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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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
Seed: The Ad-Busting Brain Research challenges the notion that brands have personalities just like people. Thank goodness. Via Marc Babej (tags: branding) Zopa » Blog Archive » Loans for peerages
Incredible mastery « Chris Corrigan When a pianist prepares the wrong piece for a concert what is she to do when the orchestra strikes up with something else? A stunning
Robert Paterson's Weblog: Why our problems are complex – Why our current institutions cannot cope "We are making a shift from a machine metaphor of cause and effect to a
Andrew Rixon is another fan of silence in facilitation. It is not surprising that many people feel uncomfortable with silence within groups especially if you are the “leader” or “facilitator”.
