Jack Zen has an intriguing post linking John Wayne’s teeth to thoughts about leadership or rather our delusions about it. He offers this thought which I like, at least I like the practice it relates to. I’ll take a pass on how it’s labelled.
In all of the communities I’m working with around the country more and more people get that leader is convener of new conversations. Period.
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.
When Viv and I were training facilitators earlier this year, some of the liveliest sessions were the ones on status. We used a series of improv games to explore how
Matt Moore made an offer on his blog the other day. I have another life. A few times a month I stand up and do performance poetry in various pubs
Wired reports on the QWERTY effect. It seems that the ease, or difficulty with which words can be typed on a keyboard has a measurable impact on perceptions of the
Liam Mulhall of Blowfly Beer is in London next week. Liam used to work in tech and wondered if he could apply some of the magic of the Open Source
