Giving and receiving

Johnnie Moore

Johnnie Moore

I’m Johnnie Moore, and I help people work better together

Gurteen Knowledge Cafe session on networking

we all milled about with labels showing two things we wanted to Get and two things we wanted to Give

David references Lloyd Davis’s reflection

I guess the insight for me was that I rarely go into that sort of situation expecting to give AND to receive – I either call someone for help, and am entirely focused on my need, not expecting to have to give something in return, or else I call someone to offer help but am not open to how they might be able to help me out.

Interesting stuff and a great reminder that conversations are a two-way street and we forget it. A lof of the time, we probably don’t even think about what is it we’re trying to give and receive.

Share Post

More Posts

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.

Bunny Bunny

A funny game illustrates what we may be missing in many of our meetings

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.

More Updates

Emotional debt

Releasing the hidden costs of pent up frustrations

Aliveness

Finding the aliveness below the surface of stuck

Johnnie Moore

Keeping quiet

Chris Corrigan quotes from this piece on Facilitating Dialogue. There are few facilitation skills more important that the ability to keep quiet… A good facilitator creates a vacuum of leadership

Johnnie Moore

Mystery

Some wise words from Richard Oliver: Creativity is often described as a problem-solving activity. The problem with problem-solving is that it focuses on what is rather than what could be.

Johnnie Moore

links for 2011-06-13

Duh, Bor-ing « Commentary Magazine I know it sounds trite, but this thought piece on the nature of boredom is really pretty interesting.

Johnnie Moore

New York state of mind

Well I now have a New York telephone number. This is courtesy of Skype. Anyone dialling 1 646 808 0415 will be connected to me via Skype wherever I happen