I just googled the phrase “faciliation for surprise” and drew a gratifying blank.
Good. Because it’s a snappy little phrase I’m planning to use to describe what I do.
And big thanks to Freddie Daniells for suggesting it in the course of an excellent conversation over coffee last week.
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
Beyond heroic leadership
Perhaps connecting through ideas is over-rated. This may sound almost sacrilegious or insane. Surely the whole of civilisation rests on ideas? Ideas having sex etc etc. And don’t get me
I like a bit of a stretch so yesterday I went to a workshop on Improv for stand up comedy. It was run by Steve Roe who is one of
Here’s a suggested experiment for managers: forget about innovation. Lots of people will be horrified at this suggestion believing it’s vital for senior managers to drive innovation in organisations. In
The recent disruption of the Olympic Torch ritual fascinates and frankly excites me. I’m glad to see China’s Tibet policies challenged and I also see this as part of a
