Dave Snowden has a good line for metaphors about complexity and his latest based on a “magic roundabout” near Swindon, is a cracker.
Bunny Bunny
A funny game illustrates what we may be missing in many of our meetings
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Don’t panic
Managing anxiety is a familiar challenge for facilitators.
Hamlet and meeting absurdity
Managing in a world of uncertainty where people don’t live up to their stated values
Leading from the clown
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.
Embodied thinking vs slippery AI
A casual conversation in a pub makes me pay attention to thinking being embodied
Playing with eye contact
Creating eye contact despite the limits of Zoom and Teams
Noticing
The power of small gestures and noticing
Facilitation antlers
Exploring the inner dialogue of facilitation
Small p presence
Getting away from grandiosity or solemnity. small p presence is about being open to the life around us
Small i improv
Facilitation is often about small, subtle acts of noticing and experimenting
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How to spend your ad budget
Another reason why Kathy Sierra is on my must-read list. Bonus link: Olivier Blanchard riffs on the same theme. Tom Asacker picked out this bit “The burger joint isn’t an
31 October 2005
Emerging from complexity
I was indulging myself in reading some old posts here and found a couple relating to muddle and emergence. I reread my review of Patricia Shaw’s Changing Conversations in Organisations.*
3 January 2010
Entrepreneurs: relationships come first…
A good article from Knowledge@Wharton debunks macho stereotypes and suggests successful entrepreneurs focus on good human relationships.
6 May 2004
Blink
Blink is clearly a must-read. But until I get round to it thanks to Paul Goodison for this snippet. Malcolm Gladwell, in his new book Blink, takes a look at
14 January 2005
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