Principles constitute the body of belief that will bind the community
25th of July 2008

The Principles of the Art of Hosting 1.0

• The Art of Hosting pattern is of Life - it is generative and none of us own it

• The different practices in The Art of Hosting are gateways to connecting to ourselves, each other and the bigger whole

• The Art of Hosting connects and unites us

• The Art of Hosting welcomes and celebrates diversity

• The Art of Hosting invites life in - so that we can respond to the need of the moment

• The Art of Hosting consciousness holds the ability to dance with multiple practices

• In order to host and teach a practice you have to hold and embrace the deeper pattern of that practice

Principles typically have high ethical and moral content, and developing them requires engaging the whole person, not just the intellect.

The best will be descriptive, not prescriptive, and each principle will illuminate the others.

Taken as a whole, together with the purpose, the principles constitute the body of belief that will bind the community together and against which all decisions and acts will be judged.

 - Dee Hock 


 

Principles of the hosts of hosts

 

 

These are the first set of  principles 1.0 - co created in July 2005 - by which we strive to practice in holding and hosting this pattern and practice in pursuit of our purpose.

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