There’s a great line in the first Lord of the Rings movie where Gandalf assumes great power but then shifts status to create relationship. This gets me thinking about how how we might all use some of that skill to create a bit of magic of our own…
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leaving your props behind
feeling the power of presence… and what it really means to ‘read the room.’
we’re hungry for connection
What brings conversations to life is often missed when we aim too high
What I learned singing to strangers on the subway, and why emotional connections matters even more in a hi-tech era.
When facilitating, more and more I want to sense the next move at my fingertips
Letting go in order to get in flow…
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
Hugh Pinny and I invited Ben Keene of Tribe Wanted onto our podcast. I heard Ben give a talk in London and found his story inspiring. We chatted to him
Paul blogs a Fast Company article on Richard Branson’s plans to launch a US domestic airline. A good article. Personally, I have mixed feelings about RB. But one sentence in
I loved this old post about Jeffrey Peffer’s work from his book the Knowing-Doing Gap. Here’s a snippet: The truth is that business school is all about talking, not doing.
I’ve been busy lately (hence rather few posts). At the start of the month I was over in the US helping Rob Paterson, facilitating an Open Space conference for NPR.
