The title of Bob Sutton’s latest post makes lots of sense to me:
Most claims of originality are testimony to ignorance and most claims of magic are testimony to hubris.
I share his weariness of efforts to radically “reinvent leadership”.
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The title of Bob Sutton’s latest post makes lots of sense to me:
Most claims of originality are testimony to ignorance and most claims of magic are testimony to hubris.
I share his weariness of efforts to radically “reinvent leadership”.
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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

David Wilcox writes Can 200 people work out what they are interested in find others with shared concerns form groups, and decide what to do next – all in 35

I took this picture on Thursday here in Islington. A few hours earlier Graeme Souness had been sacked as manager of Newcastle United. London’s Evening Standard has long reported news

Pranksters give a phone company a taste of its own medicine. (Click here if you can’t see the embedded video) Hat tip: Boing Boing

I’m going to run a couple of telephone seminars in April. On the 20th on Improv at work and on 21st on Facilitation. The idea is to create a bit