ART OF HOSTING
THE NETHERLANDS
Art of HARVESTING Training
15-16 June 2026
Art of HARVESTING
(Societal Transformations)
Training
15-16 June, 2026
@de Poort, Groesbeek
How can we access and harvest deeper human wisdom in a time of accelerating technology?
WELCOME to the Art of HARVESTING meaningful conversations training.
"How can we access and harvest deeper human wisdom in a time of accelerating technology?"
Join us for a 2-day immersive training in The Art of Harvesting - a core practice within the Art of Hosting that helps groups collect insights, reveal patterns, make meaning visible, and translate collective intelligence into tangible outcomes and wiser actions. Harvesting is what helps a meaningful conversation live beyond the moment. It turns dialogue into something that can be seen, shared, understood, and acted upon - whether through words, visuals, stories, frameworks, collective reflection, or embodied expression.
In this training we will explore how to harvest both:
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The tangible - Key insights, ideas, decisions, themes, and next steps
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The intangible - Underlying patterns, emerging questions, shifts in energy, silent wisdom, and what is trying to emerge
Together we will practice the art of making collective learning, meaning-making, and outcomes visible and actionable, while cultivating our capacity to sense the whole learning ecology and embody the stories, patterns, and deeper realities emerging in our shared work.
WHY HARVESTING?
Harvesting is much more than taking notes or documenting outcomes.
It is the practice of making sense of what happens in a group, capturing the essence of what matters, and shaping it into forms that can inform future action.
Good harvesting helps groups:
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See the bigger picture
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recognize patterns and emerging themes
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make collective learning visible
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deepen shared understanding
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create meaningful outputs that can guide next steps
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connect conversation to action
In times of complexity and rapid change, harvesting becomes an essential capacity: it helps us transform participation into wisdom, and wisdom into action.
This training offers both practical methods and deeper practice - developing your ability to sense, capture, and communicate what is unfolding in participatory spaces.
WHO IS THIS FOR?
This training is for anyone who works with groups, hosts conversations, or seeks to make sense of complexity: leaders, facilitators, change agents, and those curious about the deeper layers of meaning-making. It is a great integration for anyone who has previously attended an "Art of hosting / Art of Participatory Leadership" 3-day training.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:
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Practical tools & methods for harvesting individual and collective insights
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Greater skills in capturing both visible outcomes & subtle emerging dynamics
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New ways to make learning, meaning, and outcomes tangible and accessible
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Clarity on how harvesting can support wiser decisions and meaningful action
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A deeper understanding of harvesting as both a practical skills and embodied practice
IN THIS TRAINING, WE WILL:
(Re)Discover the Purpose of Harvesting
Explore why we harvest, what makes harvesting meaningful, and how it shapes collective learning.
Learn practical Harvesting Methods
Practice visual harvesting, story harvesting, reflective harvesting, collective sense-making, and other participatory tools.
Make the Invisible Visible
Learn to notice patterns, tensions, quiet voices, shifts in energy, and what is emerging beneath the surface.
Work with Embodied Harvesting
Explore how movement, presence, intuition, and non-verbal expression can become part of how we harvest meaning.
Balance structure & emergence
Work creatively with polarities such as precision and openness, clarity and complexity, tradition and innovation.
The registrations for this training are now OPEN!
the ART OF HARVESTING TRAINING 2026
Practices that help us deepen our sensing, presence, and understanding for meaningful harvesting include:
EMBODIED PRACTICES
Engaging the body as a source of wisdom and insight.
DEEP LISTENING
Tuning into spoken and unspoken layers of meaning.
VISUAL & CREATIVE EXPRESSION
Using art, mapping, and storytelling to make sense of complexity.
REFLECTIVE WRITING & SENSE-MAKING
Distilling key themes and deeper patterns.
COLLECTIVE STORYTELLING
Honoring multiple perspectives and lived experiences.
NATURE-BASED PRACTICES
Drawing insight from the rhythms and metaphors of the natural world.
ENERGETIC & RELATIONAL AWARENESS
Sensing the dynamics of space, power, and flow in a group.
