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:
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
Beyond heroic leadership
I’m back in catch-up mode with Reverb10. Here’s the day 3 prompt: Moment. Pick one moment during which you felt most alive this year. Describe it in vivid detail (texture
Many of us dread meetings at work. Too often they’re dull: they follow predictable patterns, and people struggle to stay engaged. After regular meetings, the gossip by the water cooler
The Church of the Customer blog quotes an NY Times interview with David Bowie who says: I’m fully confident that copyright for instance, will no longer exist in 10 years,
James and I are giving a talk at the Market Research Society Conference later this month. This should be interesting as I’ve not been particularly appreciative of the MR industry
