I liked this article from Marketing Profs: The Worst Thing About Best Practices.
In brief:
They rarely work
It’s a follower’s strategy
Change comes from within
They don’t come with a manual
This is something I dwell on in my More Space chapter of which more to follow in due course.
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
So a nice flight on Air New Zealand. Wellington airport made me laugh. They have a giant Gollum statue crawling over the international terminal to greet visitors. (Pic here) Mad
People have been facilitated before: boredom, stillness, recovering attention and the undercurrents of life
I’ve long thought that a clipboard was a powerful prop. I only have to hold one and I start to feel more officious. So it’s good to see this research
I had lunch yesterday with Euan Semple Alex Kjerulf and Lars Plougmann. The world was generally put to rights and I got to see how many books Alex buys each
