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.
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
Donald Clark discovers some research that should give trainers, and those who hire them, something to worry about. He describes it in more detail, this is my crude summary: Various
YouTube – iPod Customer Service – the Dirty secret Great example of customer-generated video spotted by Anders Gronstedt (tags: branding opensaucelive opensourcemarketing) Pixoh: Edit pictures online Clever little application spotted
My mate VIv really struck a chord with me today: Everybody’s afraid. Of something. The future. The past. Our capability or inability; the voice in our head that says yes
