I’ve posted a review of Improv Wisdom by Patricia Ryan Madson over at the Applied Improv Weblog.
Bunny Bunny
A funny game illustrates what we may be missing in many of our meetings
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Don’t panic
Managing anxiety is a familiar challenge for facilitators.
Hamlet and meeting absurdity
Managing in a world of uncertainty where people don’t live up to their stated values
Leading from the clown
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.
Embodied thinking vs slippery AI
A casual conversation in a pub makes me pay attention to thinking being embodied
Playing with eye contact
Creating eye contact despite the limits of Zoom and Teams
Noticing
The power of small gestures and noticing
Facilitation antlers
Exploring the inner dialogue of facilitation
Small p presence
Getting away from grandiosity or solemnity. small p presence is about being open to the life around us
Small i improv
Facilitation is often about small, subtle acts of noticing and experimenting
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First Direct Podcasts
Chris Lawer likes First Direct‘s new podcasts. They are probably the only bank I know where customers would be willing to “listen in” to what it has to say. But
24 June 2006
Thoughts on networks
Roland Harwood has written a nice post about working in networks. Short on jargon, long on common sense. Viv and I often riff on Roland’s mantra: conversations then relationships, then
11 April 2011
Imperfection
Renee Hopkins Callahan has a nice editorial post at Corante pulling together some ideas kicked off by Elizabeth Albrecht who suggested that marketers could place less emphasis on flawless promo
7 January 2006
Taking the emphasis off innovation
Roland Harwood questions where innovation is taking us: You could argue that our most pressing global challenges – such as the financial crisis and climate change – are as a
24 August 2012
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