John Tropea has written a great post drawing together lots of threads about the role of conversations in what he calls organisational wellness and performance. We’re not machines, we’re mammals and touch and relationship are absolutely central to our happiness and our effectiveness.
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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
I found this performance of the Pearl Fishers Duet on YouTube. This piece always makes me want to cry and hearing these voices from the past seems even more poignant.
The Frontal Cortex: Inequality and the Perception of Fairness. I love the experiments psychologists come up with. One of the more powerful examples of this behavior comes from Franz Waals
After some nice reviews of my podcast interview with Liam Mulhall of Blowfly, James and I will soon be interviewing Thomas Mahon of English Cut. It should be interesting. If
Viv McWaters writes about liminality. When you’re asking me to change a particular behaviour (even if it’s for my own good or for the well-being of others, or even the
