Chris Corrigan points to a collection of citizen participation resources, 63 approaches to helping groups converse and make decisions.
I’m with Chris when he says “As a facilitator I mostly design my own processes and tools for meetings depending on what the client wants” and like him, I like this community chest of ways of engaging people as a source of inspiration.
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
Tim Ambler a student at the London Business School is organising a conference Brands in The Boardroom next month. He kindly invited me but it’s not my thing I’m afraid.
I have been following the US elections fairly closely. It’s interesting to see how partisan they are and how people can take the same data point and reach quite opposite
Matt highlight’s Patrick Lambe’s post: Touch. Patrick is focussed on actual physical touch and the way it’s pretty much excluded from conversations about change. It really is a giant elephant
GeekMedia: Record Companies Bands and the concept of value Good analysis of how the old business model of the music industry fails artists. I didn't realise how Spotify's business is
