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.
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
Mark at fouroboros has posted a passionate response to my earlier post on modesty. I want to pick up on this robust observation: Lying, fudging or corporate cosmetic surgery in
At last! End those watched-pot-never-boils-blues. You’ll be able to turn on your kettle by sending an SMS. No doubt it plays the theme tune from “EastEnders”. [Hat tip: The Bumble
Feelings of Knowing : The Frontal Cortex Why humans can (sometimes) beat a computer at quiz games – because we can feel we know an answer to a question before
I suggest moving away from phrases like brand reinforcement, brand architecture and brand building. Instead of seeing brands as hard and controllable, let’s see them as soft and influenceable.
