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.
leaving your props behind
feeling the power of presence… and what it really means to ‘read the room.’
we’re hungry for connection
What brings conversations to life is often missed when we aim too high
What I learned singing to strangers on the subway, and why emotional connections matters even more in a hi-tech era.
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 hosted an unhurried conversation in London this week. We meet at the Royal Festival Hall, where we can usually find a reasonably quiet space. Only this time, most of
So it’s official. I look like… At least I do according to Star Estimator (Thanks to MeZack for this exercise in vanity.) —–
I liked this post by Dan Burgess at The Pipeline Project: Learning to Unlearn. He talks about his experience of reverting to almost-barefoot running eschewing years of being, in effect,
On a brighter note here’s a great link I found in Curt Rosengren’s blog. Curt writes: File this one under companies who get it! In the dismal economy of 2002
