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.
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.
From jack/zen via Chris Corrigan a little bit of zen that made me laugh. A typical example of zen practice. Put a flower on a table. Write down every word
My friend Jon Husband writes about the turbulence caused to traditional ways of managing by networked people: Knowledge power and an historic shift in work and organizational design I was
Ton Zijlstra posts a critical – but constructive – review of a recent conference in The Netherlands A story of form and content. His central point: here is a conference
