I like Viv’s comment on the challenge of Open Space:
We are so used to being told what to do where to go and when, that when faced with a self-organising system, we sometimes doubt our own ability to respond.
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
Why Your Employees Are Losing Motivation : HBS Working Knowledge “Business literature is packed with advice about worker motivation—but sometimes managers are the problem not the inspiration.” (tags: motivation management
Eariler this week I went to the Cambridge Pitch & Mix. There was a great mix of people and lots of ideas stuck in my mind. One in particular was
Ton Zijlstra wonders how bloggers could collaborate more effectively and I ask myself the same question…
Edge Perspectives with John Hagel: Reviewing "The Social Network" – Constructing Grand Narrative John Hagel reviews the reviews of the Social Network and sees plenty of evidence of an old
