Loved this from Chris Corrigan:
I see it all the time where cultivated and well-raised people stumble in the wild land of chaos and open space. Whether it is the tourist in the forest who complains against the mud or the leader in an organization community or country (like Egypt) who clings to the illusion of confidence and control and who cannot make friends with the wild and the chaotic.
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
Speed Demons There are two sorts of business – the quick and the dead. That’s the slightly hyper version of this Business Week story on alacrity. Hat tip: Declan Elliott
I should write a longer and more lucid post about this, but those ones never get done. Please regard this as a starter for 10. I had a cuppa with
Curiosity is a richer seam of conversation than just questioning others
Richard Gayle points to this extraordinary video of the lyrebird which can imitate other birds but also cameras (standard and motor-drive), car alarms and chainsaws. UPDATE: Chris Corrigan emailed me
