Tim Kastelle points out that people mostly don’t like new ideas.
Novelty disturbs and repels – no wonder it’s so hard to get our great new ideas across.
Machiavelli was in the same territory:
… nothing is more difficult than to introduce a new order. Because the innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under the old conditions and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under the new…
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
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… of favourite books here’s an old post on why I think The Halo Effect is on my shortlist. Short version: it’s a powerful antidote to most of the glib
A joke about frogs and what it says about being ourselves in teams
Guardian Unlimited Film | News | Fans will fund our next movie say film-makers A smallish step towards a different model for movie production, spotted by Alan Moore. (tags: co-creation
