Ben Zander quoted by Phil Dourado:
A Harvard Business School study looked at job satisfaction. Orchestra players came just below prison guards. Chamber musicians came in at number 1. What’s the difference? The presence of a conductor.
A bit of googling turned up this interesting article on an orchestra without a conductor.
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
Beyond heroic leadership
Holding a mirror to experience
We’re bombarded with messages – can we create more space to think?
People have been facilitated before: boredom, stillness, recovering attention and the undercurrents of life
What I’ve learnt from limiting my use of social media for three months….
I was searching back through this blog this morning and stumbled on someting I wrote back in May 2004 about Richard Farson. It’s such a great insight that I’m going
This flash movie on Bush vs Kerry – This Land is My Land – made me smile. (It takes a while to load up) I love the inventiveness of these
I blogged briefly about The Halo Effect the other day. Phil Rosenzweig gives a clear analysis of the delusions that undermine the credibility of a great deal of popular management
I had lunch with Adriana today and we explored some metaphors for how blogging might help companies create better brands. Here’s my effort: A company that lets its people blog
