Shawn Callahan at Anecdote links to a video presentation on complexity by Michael Crichton. Sean highlights these quotes:
To learn how to manage complex systems takes humility.
To manage complex systems takes the ability to admit we are wrong and to change course.
If you manage a complex system you are frequently if not always wrong.
Fascinating stuff.
feeling the power of presence… and what it really means to ‘read the room.’
we’re hungry for connection
What brings conversations to life is often missed when we aim too high
What I learned singing to strangers on the subway, and why emotional connections matters even more in a hi-tech era.
When facilitating, more and more I want to sense the next move at my fingertips
Letting go in order to get in flow…
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.
This is a pretty stunning TED Talk by Richard Wilkinson, co-author of The Spirit Level. He summarises the mass of research that shows social inequality is strongly correlated with a
I got an email about Primary Colour Assessment this morning. At a loose end I took a look. It’s one of those things where you answer a load of multiple
My post responding to Christopher Grey’s polemic The Fetish of Change has provoked some great reflections by other bloggers. I really appreciate the way blogging allows us to chew over
Jon Strande sent me a very nice email about my blog on the language of branding. I don’t know about you but it always brightens my day to get compliments
