Viv and I have been having long conversations lately about edges: the interesting areas where we learn new things, areas that are a bit uncertain and uncomfortable… but also interesting. Her latest post fleshes this out rather elegantly. I need to work with her again, and soon!
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
I spent last Thursday doing a teambuilding workshop using Improv. I’m still buzzing from it. Improv Rocks! Something very powerful happens to people when they engage in Improv activities. The
Nancy Dixon has a meaty post up about some of the things that undermine group conversations. I’m often inclined to say “can’t we just talk” when offered a complicated way
Stanley Moss emailed me this NY Times article: Incredible Shrinking Packages. Update: Andrew Smart picks up on this and I particularly agree with him on this point: And the guy
I met Dave Balter the founder of BzzAgent here in London yesterday. He’d suggested meeting after reading my own fairly sceptical posts on Bzzagents. (John Moore, Tom Guarriello and Christopher
