While Viv was over last month, we had time to shoot a new video about our facilitation training and drop in some footage from our Cambridge workshop. Here’s the result:
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
Dwight Towers has a short, entertaining and provocative video: the problem solution ratio. He makes great points on how easy it is to wallow in indignation, the dangers of experts
informal coalitions: Paradox complexity and organizational dynamics "It it is important for them to recognize the irresolvable tensions that exist in every aspect of organizational life. To do so opens
I’ve been rereading this great post by Gary Schwartz: The Trouble with Yes, And. It’s written with experienced improvisers in mind, but I think it has some really interesting perspectives
And on the heels of my last post Chris Corrigan points to Doug wondering about micro conversations. Micro conversations can be a counterpart to micro credit: what if we could
