Commercial messages constantly undermine us – from optician ads suggesting we’re unfashionable to LinkedIn posts implying we lack leadership skills.
These thousands of daily messages, multiplied by social media, create a persistent “you’re not enough” narrative that promotes scarcity rather than abundance
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.
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
So I’ve blogged Dumbo recently, and then got onto trust yesterday. Talking to James this morning I realised this bit of Disney magic characterises the Marketing 1.0 idea of trust…
Hugh Macleod sent an email today on the difference between complex and complicated. I liked this bit: The idea of simplicity in business has in recent years taken on a
Even as Viv‘s and my book on Creative Facilitation is nearing release into the wild I’m thinking about another little project. I’m tentatively calling it The Little Book of Action
Nice observation by Nick Wreden: H Gordon Selfridge the founder of Selfridges one of the best-known department stores in UK, first penned the well-known slogan, “the customer is always right.”
