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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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
The Bumble Bee is a new addition to the list of blogs I’m reading. It’s about the idea of bioteams a way of applying principles from nature to human teams
Patti Digh has another great post relating her frustrations on a recent facilitation process. I really identify with the situation she describes. A group of people are sharing experiences with
Alex Sternick has some great insights on the value of absurdity, including the arresting thought the nonsense can be a path to meaning. it includes a reference to a little study
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic suggests why we end up with incompetent leaders making a point about a bias towards men in the process: In my view, the main reason for the uneven management
