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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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?
I’ve blogged about a couple of recent customer service experiences. Here’s an update. Internetters/Iomart have not replied to my letter of complaint from 20 July and two reminders from me
It was funny to have people come up to me at the conference yesterday to ask me how if my loo was working yet. The joys of blogging. For those
According to Stuart Henshall 5% of all international voice traffic is now going over Skype and rising exponentially. This prompts me to bring out my Disintermediate Dalek for a second
Stephen Downes has a terrific post about selective attraction. It’s a warning against ascribing magical properties to people and things that get to the top of popularity. He describes an
