I enjoyed Viv’s post describing how she uses video clips to inspire participants in her workshops to think differently about facilitation. She says she was partly inspired by the Phoric podcasts I do with Rob which was kind of her.
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
I’ve read and greatly enjoyed Daniel Goleman’s stuff on Emotional Intelligence. But I feel unhappy about his involvement with Hay Consulting where he endorses their impressively titled Emotional Competence Inventory Accreditation. Emotional intelligence cannot be reducted to ratings and scorecards. In doing so, we risk masking the subtle mysteries of human relationships for a bogus mechanistic precision.
There’s more cringeworthy footage of me in this short interview by David Wilcox. I didn’t realise my eyes darted around so much. See I’m an introvert at heart. I try
If You’re an Expert Can You Flip a Coin? « Tales From the Hood Some interesting pushback on the recent story in HuffPo Russia in color, a century ago –
And now for some good news about music being copied and adapted. For several weeks, the top selling single here in the UK was Is This the Way to Amarillo?.
