Lisa Haneberg quotes Carl Rogers:
I have come to recognize that being trustworthy does not demand that I be rigidly consistent but that I be dependably real.
Lisa has the fuller version. I tend to avoid how to lists for things like facilitation because they tend to suggest consistency is key… whereas I am increasingly realise that each facilitation is diffierent and I do better to show up to whatever is really happening rather than try to apply some consistent theory.
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
This year’s Applied Improv conference has a theme of Embracing the Unexpected. Which is kind of handy as the original venue has suddenly become strike-bound. At five days’ notice, the
BBC News – Anna Hazare's movement – a reality check for India A bottom-up insurgency against the establishment no doubt with its flaws but triggering classic elitist bluster from those
Viv and I have been beavering away on alternative versions of our book Creative Facilitation Here it is in ePub format, suited to things like Kobo, Nook and loads of
Just an update on workshops I’m playing with at the moment… Crumbs! I’ve been co-creating this with my friend Viv. We tried it out in raw form in Melbourne and
