In a darkened theatre, the experience of being alone in the ghost light creates a sense of excitement and possibility. I feel that when I start working live in front of a group. There’s something relational that happens in the moment, where I feel alive to possibilities in a way that doesn’t happen in a planning process. I feel this is connected to what it really means to ‘read the room’.
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Magic, relationship and changing status
leaving your props behind
we’re hungry for connection
What brings conversations to life is often missed when we aim too high
What I learned singing to strangers on the subway, and why emotional connections matters even more in a hi-tech era.
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
Give Me Something To Read As if we need more things to read, this is a list of popular stories from Instapaper.. Measuring success in narrative culture The radical value
Reading my vanity feed this cartoon (originally blogged in 2004) still generates the odd mention. It’s funny how we instantly think of meetings as boring and pointless. I recently asked
Digital Ethnography » Blog Archive » Students Helping Students (video) More inspired video storytelling from Michael Wesch (hat tip to Nancy White https://bit.ly/d0G3N3) (tags: flashmob ethnography video) My Police –
Jeff Jarvis puts his sharp finger on something I’ve felt strongly about for a while. Schmoozing the powers-that-be at Davos he goes to a session on transparency. It’s off-the-record of
