If you’re interested in working with Improv (Improvisational Theatre) techniques in business and are within reach of Washington DC here’s a date for your diary.
On Friday May 13th 10 to 2, there’s a meeting of kindred spirits in Washington and there will be some great people there. My friend Alain Rostain is one of the hosts, and he has been a real pioneer of using improv work to get results in business.
What’s more it’s free. Full details.
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
BlueGrassRoots takes us on a guided tour of the er remarkable, Genesis Creation museum in Kentucky. It’s a great example of how defending a position sometimes ends up undermining it
Applying ideas of fellow citizenship in training and facilitation
I had some friends over yesterday. All four happen to be involved in social work and care in the community. While I pottered they gathered around my kitchen table. They
I’ve just read Dave Snowden’s summary about managing complex problems. It reminds me of the principles of Improv. These are fresh in my mind from the Banff conference last week.
