I liked this thought from Earl Mardle (riffing on this from Seth Godin).
I have a little mantra for those who always want to pluck the “low hanging fruit” or “get some easy runs on the board” do the hard stuff first, the easy stuff is always going to be easy, but going from the easy to the hard just makes the hard seem even worse.” Most people aren’t interested.
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 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
Will Richardson points to Ning. Here’s a fascinating clue to what the future may hold. A place where anyone can create a social web app in minutes. Will made a
For those reading this blog thru a newsreader… I’ve been revising the templates for feeds and this has led to posts being renewed unnecessarily. Apologies if that’s been a nuisance;
I was very sad to learn that John Ptak the husband of my friend Patti Digh, has been struck with cancer. Patti’s response to this, as to so many of
I talk a lot about the importance of social objects – stuff for people to talk about – in marketing and the idea that successful brands naturally create a lot
