At the 100% Open meeting I attended, we asked the audience to come up with things they hated about innovation events (amongst other questions). I thought their responses, shown above were interesting.
I often think it’s good to find out what people don’t like (there are downsides to appreciative enquiry if we take it too far). And I agree with a lot of the answers – a lot of events about innovation seem surprisingly conventional to me.
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.
Thanks to Euan for digging out this Krishnamurti quote. I can see why Krishnamurti formed a friendship with David Bohm: they both share some interesting insights into the nature of
My friend Jeremy Sweeney offered this simple idea in a conversation. We keep designing human systems on the assumption that we (and others) are like Mr Spock. We might do
I have a longstanding beef about what I call celebrity government reports. The MO is this: some contentious issue arises in society. The government responds by appointing someone to do
Pat Kane points to Terry Eagleton’s scathing review of Wally Olins’ book “ On Brand” Here’s a snippet: Olins
