David Weinberger quoted by Jeff Jarvis:
There is an inverse relationship between control and trust.
David Weinberger quoted by Jeff Jarvis:
There is an inverse relationship between control and trust.
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

I spent Friday evening and Saturday at goodfornothing. It was a creative hackathon where we worked on briefs for three great social enterprises organised by my friends at Pipeline. A

Dan Saffer offers some thoughts on how to program a conference. Some good ideas. I liked what he said about themes: Unless your conference is extremely targeted and you are

I think it was Denis Healey a onetime Chancellor of the Exchequer who quipped about something I think it was a change in interest rates or something of the sort.

Johnson & Johnson are suing the Red Cross over the use of the Red Cross. Ah good morning Mr Bull, may I show you this large red rag? Well, actually