I’m off to Glasgow in a few minutes, to facilitate a team day for a group of facilitators there. Hmmm…. on the one hand, a room full of facilitators ought to be a cinch, oughtn’t it? Then again, there’s the risk of being scrutinised and found wanting by experts. Time will tell… but I’m looking forward to it.
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
John Porcaro blogs on Bob Rosner author of Gray Matters. He cited a study that showed that in office buildings, most thermostats aren
Oli Barrett’s post Facebook has Landed captures how business is being changed by social software. And he has given me the very slim pretext I need to dig out this
