I’m going to take part in the Art of Hosting event in Ireland on January 5-8. It’s being led by my friend and occasional collaborator, Chris Corrigan. It’ll be a wonderful chance to delve deeper into Chris’ practice and thinking. It also strikes me as a really good time for me to indulge in some deeper reflection on my own work.
Here are the full details on a pdf. It would be fun to see you there.
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
Holding a mirror to experience
We’re bombarded with messages – can we create more space to think?
Viv and I will be offering a new workshop in a couple of weeks in Melbourne. It’s part of the preconference day for Andrew Rixon’s Creative Methods story conference. We’re
Simon Jenkins’ the former editor of the The Times in today’s issue, commenting on his experience of blogs in the US ‘Yet the ground did shake under me. Earlier threats
Mistakes can create more engagement, but we should be wary of faking them
So London has won the 2012 Olympics. I have mixed feelings. I did not support our bid though I admire the skill with which Seb Coe and his team put
