I liked this thought from Earl Mardle (riffing on this from Seth Godin).
I have a little mantra for those who always want to pluck the “low hanging fruit” or “get some easy runs on the board” do the hard stuff first, the easy stuff is always going to be easy, but going from the easy to the hard just makes the hard seem even worse.” Most people aren’t interested.
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.
Managing in a world of uncertainty where people don’t live up to their stated values
Kathy Sierra stands up for the power of one. I’m not dissing teams–our books are all collaborative efforts and far better because of it. And we consider ourselves to be
I’ve posted some thoughts about the pitfalls and delusions of market research at BrandShift. Some of it will be familiar to regular readers here.
What I learned singing to strangers on the subway, and why emotional connections matters even more in a hi-tech era.
A great bit of propaganda from France 1968, and a nice sidelight on some people’s ideas of user-generated content. Hat tip: Jon Husband and Harold Jarche.
