I just googled the phrase “faciliation for surprise” and drew a gratifying blank.
Good. Because it’s a snappy little phrase I’m planning to use to describe what I do.
And big thanks to Freddie Daniells for suggesting it in the course of an excellent conversation over coffee last week.
A funny game illustrates what we may be missing in many of our meetings
Managing anxiety is a familiar challenge for facilitators.
Managing in a world of uncertainty where people don’t live up to their stated values
I shot this in a single eight-minute take, which is in the spirit of an experience of Ralf Wetzel’s workshop, Leading from the Clown. Clown training is probably the deepest and most challenging work I’ve done. Enjoy.
A casual conversation in a pub makes me pay attention to thinking being embodied
Creating eye contact despite the limits of Zoom and Teams
The power of small gestures and noticing
Exploring the inner dialogue of facilitation
Getting away from grandiosity or solemnity. small p presence is about being open to the life around us
Facilitation is often about small, subtle acts of noticing and experimenting
Viv is fond of saying that “facilitation is a performance art.” When I first heard it I wasn’t quite sure what she meant but now I do. It means you
[Dept of unapologetic recycling of blog posts] Some time ago I posted about a paper on wicked problems. The paper seems to have vanished from its online space but I
Michael Hammer’s new book, The Agenda, is about the rise of customer power. But is customer-centricity really such a good model for business and society?
