Good find by Jeremy at Lifestylism: Crunch Time
A great report on overwork in IT and the gaming industry: Why Crunch Mode Doesn’t Work: 6 Lessons. It’s so good to see compelling arguments that show how crunch-time development is ineffective, expensive and demoralizing. This study is loaded with great quotes and links to all sorts of goodies on the topic.
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
Wandering past the shops at the weekend I suddenly found myself thinking, it’s time to see Declan Elliott again, indeed a trip to Galway would surely be a lot of
I’m updgrading the software behind this weblog to Movable Type 3.2. Apologies if normal service is disrupted. UPDATE 12.05: MT3.2 is installed but currently individual entry pages and comments are
I had a great meeting yesterday with Thomas Madsen-Mygdal founder of the excellent Reboot conference and serial entrepreneur. He and a couple his collaborators showed me their latest stuff and
