Jack/Zen makes a good point:
In many of the organizations I work in the overperforming criticize the underperforming and ultimately call for what’s considered the ultimate cure: “holding people accountable.” Just saying the words in a pathetically stern tone warms the hearts of vindicators. What’s curious is how the question is never, “How can we get better at helping these people succeed?”
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.
Thanks to John Husband for pointing out this sharp clip from the Daily Show about blogs over on onegoodmove (Secondary hat tip to A VC)
Neil Perkins makes a good point very eloquently: change is a process not an event. It combines a lovely example from nature and a great, self-deprecating personal anecdote. He captures
Another nice nugget found by Richard Oliver: Once people see themselves as influencing one another they cannot be merely victims: anyone, however modest, then becomes a person capable of making
Shelley Wright explains how she “flipped” her classoom teaching. The flipped classroom essentially reverses traditional teaching. Instead of lectures occurring in the classroom and assignments being done at home the
