The March practicum is postponed;
​please contact us with your interest. ​

Ever wanted to change the conversation of a meeting? To facilitate meetings in order to listen differently?

Ever wanted to work in big groups, but it was difficult to hold the attention? To enjoy diversity in a group rather than finding diversity disturbing?

​Ever wondered how to cultivate the conditions for collective intelligence to emerge? And  to get to better decision making? 

Many of us are noticing a need for a different quality of conversation, a need for other ways of communication, coming together, connecting, decision making. 
The Circle Way Practicum is a residential retreat that expands on the teachings and practices found in the book The Circle Way: A Leader In Every Chair (Christina Baldwin and Ann Linnea), and further nuances circle as a way of being and as a discipline of engagement.
​The Practicum is designed to apply to all layers of system — self, team, organization, and community. For more information please got to thecircleway.net 

The Circle Way


THE CIRCLE WAY IS A MODERN METHODOLOGY
THAT CALLS ON AN ANCIENT TRADITION AND
HELPS PEOPLE GATHER IN CONVERSATIONS
THAT FULFIL THEIR POTENTIAL
FOR DIALOGUE, REPLENISHMENT, AND WISDOM-BASED CHANGE.

At the practicum we will together 


  • explore what is The Circle Way and how it works – the agreements, principles and practices that give it strength.
  • practice circle participation and hosting.
  • apply circle infrastructure to real and challenging situations in work or personal life.
  • learn how circle can be used as a primary organizational operating system.
  • discover how understanding The Circle Way can take your hosting of other participatory processes such as World Cafe and Open Space Technology to a much deeper place.

Flow of our Days

Our learning experience begins Wednesday at 6pm with supper and a brief opening circle after dinner. 
From Thursday to Saturday our program runs the full day as well as some of the evenings.
​On Sunday we will end shortly after lunch at 2pm. 
The number of days is deliberately chosen to encourage retreat, deep learning, and a lasting integration of circle applied to your respective work.
Here is a high level description, which may change based on our emergent design:
Wednesday: Supper and opening circle
Thursday: The skills and components of The Circle Way and developing powerful questions for circles
​Friday: Sustaining healthy circles (power, decision making, conflict), small circles around our own questions and application of circle, and using story in circle
Saturday: The non-verbal field of circle, planning and designing circles, continued practice in small circles, appreciation council
Sunday: Integrating circle into our life and work, closing circle

An englishspeaking Circle Practicum in the Middle of Europe 

We invite to deepen the practice of circle. In the practicum we explore all the different aspects of circle and empower eachother to use it in all areas of life, professional and other.

This time space is limited to 16 participants. We hope to convene a diverse group from different organizational backgrounds and countries. We encourage that participants come with a colleague or partner to facilitate the implementation of circle-practice at home. Therefore we offer a special partner-price.

​If you are interested , but you cannot come this time, please send us your email-address and we keep you informed. thecirclewayswitzerland@gmail.com

Above Lake Geneva, Switzerland
in Blonay above Vevey and Montreux 

Where?

We invite you in a wonderful location right above Lake Geneva. The mountains on the other side of the lake will give us the right scenery for this retreat.
​With a local train from Vevey Station you can go up the hill to the house "Rivieralodge".
Springtime will hopefully invite us to spend time in nature and to have nature teach us. However there could be still moments of snow. Unpredictable as the weather we are ready for any surprises.