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.
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
I’ve just finished the book Natural Capitalism. It’s pretty rare for me to make it to the end of any business book; 9 times out of 10 the second halves
Rob May notices that a German court prevents WalMart from banning office romances. Wal-Mart has lost a court appeal to try to legally ban its employees in Germany from having
Nick Wreden in his FusionBrand blog reports on an ANA survey on perceptions of marketing. In some ways, it’s a familar story Despite its importance marketing is not getting the
Adrian Trenholm retells this story at 173drurylane. The Sainsbury’s CEO employs an executive coach. The coach tells the CEO that his every move is closely watched by colleagues and that
