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.
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.
Managing in a world of uncertainty where people don’t live up to their stated values
You’ve got to admire David Sackett. He has declared that he would “never again lecture write, or referee anything to do with evidence based clinical practice”. Sackett is not doing
I’m off to a meeting of the London Fast Company of Friends in a few minutes. The theme is the book Beyond Branding, which I co-wrote last year. Not sure
Chris Anderson highlights Yahoo’s new Creative Commons Search. Excellent idea.
I’ve never really warmed to the term “design thinking” so I agree with some of what Don Norman says here: Design Thinking: Useful Myth. Design thinking is a public relations
