Harold Jarche has written a good succinct post on the shift managers have to make from hierarchy to network. It makes lots of sense to me, and it’s a challenge I’m seeing lots of organisations wrestle with. Harold challenges the “learning delivery” model, which is something I often run up against. It’s quite a culture shift and it’s happening to organisations whether they like it or not.
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
Adam Curtis uses his post The Economists’ New Clothes to take economists to task for their complacent claims to scientific certainty. Along the way, he argues that exponents of the
I’m planning a one-day workshop for facilitators on July 18th in London. As in the past the format will be loosely structured and highly experiential. Details here.
There’s an interesting post by Shawn Callahan on how Google is applying the Wisdom of Crowds by creating an internal market in decision-making.
I’m excited to be kicking off the New Year by facilitating an Open Space in Galway. This will be for Reset Ireland taking place on the 15th and 16th January.
