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.
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.
Jeff Risley recommends the podcasts of Alan Watts. So do I. I’ve just listened to the first of four on the theme “Limits of Language”. I think we easily lose
Reboot 7 was one of the best events I attended last year and I’m looking forward to Reboot8. I really like how they’re describing the format. 50% conference 50% unconference
Matt Moore on fabulous ironic form referring to someone who banned his daughter from sending texts because they were “content free”: Following his example I have banned people from hugging
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, in Good Business: Leadership, Flow and the Making of Meaning says this:One of the key tasks of management is to create an organization that stimulates the complexity of
