Hugh‘s latest daily cartoon:

Hugh‘s latest daily cartoon:

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

For the last few weeks I’ve been doing some improv classes with the good folks at Sprout. We’ll be putting on a show at the beginning of December. So if

I think I’ll have to try out the new exhibit in the giant Turbine Hall of the Tate Modern gallery. Looks a lot of fun. And a real object of

A few startling facts in this little video: Hat tip: Steve Hardy, who also points to this very contrasting – and comforting – use of visual communication by fridge and