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.
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
My mate Paul Jackson challenges the language used in questions like “what really matters?” …in one discussion we were asked ‘Why are you here?’ and later ‘Why are you really
A lot of conversations about the need for action frustrate me as I’ve blogged before. So Ton’s reflections on Reboot 11 which had “action” has its theme, make a lot
For some reason, the tide of spam comments to this site is rising. I probably need to upgrade to Movable Type 3.x and use moderation to forestall it, but I
Viv and I have been beavering away on alternative versions of our book Creative Facilitation Here it is in ePub format, suited to things like Kobo, Nook and loads of
