My friend Jeremy Sweeney offered this simple idea in a conversation. We keep designing human systems on the assumption that we (and others) are like Mr Spock. We might do better to acknowledge we’re more like Homer Simpson.
Yep.
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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
I was talking with a friend recently about some regular team meetings she attended. She (and most of those there) were frustrated with their lack of productivity. Her sense was
My friend Oli London’s-most-sociable-entrepreneur” Barrett has been thinking about the widespread enthusiasm for instant solutions – very much evident in crazed proposals for dealing with knife crime here in the
Jackie Huba and Jake McKee have interesting takes on the Snakes on a Plane phenomenon. I think Jake’s hits the nail on the head when he talks about having fun.
Scoble is on top form and probably feeling demob happy. Why have Google and Apple done so well in the last three years? Cause the grassroots loves them. That’s the
