Viv and I have been having long conversations lately about edges: the interesting areas where we learn new things, areas that are a bit uncertain and uncomfortable… but also interesting. Her latest post fleshes this out rather elegantly. I need to work with her again, and soon!
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
PSFK: 3 to Offer Skype Calls Skype does a deal with 3 to give users access to VOIP for a fixed monthly fee (tags: technology telecoms skype) The World’s Technology
I’m an uncomplaining fellow so I’ve not told you that for the last 2 weeks I’ve had very little heating working here at home due to plumbing gremlins. The thermal
John Porcaro comments on the deadening effect of overpreparation. An otherwise engaging offsite goes off the boil: One of the folks on our team came completely prepared with a three
