Tenneson Woolf writes some thoughts about how to create resiliency in groups. Some good ideas here. I’ve been reflecting in particular on these: letting go of “aloneness” and its sister:
Belonging — Presume connection until apprehended. With colleagues. With community. With purpose.
I that’s one I need to practice more!
I also liked Tim Merry’s aphorism:
Be yourself. Everybody else is taken.
Hat tip: Geoff Brown’s tweet
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
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
The other John Moore ahem johnmoore, has this quote from John Mackey, the CEO of Whole Foods Market:
Ian McKellan put in a delightful performance on the telly this morning challenging fundamentalists who cite the bible as the absolute authority on morality. (Basically saying this was just a
A Day Without Dumbassery « Tales From the Hood "I want aid to not be marketed. Once we resort to pandering to the emotional (or tax-break) needs of someone in
Thanks to Rich for pointing to the entertaining Shhh! Enough said. (Of course it’s ironic me pointing to this on a day I’m spewing out entries like a mad thing)
