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…
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
I’ve been enthusiastic about improv for years. But I’m not that good at performing it. I think it’s in the category of things where the more you do it the
Nick Smith has another good post (and the above funny cartoon) about well, the meaning of life. Let’s be really frank and honest with each other here – we don’t
Then again perhaps this is a metaphor for our times. Perhaps those impressive technocrats aren’t either as smart as they think… or as powerful – or even evil – as
