I liked this thought, tweeted by EskoKilpi:
Poorly connected organizations always end up with simple dynamics and repetitive patterns. Highly interconnected organizations may exhibit patterns that can be described mathematically as edge of chaos dynamics.
I think this is why some people react with anxiety to the early stages of processes like Open Space: it doesn’t play out the simple patterns of the conventional hierarchy.
Magic, relationship and changing status
leaving your props behind
feeling the power of presence… and what it really means to ‘read the room.’
we’re hungry for connection
What brings conversations to life is often missed when we aim too high
What I learned singing to strangers on the subway, and why emotional connections matters even more in a hi-tech era.
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.
Richard Wiseman has a good article about the pyschological benefits of action over thinking, in particular when it comes to self-help. The gist is that instead of trying to think
Chris Corrigan has a good post about how organisations talk the talk on “embracing failure” but don’t walk the walk. This is because few of these articles talk about some
Jennifer Rice took a long break from blogging and has come back refreshed. I’m finding myself nodding along with what she says here about changing her blog to put more
Will R at Weblogg-ed points to a post by Steve Sloan: Who gave me permission? Sloan has been banned by his university from including his students in his podcasts. Here’s
