The value of what students do resides in its connection with a stimulation of greater thoughtfulness not in the greater strain it imposes.
John Dewey, quoted here by Alfie Kohn. That’s why I don’t like to summarise Carol Dweck’s research as being about making more effort.
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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
I’ve finally started paying attention to RSS and all this stuff about “Blog Aggregators”. The final shove was wanting to get Martin Roell’s English feed. Knowing myself I decided the
Antonio Dias has a challenging post on Meaning and Action. It’s not a light read and I struggle to understand it fully but it seems like a really worthwhile struggle.
Why we shouldn’t get too beguiled by “the language of the boardroom”
This is a rambling post about the importance of feeling comfortable with not knowing – as well as coming clean about the stuff we do know. With one or two conclusions about why a lot of business thinking is not very helpful.
