Viv and I have recently shot a short film for our Creative Facilitation website. We wanted to convey the essence of our approach in a couple of minutes.
https://johnnie-moore.wistia.com/medias/t8n9nz8lbb?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=400
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
An example of inauthentic direct mail, from Lincoln Financial Group. The elements that eat away at the credibility of the sender and the effect on this reader.
I’m rereading Richard Farson’s Management of the Absurd. So much of his argument, especially in the earlier chapters, resonates strongly with me. Gaining skills in planning, organizing and scheduling no
My relative silence recently is partly due to having had no broadband access for more than a week. This is all courtesy of BT who seem each day to deny
I really liked Jeff Jarvis’s latest unpicking society’s addiction to the lecture format. I’ve blogged before my frustration with rooms of smart people listening politely to long winded keynotes and
