{"id":12620,"date":"2024-08-13T15:45:05","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T13:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tonnievanderzouwen.nl\/cos-conferences\/cos-conference-2017\/"},"modified":"2024-08-13T15:45:05","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T13:45:05","slug":"cos-conference-2017","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tonnievanderzouwen.nl\/en\/cos-conferences\/cos-conference-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"COS Conference 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tonnievanderzouwen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSC_0865-1-1024x501-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tonnievanderzouwen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSC_0865-1-1024x501-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tonnievanderzouwen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSC_0865-1-1024x501-1-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tonnievanderzouwen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSC_0865-1-1024x501-1-640x313.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_27d0d679\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12513 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tonnievanderzouwen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Header-website-250x106-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tonnievanderzouwen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Header-website-250x106-1.png 250w, https:\/\/www.tonnievanderzouwen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Header-website-250x106-1-150x64.png 150w, https:\/\/www.tonnievanderzouwen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Header-website-250x106-1-100x42.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2>What do we DO when we don&#8217;t know what to do?<\/h2>\n<p><em>18 \u2013 22 October 2017, Conference hotel de Baak Seaside, Noordwijk, Netherlands<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We are living in rapidly and radically changing times, in many places of the world &#8211; times hard to make sense of, when it\u2019s difficult to figure out what to do. So\u2026\u2026\u2026. What do we DO when we don\u2019t know what to do? Each one of us has some relevant experience and we, as humans, have all created some valid knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>Seventy four people, curious and passionate about this topic, or with deep experience and wisdom in working with uncertainty, looking for fellow travellers to share, create and disseminate this type of wisdom joined us to a 4-day learning expedition. Twenty\u00a0participants\u00a0worked during an optional 5th day on projects for writing and creating products.<\/p>\n<p>The title &#8216;What do you do when you don&#8217;t know what to do&#8217; was inspired by the PhD dissertation by Shelly Gordon.<\/p>\n<p><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tonnievanderzouwen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSC_0865-e1509640655425.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-3988 size-large\" \/><\/a><strong>What we did<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Explore, share and create our collective wisdom<\/li>\n<li>Build capacity for navigating unmapped territories<\/li>\n<li>Form guidelines for wise action in times of uncertainty<\/li>\n<li>Weave\u00a0a network of networks<\/li>\n<li>Have lots of fun<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read all about it in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonnievanderzouwen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/COS-Conference-2017-Experience-report-def.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COS Conference 2017 Experience Report<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonnievanderzouwen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/COS-Conference-2017-Experience-report-def.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12497 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tonnievanderzouwen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/COS-Conference-2017-Experience-report-768x541-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"281\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tonnievanderzouwen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/COS-Conference-2017-Experience-report-768x541-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tonnievanderzouwen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/COS-Conference-2017-Experience-report-768x541-1-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tonnievanderzouwen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/COS-Conference-2017-Experience-report-768x541-1-640x451.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.tonnievanderzouwen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/COS-Conference-2017-Experience-report-768x541-1-150x106.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.tonnievanderzouwen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/COS-Conference-2017-Experience-report-768x541-1-100x70.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12511 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tonnievanderzouwen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Hard-cover-COS-Conference-2017-Experience-Report-333x311-1-300x280.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tonnievanderzouwen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Hard-cover-COS-Conference-2017-Experience-Report-333x311-1-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tonnievanderzouwen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Hard-cover-COS-Conference-2017-Experience-Report-333x311-1.jpg 333w, https:\/\/www.tonnievanderzouwen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Hard-cover-COS-Conference-2017-Experience-Report-333x311-1-150x140.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.tonnievanderzouwen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Hard-cover-COS-Conference-2017-Experience-Report-333x311-1-100x93.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>What we initiated and produced<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Draft a story book with personal experiences on collective issues, with wisdom for what to do when you don&#8217;t know what to do; editors <a href=\"mailto: tova.averbuch@gmail.com\">Tova Averbuch<\/a> and <a href=\"mailto: info@tonnievanderzouwen.nl\">Tonnie van der Zouwen<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Initiate a special Issue of COS Journal on Wise Action and Uncertainty, with articles connecting practice to theory, and connecting organising to issues in society; to be published October 2018, editors <a href=\"mailto: wallisconsulting@sbcglobal.net\">Nancy Wallis<\/a> and <a href=\"mailto: andrea@cos-collective.com\">Andrea Schueller<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Draft an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonnievanderzouwen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/COS-Conference-2017-Experience-report-def.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">experience report <\/a>to share the design and flow of the conference and to present the harvest in the form of &#8216;golden nuggets&#8217;; design and\u00a0coordination\u00a0<a href=\"mailto: jacquelinejanssen@me.com\">Jacqueline Janssen<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A one day workshop for what to do when you don&#8217;t know what to do, allowing different content\/task groups to explore and gather wisdom; contact <a href=\"mailto: danali.mentor@gmail.com\">Dana Liberman<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li>Translate experiences of the six students of Avans COS team to a learning community around the innovative HR program at Avans University of Applied Sciences in Breda, Netherlands.<\/li>\n<li>Initiate the transfer of experiences and wisdom to learning elements\u00a0in programs for higher education; contact <a href=\"mailto: orgpanoptics@gmail.com\">Cees Hoogendijk<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Invitation for a follow up conference in Kenya; contact <a href=\"mailto: maasai_mbere@yahoo.com\">Lucy Wairimu Mukuria<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Videos of ted-like talks of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cos-collective.com\/sandra-janoff-facilitating-a-system-to-transform-itself-talk\/\">Sandra Janoff<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cos-collective.com\/michel-van-dartel-talk\/\">Michel van Dartel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cos-collective.com\/doris-gottlieb-not-knowing-as-deep-knowing-talk\/\">Doris Gottlieb<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cos-collective.com\/peggy-holman-journalism-that-matters-in-a-world-gone-mad-talk\/\">Peggy Holman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cos-collective.com\/monika-lindner-language-as-a-web-talk\/\">Monika Lindner<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cos-collective.com\/cos-conferences\/cos-conference-2017\/cos-conference-2017-videos-talks\/\">See all Videos of Talk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Who were there?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More than 70 participants\/co-creators, with a wide diversity of experience and knowledge, of all ages, from 14 different countries. Leaders, scholars, students, artists, consultants, journalists, entrepreneurs, people who are deeply interested.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Design, program and facilitation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The design and preparation process of this conference were an emerging work. We used a structure with a wealth of ted-like talks, workshops, space for emerging contributions by all participants\/co-creators who wanted to. See overview of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cos-collective.com\/cos-conferences\/cos-conference-2017\/talks-and-workshops\/\">talks and workshops<\/a>\u00a0and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cos-collective.com\/cos-conferences\/cos-conference-2017\/cos-conference-2017-program-schedule\/\">program schedule<\/a>. Every evening the design group met, to evaluate how we are doing and for adjusting the design for the next day, if needed. Participants were welcome in these meetings to contribute to the fine tuning of the program. We see the conference as part of a larger process. We started weaving our web of relations long before we met in October 2017, and we will continue with a network of networks to create wisdom for what to do when you don&#8217;t know what to do.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tonnievanderzouwen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Design-overview-COS-Conference-2017-version-8-September-for-participants-724x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tonnievanderzouwen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Design-overview-COS-Conference-2017-version-8-September-for-participants-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/www.tonnievanderzouwen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Design-overview-COS-Conference-2017-version-8-September-for-participants-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.tonnievanderzouwen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Design-overview-COS-Conference-2017-version-8-September-for-participants-640x905.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.tonnievanderzouwen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Design-overview-COS-Conference-2017-version-8-September-for-participants.jpg 849w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What do we DO when we don&#8217;t know what to do? 18 \u2013 22 October 2017, Conference hotel de Baak Seaside, Noordwijk, Netherlands We are living in rapidly and radically changing times, in many places of the world &#8211; times hard to make sense of, when it\u2019s difficult to figure out what to do. 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