I facilitated a Zoom exercise where participants silently alternated between looking at their screens and directly into their camera lenses, creating moments of genuine eye contact. The 30-45 second experiment revealed diverse reactions and rich learning. It exemplified my approach: small experiences can generate significant insights, with everyone learning something different.
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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
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
Beyond heroic leadership
Every year my pals at On Your Feet send me a fun Christmas gift. It tends to arrive in the bleak of January, when I appreciate it even more. Yesterday,
Another good post from Alan Moore highlighting several interesting articles. The Guardian’s Aleks Krotoski says With the public in charge, reality rules. A few months ago, I was dumbstruck when
Amy Veltman of On Your Feet spotted this display at MOMA and shared them with me by email. —–
I’m often alarmed by people who champion execution if in doing so they dismiss important conversations about feelings and meaning. At the same time there’s a lot of common sense
