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.
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
Getting away from grandiosity or solemnity. small p presence is about being open to the life around us
I linked to this paper on wicked problems the other day and Chris Corrigan commented “there’s a lot in that paper eh?”. Which is true. Here’s another part of it
Idly googling for the origins of the British slang term “bog standard” I stumbled into bog-standard.org – campaigning for better toilets in schools.
I was thinking about the fabled importance of the post-coital cigarette. I think we like the idea because it’s a sign that the climax shouldn’t be an ending of relating.
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