I agree with Viv:
Facilitation isn’t just about taking a tried and true process and using it yet again because it worked just fine last time. It’s about connecting dots, it’s about seeing a way a group can relate to each other and to a problem in a way they might not have considered before.
I tire quite quickly of debates about processess for this reason. The best moments in facilitation are the ones where there is a surprise, and something unexpected emerges.
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
Tim Kastelle introduces me to Sturgeon’s Law, which states that Nothing is always absolutely so. He also sums up why it’s tempting to ignore it. Now that’s a really bad
Prompted by Harold Jarche, I downloaded this free chapter (pdf) from Ruth Clark’s book on Evidence Based Training Methods. It provides some excellent provocative thinking especially around the whole industry
There’s been a bit of a fuss about Tory leader David Cameron swearing on the radio. Swearing is interesting isn’t it? It only works because it offends people, if it
Sherry Turkle is an MIT professor who is fascinated by conversation. This article on her ideas made sense to me. Conversations, as they tend to play out in person, are
