Peter Gray highlights the downsides of evaluation for creativity
In experiment after experiment the participants who made the most creative products were those who did not know that their products would be evaluated. They were the ones just playing, not concerned about judgments or rewards.
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
Stuart Henshall has weighed into the continuing conversation about collaboration among bloggers. (His post links to most if not all of the threads so far). He comes up with the
Rob has a couple of interesting posts up. He challenges how conversations about diversity reinforce stereotypes in particular of the white male. And he describes an approach to cancer screening
David Gurteen makes some interesting connections to my post a few weeks back on willpower and its limits. This is the kind of research that is so important as it
