Here’s another insight from that Dialogue book. The roots of the word “intelligence” are gather and in-between. I love that. What if we think of Intelligence is being in… or maybe just being… the spaces between us… not in your mind, not in mine, but in our relationship?
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
Mark Earls has a good post on a cognitive bias that leads us to see conspiracy where they may only be a cock-up.
On Thursday I facilitated a workshop for the BBC and AHRC on the theme of User Generated Content and its implications. I used Open Space and it seems as though
I’ve long thought that marketing and human resources directors should collaborate much more. So I’m interested in Regina Miller’s blog HR’s brand new experience. (Spotted by Jennifer) Regina is focussing
I decided to have a very quiet day yesterday stayed in bed a long time and left the computer off all day. Subsisted on healthy meals interspersed with comfort food
