The value of what students do resides in its connection with a stimulation of greater thoughtfulness not in the greater strain it imposes.
John Dewey, quoted here by Alfie Kohn. That’s why I don’t like to summarise Carol Dweck’s research as being about making more effort.
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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.
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.
Take a look at ShardsO’Glass (thanks to Seth Godin for the link). This sharp satire reminds me of the dissonance I mentioned in my recent post on cold medicines. I
Antonio Dias asks two great questions in the comments to his post on drowning (which I blogged the other day). The first is: How do we engage with people who
Malcolm Gladwell Is #Wrong: Change Observer: Design Observer "Malcolm Gladwell's take on social media is like a nun's likely review of the Kama Sutra — self-righteous and misguided by virtue
Rob Horning has an interesting article speculating that much of the benefits of the networked economy aren’t going to show up in conventional economic statistics. This makes sense to me.
