Lloyd reports on his latest experiment bringing a conversational approach to a consulting gig. (Thanks for the props in there, Lloyd.)
Everyone is creative, capable of creation in one way or another. Categorising people as creatives or managers is fake and doesn’t serve us well, especially in a space where we require innovation and change. People are amazing.
It is possible to bring thirty people together and have a productive conversation without constantly telling them what to do.
Magic, relationship and changing status
leaving your props behind
feeling the power of presence… and what it really means to ‘read the room.’
we’re hungry for connection
What brings conversations to life is often missed when we aim too high
What I learned singing to strangers on the subway, and why emotional connections matters even more in a hi-tech era.
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.
I’ve had lots of chances to work with Viv McWaters over the last year in several different parts of the world. So I’m pleased to say we’re going to put
Last week I recorded a conversation with Tom Guarriello and Andrew Rixon about the language of facilitation. This was prompted by the research Andrew has published on this subject. It’s
Chris Corrigan emailed me in response to my post about the new book: Book should be called Blood from a Stone: a reluctant book on creative facilitation!… Plus blood from
Jeff Jarvis has a great post analysing Bob Garfield’s latest thoughts. Both well worth reading in full. Bob is scathing about the optimism (read denial) of big media owners: Balding’s
