So many business books and trends seem to have the following pattern.
1. Identify some newish area of scientific research
2. Oversimplify and dramatise it
3. Say how you can now make shedloads of money from it
Mark Earls actively patrols outbreaks of this pattern in relation to neuroscience. His latest post is well worth a read.
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
How our creativity can get hijacked if we allow it to get attached to symbols
I had a great Skype call with Tony Goodson this morning. We’re going to organise an Improv on the Beach session when I visit Melbourne in December. It will be
I got back from New Zealand yesterday morning and am struggling to get to grips with jet lag and with very short cold days as well as a pile of
A few years back, when I had just moved to Cambridge, I was sitting in my new home feeling deeply depressed. The move had been extremely stressful and at that
