Ben Zander quoted by Phil Dourado:
A Harvard Business School study looked at job satisfaction. Orchestra players came just below prison guards. Chamber musicians came in at number 1. What’s the difference? The presence of a conductor.
A bit of googling turned up this interesting article on an orchestra without a conductor.
Magic, relationship and changing status
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.
Christopher Hitchens: Unspoken Truths | Culture | Vanity Fair On finding your voice. Marvellous.
May I place on record my thanks to the powers-that-be here in London for the constant advertising instructions to Back the Bid (for the 2012 Olympics). Thanks also for spending
Chris Corrigan has a great post about strategic planning. Most of the small non-profits I work with seem to think it’s wise to use mainstream business strategic planning frameworks to
Instead of fearing absurdity, it’s possible to embrace it as a way of increasing creative confidence
