Grande Lum quotes WH Auden:
Choice of attention – to pay attention to this and ignore that – is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences whatever they may be.
Good advice to facilitators, and reminds me of my own favoured mantra: notice more, change less.
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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
Two interesting new bloggers have arrived. David Maister, professional services guru, has been added to my aggregator. (Spotted by Mark Lloyd.) Meanwhile McDonalds is having another crack at blogging after
The origins of Boba Fett illustrate how creativity can be serendipitous
When I was in New York I spent quite a bit of time with Cathy Salit of Performance of a Lifetime. Cathy and her team are offering a one-day Workshop
Chris Corrigan pointed me to this post by Bob Sutton: Evidence-Based Management Doesn’t Mean Just Quantitative Evidence. The post, and the comments added, make lots of sense to me. I
