Good find by Jeremy at Lifestylism: Crunch Time
A great report on overwork in IT and the gaming industry: Why Crunch Mode Doesn’t Work: 6 Lessons. It’s so good to see compelling arguments that show how crunch-time development is ineffective, expensive and demoralizing. This study is loaded with great quotes and links to all sorts of goodies on the topic.
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
The Ego and the Self | Steven Pressfield Online I'm not sure about the notion of ego as this objectionable a character but I found this quite a moving reflection
Stephen Downes has a terrific post about selective attraction. It’s a warning against ascribing magical properties to people and things that get to the top of popularity. He describes an
I had coffee with Nathalie McDermott yesterday. She’s up to all kinds of good stuff helping create connections for people easily squeezed out of public conversations. She made a terrific
Jennifer Rice has been talking about our meetings in Malmo. Modesty (the False brand of it) prevents me from quoting the very flattering things she says (but do take a
