The second video in this series of reflections on working with people. We sometimes create magic feathers things that seem to trigger more effective behaviour. But we risk turning them into idols at the expense of taking risks and making new discoveries.
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.
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
When people look at Twitter and say, “What’s the point?” it might be better not to answer them. It strikes me that, “What’s the point?” is often what depressed people
I reread something I wrote back in 2006 about Ellen Langer’s work on mindful learning. She makes this point:When people overlearn a task so that they can perform it by
BBC News – Anna Hazare's movement – a reality check for India A bottom-up insurgency against the establishment no doubt with its flaws but triggering classic elitist bluster from those
Just rambling around Youtube tonight I came upon this wonderful scene from Casablanca. Nothing is more terrifying to established power than courageous authenticity. A message for our times, I think.
