I used that phrase back in February. I think it’s a good way to describe a way of thinking about how to respond to what’s created by Web 2.0: you can’t control it you need to manage people as if they’re volunteers.
James and I are going to use this title for our workshops next year. We’re kicking off at the end of January with a gig at NESTA. We’re also thinking of writing it up as a manifesto.
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
The other day Hugh Pinny Mark and I recorded another of our podcasts. It’s very much in our tradition of non-linear conversation. Sorry, no show notes for this one –
I’ve just finished a great week co-facilitating a management meeting in Sri Lanka with my friend Viv McWaters. She’s been blogging some of what we’ve experienced. The theme of the
There’s something about the Blog of Death’s short obituary on Ed Earnest that touched me.Edward Earnest believed in giving people second chances. Forty years ago a prison warden and a
Evelyn is channeling Lisa Haneberg. Actually she isn’t, she’s just passing on an email. But it’s an amusing thought. Anway, here’s Lisa’s little nugget. There are 2 types of conversations
