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.
A great story posted by Curt Rosengren useful for two things. First in case you ever feel a pressing need to Squash a Chimpanzee’s Creativity, this is how to do
David Smith pointed to this article about innovation at P&G. I think it smacks a little too much of the corporate Kool Aid; I’m just naturally wary of claims about
In this podcast I talk with Rob Paterson and Neil Perkin about agility in organisations. This was sparked by Neil’s post about agile planning – ways for organisations to respond
Over at 173drurylane Adrian Trenholm writes about this article about the symbiotic relationship developing between a Whole Foods supermarket and the local farmers’ market. Adrian speculates on whether Sainsbury’s could
