Following up on WH Auden here’s R D Laing:
“The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice there is little we can do to change until we notice that how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds.”
Hat tip: Bob Sutton
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Magic, relationship and changing status
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.
Dwight Towers reminds me of the Russian guy Vygotsky and his concept of the Zone of Proximal Development. Fancy jargon but quite an interesting concept. Vygotsky suggests this is the
I’ve been enjoying The Geography of Thought by Richard E Nesbitt. Nesbitt explores differences in the thinking between Eastern and Western cultures arguing cogently that the very way we filter
I’m pretty phobic to most of what’s said after the word leadership is used in speeches or essays. But Dave Snowden’s recent succinct effort strikes me as dead sensible. Snippet:
