I’d love to run a management course based entirely on lessons from Monty Python.
The subject of meetings could probably be covered simply with scenes from the Life of Brian. For example to cover the topic of action theatre (lectures on the importance of action that don’t really support action) I’d have to use this clip:
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
At IMC John Hagel has given a good 15 minute provocation on the topic of the attention economy. Renee Hopkins Callahan has done a good summary at Fast Company as
Earl Mardle says: I’ve always thought that CRM is largely a crock because it tries to use software to make up for a failed corporate culture.
I talk a lot about the importance of social objects – stuff for people to talk about – in marketing and the idea that successful brands naturally create a lot
@PhilosophyQuotz tweeted this: If a victory is told in detail one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat. – Sartre
