Lovely post on Presentation Zen: Jazz and the Art of Connecting. (Hat tip: Annette) This was my favourite lesson:
(1) “The most important thing I look for in a musician is whether he knows how to listen.” (Duke-Ellington)
The best communicators in the world are almost always the best listeners. Talking is easy; any dope can do that. But listening is hard. The lessons learned in life come more from when we open our ears not our mouths.
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
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
From Marty Schwimmer I learn of an erudite ruling by the domain arbitration forum in the matter of Morgan Stanley v Meow. This relates to a dispute over a domain
More criticism of Lovemarks, a largely absurd book that claims to look at the world beyond brands but it really the same-old same-old.
Leadership? Innovation? Knowledge Sharing? There’s so much said about all of these and much of it of the hand-wringing kind. As I’ve said before a lot of those conversations are
Geoff Brown writes about a delightful gift from the guys at On Your Feet. Full SP at Geoff’s place, but here’s the nub of it: What if you had a
