Andrew Rixon reckons facilitation is a Fat Word.
That is a word overused and abused and one which seems to hold way too much meaning for its own good.
Yeah I think I know what he means. He reports that some folks wanted to call themselves Passionistas, but Andrew’s not convinced. Nor am I, though I think it does help get away from the illusion of neutrality that sometimes hamstrings facilitation.
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
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
When I was finishing at Oxford my annoyingly self-confident peers were pretending to agonise. Should they work as monstrously overpaid consultants, or… monstrously overpaid bankers? Those whose greed inspired them
Whether "Beast" or "Virus" Metaphor Is Powerful Stuff | Psychology Today Merely changing the metaphor alongside which identical factual information is presented significantly changes how readers determine how to respond.
I see the word “leading” used all the time to describe organsations. Nearly always it means that the company is not the biggest in its sector but desperately needs us
