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.
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
On Tuesday, I started reading The Wisdom of Crowds in the ironic setting of an empty train. I decided to travel from London to Manchester by the marginally slower Midland
Power Corrupts: Testing Lord Acton’s Dictum » Corruption Leadership, Morality, Power » InsideWork Giving people power really does corrupt. Why we should be so wary of hierarchy. Library clips ::
The trial of Lady Chatterley's Lover | Books | The Guardian Geoffrey Robertson looks back on the famous trial of 1960. The Britain he depicts is an unattractive place, ruled
Brian Oberkirch likes this post by Umair and so do I. Like them I loathe the notion of one-word-equity. The other day James highlighted the wisdom of Etsy’s Robert Kalin,
