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
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
Beyond heroic leadership
There’s a thought provoking post by Chris Anderson on probablistic systems – and some good debate in the comments and trackbacks. One of those led me to this post by
While I was in Australia I recorded a podcast, pretty much on the spur of the moment, with Geoff Brown and Vic McWaters. We recorded it on a cliff overlooking
Some reflections on the chapter of my book called Hello, Darkness
“We’re so lucky we don’t have to create the brand out of thin air. We just tell the truth and the brand builds itself.” The voice of Thomas Mahon quoted
