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.
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
Beyond heroic leadership
Holding a mirror to experience
We’re bombarded with messages – can we create more space to think?
This story came to me via Sue Glasser. An ecologist studying flamingos on Kenya
Hugh talks about why people aren’t flocking to Our Social World. I agree with him that (to quote the Open Space mantra) the people who come are the right people.
This morning I recorded a podcast with Viv McWaters. Viv’s a fellow facilitator and we shot the breeze about a few common interests. Download the Podcast (30m, 10.5 MB) Podcast
I thought Paul Graham’s post – Maker’s Schedule Manager’s Schedule was really interesting. Most powerful people are on the manager’s schedule. It’s the schedule of command. But there’s another way
