Peter Gray highlights the downsides of evaluation for creativity
In experiment after experiment the participants who made the most creative products were those who did not know that their products would be evaluated. They were the ones just playing, not concerned about judgments or rewards.
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’m just back from a screening of Us Now courtesy of NESTA. It’s a one hour documentary exploring the question: In a world in which information is like air, what
Today’s reading from the (Gonzo) Gospel according to Chris Locke… The quality of wildness most lacking in commerce is play. Yet play once again is serious business. To the rollicking
In Are you lovin’ it? Tom Asacker has a great post elaborating on David Ogilvy’s comment that “Agencies waste countless hours concocting slogans of incredible fatuity.” For every vaguely memorable
I suspect the conventional wisdom is that Tiger Woods was the perfect case study in branding until just a few days ago. I’d like to propose that he’s potentially a
