I’ve posted a review of Improv Wisdom by Patricia Ryan Madson over at the Applied Improv Weblog.
Power, love and “cheap tricks”
Magic, relationship and changing status
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Arriving without luggage
leaving your props behind
Ghost lights..
feeling the power of presence… and what it really means to ‘read the room.’
Hand grenades and hamster wheels
we’re hungry for connection
Are we really connecting?
What brings conversations to life is often missed when we aim too high
Singing on the subway
What I learned singing to strangers on the subway, and why emotional connections matters even more in a hi-tech era.
Fingerspitzengefühl
When facilitating, more and more I want to sense the next move at my fingertips
Ski poles…
Letting go in order to get in flow…
Bunny Bunny
A funny game illustrates what we may be missing in many of our meetings
Don’t panic
Managing anxiety is a familiar challenge for facilitators.
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Sophistry
Evelyn Rodriguez posts a terrific story, lifted from Tom Asacker‘s new book, A Clear Eye for Branding:. In the [psychological] study two people, A and B, were seated on opposite
14 June 2005
What do we mean by people skills?
I’m rereading Richard Farson’s Management of the Absurd. So much of his argument, especially in the earlier chapters, resonates strongly with me. Gaining skills in planning, organizing and scheduling no
14 September 2012
An update on unhurried at work…
Three years ago I first blogged about the idea of Unhurried. It emerged from a series of conversations with my friend Antony Quinn. We share an interest in improv theatre
28 February 2017
Ouch
Hmmm. perhaps it serves me right for blogging about presence but my own lack of focus in the moment hit me on the head last night, literally. Somehow on my
19 October 2006
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