Tim Kastelle points out that people mostly don’t like new ideas.
Novelty disturbs and repels – no wonder it’s so hard to get our great new ideas across.
Machiavelli was in the same territory:
… nothing is more difficult than to introduce a new order. Because the innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under the old conditions and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under the new…
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
Beyond heroic leadership
Vajra left a good comment (on my post about Twitter) questioning the notion that any activity must have a result that is valuable to the observer regardless of the value
Nick Wreden in his FusionBrand blog reports on an ANA survey on perceptions of marketing. In some ways, it’s a familar story Despite its importance marketing is not getting the
For game obsessives and their enablers…. This made me laugh. From Google Video (be patient for the first minute…)
Lilia Efimova comments on my entry on Doing vs Analysing and links (via Martin Dugage) to this Fast Company article: Why Can’t We Get Anything Done? This is a good
