudges by SarahPCorbett CraftivistCollective to activate our values #imagination #action #collaboration #care🙏✨

Came across this gorgeous bee on my way home tonight. In middle of road looking pretty sorry for itself. Found a few wee flowers and it dived straight in. Lifted it to safety on a leaf and left it guzzling nectar in a garden. They really are amazing up close 🐝🌻🐝🌻

Excellent article by Roman Krznaric on what we can learn from history about what makes large scale social transitions possible: aeon.co/essays/what-tu…

We loved sharing our work and showing off our collaborations with Maison Foo 🧡 and Grow Outside C.I.C. to colleagues at Arts Council England and Department for Culture, Media and Sport this week. Thanks for joining us Rebecca Blackman ACE Midlands 🌼 💚🙏 #createyourplace #letscreate #communitypower #creativepower

Why do we spend so much time boxing ourselves in … to offices, meeting rooms, private spaces? Had the best week bedding in at Grow Outside C.I.C.. Being outside feels like such a leveller and everyone so much more relaxed! Defo best office ever!

Having collective spaces where we can say out loud how the work feels, how it's really going, what's getting in the way. This really shouldn't be the exception. It's a perfectly normal, in fact essential, thing to be doing. We need so many more openly supportive & honest spaces.