I enjoyed Viv’s post describing how she uses video clips to inspire participants in her workshops to think differently about facilitation. She says she was partly inspired by the Phoric podcasts I do with Rob which was kind of her.
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 was searching back through this blog this morning and stumbled on someting I wrote back in May 2004 about Richard Farson. It’s such a great insight that I’m going
We must stop doing things to people (Gurteen Knowledge) Good stuff from David Gurteen who suggests asking "Am I trying to do things to people or am I approaching them
Thanks to Boing Boing for quoting Douglas: Although I’ve spent a fair bit of law school debating various aspects of what people can (or should be able to) bind themselves
I found this BBC wildlife video stunning. It’s a time lapse film showing how creatures like starfish very slowly consume the body a dead seal on the ocean floor. You
