Chrisopher Carfi finds that top execs choose suppliers not – primarily – on price technology or process. But on people.
Ghost lights..
feeling the power of presence… and what it really means to ‘read the room.’
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Hand grenades and hamster wheels
we’re hungry for connection
Are we really connecting?
What brings conversations to life is often missed when we aim too high
Singing on the subway
What I learned singing to strangers on the subway, and why emotional connections matters even more in a hi-tech era.
Fingerspitzengefühl
When facilitating, more and more I want to sense the next move at my fingertips
Ski poles…
Letting go in order to get in flow…
Bunny Bunny
A funny game illustrates what we may be missing in many of our meetings
Don’t panic
Managing anxiety is a familiar challenge for facilitators.
Hamlet and meeting absurdity
Managing in a world of uncertainty where people don’t live up to their stated values
Leading from the clown
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.
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Just talking is not necessarily that simple
Nancy Dixon has a meaty post up about some of the things that undermine group conversations. I’m often inclined to say “can’t we just talk” when offered a complicated way
15 May 2013
UK blogs and business
Today’s Sunday Telegraph talks about blogging belatedly getting on the corporate radar screen here in the UK: Big business battles to keep up with the bloggers. It looks at two
4 September 2005
Taming the groupies
Hard on the heels of The Wisdom of Crowds comes Steve Davis’ Master Facilitator Journal with a feature on Groupthink. Here’s the summary When Does Groupthink Occur? Group think is
31 August 2004
Porosity/pulsation
Hugh prompts some thoughts on porosity (referencing this essay by Clay Shirky). I expand a little on the paradox of structure and freedom.
6 March 2005
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