And another thing re problem theatre…
It’s physical. How people think and behave is massively bound up with how they move and hold themselves. I think more of the brain, and certainly different parts of it, get engaged when we have to move and do things than when we write them down.
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.
Tim Kitchin pointed me to this fascinating paper: Human Nature and Social Networks by John H Clippinger. As Tim summarises this gives strong evidence that humans are biologically programmed to
Allan Kaplan has written up his experience of a five-day facilitation for development professionals: Emerging out of Goethe: Conversation as a Form of Social Inquiry (pdf). He describes their struggle
I agree with Chris Corrigan: Somehow, the view of learning in the world has been confused with the kinds of quality control that is attached to manufacturing. We imagine that
Neat little factoid from the ever-excellent newsletter of ecustomerserviceworld.
