A Call to Co-creation

Writing, speaking, presenting towards healthier collaboration and systems change

This talk, planned in 2019 and presented just before lockdown in 2020, became a clarion call towards redesigning systems through a co-creative lens. It weaves together personal storytelling with themes of:

• Design thinking and human-centered design
• Nonviolent communication (Marshall Rosenberg)
• Systems thinking ideas from Barry Oshry
• Conflict transformation models
• Ecosystem / relational stewardship concepts from Charles Eisenstein

This specific recording was filmed and edited by the amazing team at Britney Bernerr Creative, and sponsored by Domain7.

This talk (or variations of it) has also been presented at:

• Impossible Conference - Vancouver, BC (2023)
• Mennonite Central Committee - Virtual (2022)
• Vancity Credit Union (2022)
• FutureEdTech - London, UK (2019)
• CASE Conference - Atlanta, GA (2019)
• Government of Canada - Dept of Canadian Heritage Vancouver, BC (2019)

What participants have said

“You left us open hearted, open minded, and inspired to lead a positive change whether it’s a big or a small one. I have yet to see this level of engagement from our staff before which is all thanks to your masterful facilitation of this conversation.” - Canadian Dept of Heritage participant