I’m making some more little videos reflecting on the business of working with people. This first one was prompted by looking at the sales pitches of training companies at a conference/exhibition. I describe the event as exciting, but in a boring kind of way.
It got me thinking about the urge to impress, and how it can affect the way we talk and create together.
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
This week I took part in an Improv performance here in London. I did this with eight other people. All of us did a series of six evening workshops playing
Sometimes, unlikely, even absurd-sounding changes lead to powerful creativity
BPS Research Digest: Other people may experience more misery than you realise Usual caveat that it's US college students in the sample. But it makes sense to: we kid ourselves
Applying ideas of fellow citizenship in training and facilitation
