Instead of giving people lots of (questionable) advice on how to have a difficult conversation we often prefer to give small “tilts”. A tilt is one simple thing to focus on when performing; often it can trigger all sorts of useful discoveries.
Bonus link: Trusting learning will emerge.
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
Evelyn has done a handy summary of The Six Myths of Creativity based on an article in Fast Company. Check it out if you have a coupla mins to spare.
Passion brands bring people together based on common interests and excitements. I’m particularly interested in ones created from the bottom up, as opposed to driven by producers concerned mainly with profit.
Shannon Cooper posts about great customer service from his hairdresser. It’s a classic tale of a small retailer who really gets how to differentiate by getting the human factor right.
I spent Thursday afternoon at Channel 4 which was hosting a conference on Britain’s education system. My friend Steve Moore (here’s his website) created this for them, as the first
