Welcome to the Zenergy blog, This blog is for conversations about meeting our vision of Whole people cooperating in a sustainable world. Feel free to join in and post your comments or share some of your questions. –Stephen
As an emerging profession, group facilitation has yet to develop a significant body of quality-assured research knowledge. A key challenge for the field and professional group facilitators in the International Association of Facilitators is that research on groups often focuses on team composition and task activities. As yet, the key …
Other People’s Wars by Nicky Hager Craig Potton Publishing 2011 Reviewed by Matthew Hodgetts In this book Nicky Hager has proven once again to be a formidable investigative journalist. With the unofficial help from some New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel, together with the Ombudsman’s office, and Wikileaks, Hager shines …
Welcome to the Zenergy blog, This blog is for conversations about meeting our vision of Whole people cooperating in a sustainable world. Feel free to join in and post your comments or share some of your questions. –Stephen
When a Billion Chinese Jump: How China will save mankind-or destroy it (2010) by Jonathan Watts. Reviewed by Matthew Hodgetts. This is …
The Heart of Social Change: how you can make a difference in your world (2004) by Marshall Rosenberg. Reviewed by Matthew Hodgetts …
Wave Rider: Leadership for high performance in a self-organizing world, by Harrison Owen (originator of Open Space Technology.) Reviewed by Matthew Hodgetts …
What the Dog Saw and other adventures (2010) by Malcolm Gladwell. Reviewed by Matthew Hodgetts Gladwell is the writer of other best …
Voltaire’s Bastards: The dictatorship of reason in the West (1993) by John Ralston Saul. Reviewed by Matthew Hodgetts “Reason is a narrow …
The Art of Happiness in a Troubled World (2009) by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler. Reviewed by Matthew …
What they teach you at Harvard Business School (2008) by Philip Broughton. Reviewed by Matthew Hodgetts This is a well written, witty …
The Self-Aware Universe: How consciousness creates the material world (1993) by Goswami Amit with R.E. Reed and M. Goswami. Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam …
The Squeeze: Oil Money and Greed in the 21st Century (2009) by Tom Bower Reviewed by Matthew Hodgetts This book is a …
Entangled Minds: Extrasensory Experiences in a Quantum Reality (2006) by Dean Radin, Pocket Books, New York. Reviewed by Matthew Hodgetts This is …
Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the Universe by Robert Lanza with Bob Berman. …
Shift of Global Power to the East (2008) by Kishore Mahbubani, Public Affairs New York. Reviewed by Matthew Hodgetts Kinshore Mahbubani is …
Chindia: How China and India are Revolutionising Global Business (2007) Edited by Pete Engardio, McGraw-Hill Reviewed by Matthew Hodgetts This is an …
Making globalization work: The next steps to global justice – by Joseph Stiglitz (2006) Penguin books Ltd, London Reviewed by Matthew Hodgetts …
From Dictatorship to Democracy by Gene Sharp Reviewed by Matthew Hodgetts Mr Sharp, a US academic, has written a world changing booklet …
The Bottom Billion: Why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it – by Paul Collier (2007) Oxford …
Microtrends – by Mark Penn with E.Kinney Zalesne 2007, Penguin books, London. Reviewed by Matthew Hodgetts Mark Penn has written an interesting …
Wikinomics: How mass collaboration changes everything (2006) by Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams. Atlantic Books London. Reviewed by Matthew Hodgetts. This …
GREATER AUCKLAND Auckland needs and has needed for many years a body responsible for the overall built up area of ‘Greater Auckland’ …
The Case Against the Global Economy: And a for a turn toward localization. Edited by Jerry Mander and Edward Goldsmith. Sierra Club …
Change we can believe in by Barack Obama’s Staff 2008 The Text Publishing Company, Melbourne Reviewed by Matthew Hodgetts With a forward …
Dreams from my Father by Barack Obama Published in 2004 by The Text Publishing Company Melbourne. Reviewed by Matthew Hodgetts This book …
The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama. Published by the text publishing company, Melbourne. Reviewed by Matthew Hodgetts This book is very …
It was a real privilege for me to participate in the International Association of Facilitators North American Conference in Vancouver on 21-23 …
WHAT IS NEXT? By Bill Berrett, Architect and Planner, formerly Director of Planning, Milton Keynes, Director of Planning and Social Development, Auckland, …
The Shock Doctrine- The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein Published by Penguin Books Ltd. (Australia) Reviewed by Matthew Hodgetts This …
Matthew Hodgetts receiving his certificate from programme leader Stephen Thorpe upon completing the Zenergy Online Facilitation Skills programme. The next 10-week programme, …
Blessed Unrest by Paul Hawken Reviewed by Matthew Hodgetts This is a compelling book that is a sweeping overview about the critical …
Zenergy Diploma of Facilitation graduate and Zenergy Programme Leader Liam Forde has recently passed a rigorous selection process to become a recommended …
Hi guys if you want to see him in person, details are here http://www.hayhouse.com.au/event_details.php?event_id=211 –Graham
Hi all, This guy has been in the news lately. Here is something from http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/goldbard.pdf that I liked a few ideas his work …
Dear Graduates, You are warmly invited to attend the following Zenergy dialogue event in Auckland. The Topic: “What do we want from …
Bill Moyer, New Society Publishers (2001) Reviewed by Matthew Hodgetts This book is an excellent overview of the movement for social change …
In August, Dr. Dale Hunter visited Dublin, Ireland to co-lead a 4-day residential programme for Vofafone Ireland and UK with Liam Forde …
For some time in my work with a range of organisations I have been reflecting on the relationship between leadership and cultural …
This highly relevant new book focuses on workplace bullying, is written by Zenergy Diploma graduate Hadyn Olsen, and is published by WAVE …
A think-piece on Facilitating effective online participation in e-government I contributed to the New Zealand E-government 2007: Progress Towards Transformation report by …
My chapter on The The use of story in building online group relationships in the Handbook of Research on Computer Mediated Communication …
Dear Facilitators, What a wonderful feeling of connection and welcome I had at the IAF North American Conference in Atlanta on 9-12 …