Adrian Segar has a great post pulling together a whole set of reasons why you shouldn’t jam pack meetings with activity. There’s a terrible workaholic ethic running through meetings that are packed with content, and seem to expect people to function at their best sat in chairs, often packed around anti-social cabaret tables or absurd rows of desks, in semi-darkness.
Hat tip: Tweet from Viv
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 really liked the series of videos at Everything is a Remix. Here’s the third one: Everything is a Remix Part 3 from Kirby Ferguson on Vimeo. I think this
Facilitation means different things to different people. It’s worth spending a bit of time finding out what people really want when they ask for a facilitator. Sometimes I find clients
I have been following the US elections fairly closely. It’s interesting to see how partisan they are and how people can take the same data point and reach quite opposite
James and I have kicked around ideas for the session we’re contributing to Reboot next month. Here it is: Open Sauce Marketing: Giving up control doesn’t mean the end of
