John Tropea has written a great post drawing together lots of threads about the role of conversations in what he calls organisational wellness and performance. We’re not machines, we’re mammals and touch and relationship are absolutely central to our happiness and our effectiveness.
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When facilitating, more and more I want to sense the next move at my fingertips
Letting go in order to get in flow…
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
Michael Herman blogs about IBM’s decision to waive enforcement on 500 patents making a useful distinction between patent right and patent enforcement. His summary: Patents and open source profit and
I’m planning some new groups. They’ll be for people who’d like a different kind of coaching in these challenging times.
Edge Perspectives with John Hagel: Reviewing "The Social Network" – Constructing Grand Narrative John Hagel reviews the reviews of the Social Network and sees plenty of evidence of an old
I’ve learnt a lot from Rob Poynton in a few meetings and Skype chats and from his book. So when he raved to Mark and me about a workshop he’d
