The more I experience Open Space, the more enthusiastic I become. So I enjoyed Andrew Rixon’s post, showing the social network before and after an Open Space meeting.
Before:
After:
One of my mantras is relationships before ideas. Many conference formats overemphasise the top-down delivery of content at the expense of connectedness. Open Space seems to allow the content and relationships to evolve together.
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Magic, relationship and changing status
leaving your props behind
feeling the power of presence… and what it really means to ‘read the room.’
we’re hungry for connection
What brings conversations to life is often missed when we aim too high
What I learned singing to strangers on the subway, and why emotional connections matters even more in a hi-tech era.
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.
A while ago I wrote about action theatre. It was inspired by Bruce Schneier’s term security theatre, to describe tiresome security measures at airports etc that might create a sense
Thanks to Daryl at Anecdote for spotting this: The fine art of (not) lecturing Don’t drone. Get students talking and guessing and arguing. Our short-term memory can only process four
I came across the phrase “failure porn” in this post by Cassie Robinson of a Facebook conversation. She prompted it with some challenging points about the closing of The Amazings.
Danny at AdPulp reviews James Stewart’s Disneywar, a book on the (mis)management of Disney. One aspect really gets Danny going In one section Stewart recounts in minute detail how Disney
