After Sean let fly at the market research business I’m pleased to see Piers doing the same for the trendspotters.
For me, there’s a message linking both: can we get away from putting our faith in magic feathers and soothsayers? I think if we do, we could move to much less grandiose but fertile territory.
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
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
Steve Rubel writes about the decision of Major League Baseball to get fans blogging at $50 a year.
Daily Kos: FLASHBACK: Chris Matthews gets reconciliation ass-backward (but stays on TV) A great example of the curse of expertise – it's so easy to let your ego stop you
I am blogging from my friend Thomas’s office in Essex. All around are those inspirational posters… eg “PERSISTENCE Now that we’ve exhausted all possibilities… let’s get started” (With a picture
Thoughts on the frustrations of consulting to dysfunctional organisations and the need for humility and laughter
