Creativity is not the clever rearranging of the known – Viola Spolin (again)
But don’t we fallible humans often wish it was? So much training and education is packaged to spare us the discomfort of entering into uncertainty. Likewise most “innovation processes” seem to be sold on avoiding that discomfort too.
I would rate myself as at least averagely cowardly so I have to keep remind myself, working with others, that some of the best stuff happens on the edge of our comfort zone.
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
Laura Ries comments on the Mel Gibson story. Would I be the only person who has something to do with branding who felt uncomfortable with this line? He began the
Further reflections on Dave Snowden and the difference between the complex and merely complicated. The source of a lot of trouble in my life and other people’s!
Chris Rodgers suggests that the most useful things in organisations come from people willing to operate at the margins. This where unexpected things can emerge. Unfortunately organisations typically reward more
On revolutions: two blog posts that stopped me in my tracks | Open (minds finds, conversations)… Excellent synthesis of ideas about the real impact of social media and those who
