In the latest episode Kay Scorah and I talk about the idea of “getting over ourselves”. That can often sound like a rude instruction, but it’s possible to frame all learning as a process of leaving behind old ideas of who we are – ideas to which we can get rather attached.
We talk a bit about Otto Rank and I say more about him in this old post.
Embracing uncertainty and avoiding simplistic solutions
Some reflections on the chapter of my book called Hello, Darkness
What could happen if we let go of the idea that teamwork should be easy?
watching my nephew put out a fire, and the power of micromoments
In coaching I find a lot of my work comes down to helping people find ways to deal with difficult conversations. In meetings, whatever brilliant
My friend Antony Quinn and I are running our Difficult Conversations workshop again in Cambridge. We really enjoyed the one we did in December so
This is the second of my series of short videos about difficult conversations. (Part one here) In this one I talk about the importance of
This is the third episode in my series of short videos about having difficult conversations. (Part One Part Two) I talk about the Marshmallow Challenge
Anne Marie McEwan reflects on the complexity of relationships in her post, Complexify Yourself: I think that complexity takes on another dimension when people interact. We
A New Zealand School ditches the safety rules for its playground and gets some pretty amazing results. The Principal comments: The kids were motivated, busy
Viv pointed me to this video which is a great introduction to how we can use the ideas of improv theatre to support creativity and change.
Thanks to Doc Searls for pointing to this excellent blast Enough with the Michael Jackson Crap. I don’t care if the audience eats this shit up. They’d eat up public
A piece from eCustomerServiceWorld‘s weekly update highlights “Metabolic Management” ~ and I relate this concept to Improv work.
I’m off shortly to Copenhagen for Reboot 9 which looks like being fun despite my giving a talk there tomorrow supposedly about “Contact“. I’m also doing a 5 minute micropresentation
