Tom Guarriello has a nice post on doing just enough facilitation.
Just enough = elegant = the sweet spot.
That’s what I’m looking for whenever I design anything: a meeting experience a document, a culture. Just enough excitement, just enough colorful language, just enough structure.
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
Larry Flynt, millionaire pornographer was sued by moral “majority” leader Jerry Falwell over five years. Then they became friends, according to Larry. Hat tip: Andrew Sullivan
Steve Yastrow reports a speech by John Stratton CMO of Verizon. Here are the first 4 of the 8 points he made, according to AdAge. 1. Your clients are absolutely
Hugh talks about why people aren’t flocking to Our Social World. I agree with him that (to quote the Open Space mantra) the people who come are the right people.
Thanks to John Husband for pointing out this sharp clip from the Daily Show about blogs over on onegoodmove (Secondary hat tip to A VC)
