Viv lured me out to an improv show last night together with a few of those attending a gig we’re facilitating this week. I agree wholeheartedly with her reflection:
It provided a really clear contrast to some of the behaviours I sometimes see in workshops. Two things stood out – the physicality and the emotional content.
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
Towards the end of this RSA Animate video, psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist quotes Einstein: The intuitive mind is a sacred gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant. McGilchrist suggests
Ricky Gervais is creating a new show that is being released as a podcast via The Guardian. He says I want to do a radio show where I can say
Michael Hammer’s new book, The Agenda, is about the rise of customer power. But is customer-centricity really such a good model for business and society?
Together with Mark and James, I’m running a workshop at NESTA on Monday 9 February called Innovation and Networks of Influence. Here’s a snippet from the blurb: In a networked
