Thoughts on Meeting a Baby

In our work at Babies Project, we meet new people every day. Many of them are babies. We’d like to share what we’ve learned from our experiences, with the support of our values, principles and ongoing conversations and questions. We offer this in the hope that it might lead to more fruitful, mutually enriching meetings between babies of all ages.

As a foundational principle and framework, we believe that babies come in as whole people with a sense of agency and the ability to make choices. The non-verbal aspects of an interpersonal interaction, which are always present, come forward … Read more

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GEEK NIGHT: A Conversation About Collaboration

Tuesday, September 17, 2019
6:00-7:30pm

with Sarah Barnaby & Amy Matthews

In our first Geek Night of the new season, we’ll take up the topic of collaboration, which at its most basic (and etymologically), means working together.

  • What are the elements of a generative collaboration, where each participant contributes and grows, and the outcome is greater than the sum of the parts?
  • Can we find inspiration from looking at how our cells collaborate with each other?
  • Can we find support for improving our collaborations in principles of fractal systems that we’ve previously explored, including agency, participation and interdependence?

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