I’m quite interested in the idea of things being pointless. This fabulous bit of co-creation (South Park meets Alan Watts) delights me.
So many meetings start out with anxious lists of what must be completed by the end. I can understand the anxiety but it risks killing the energy that comes from being present to the process with enthusiasm and an openness to possibility. (Chris Corrigan had some good things to say about seeing past endings in this podcast.)
Hat tip: Euan.
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
Creating eye contact despite the limits of Zoom and Teams
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
It’s great that the spread of technology empowers individuals to create their own mini TV ads. This was posted by Oliver Willis: RNC Redux makes a biting point about the
I like the Southwest Airlines blog. Here’s one of their people shedding light on the Southwest Culture. Cultural problems are almost never “out there;” they are almost always “in here.”
I’m enjoying Jonah Lehrer’s How we Decide. I’m currently on the chapter looking at the role of dopamine on our thinking. Getting a hit from dopamine is what gets people
Antony Mayfield suggests ..digital tools and networks can be used to loosen clogged bureaucracies and ways of working. But if we don’t think about how they are being used don’t
