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.
Magic, relationship and changing status
leaving your props behind
feeling the power of presence… and what it really means to ‘read the room.’
we’re hungry for connection
What brings conversations to life is often missed when we aim too high
What I learned singing to strangers on the subway, and why emotional connections matters even more in a hi-tech era.
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.
Often at the end of a lively open space, there are participants who say things would have been better with more structure, and/or express anxiety that things may have happened
Chris Corrigan reckons..the podcasts produced by the locked out employees of CBC are far far better than the crap produced by the locked in managers. We live in interesting times.
A meeting with David Boyle, author of an excellent book on Authenticity, and plans for a meeting in London on January 21st to discuss the topic.
