Harold Jarche asks very provocatively: Is management on the table?
We falsely believe we can manage the future based on the past. Researchers have shown experts do worse than laypeople in predicting the stock market and that these experts do even worse than just flipping a coin. Managing for the future is a conceit of those in power and our institutions are based on the notion of being able to manage complex systems using mechanistic models.
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’m one of those people who thinks too much and there’s often a mush of vaguely related ideas at the back of my mind. Then once in a while, I
James has posted a bit more info about our planned workshop Johnnie Moore and I are holding Open Sauce workshops in London for companies interested in exploring marketing in a
Rob Paterson decided to challenge a government pseudo-consultation about child education. Just using blogging and facebook he has helped put a spanner in the works. He seems to be getting
Here’s a suggested experiment for managers: forget about innovation. Lots of people will be horrified at this suggestion believing it’s vital for senior managers to drive innovation in organisations. In
