Hugh‘s latest daily cartoon:

Hugh‘s latest daily cartoon:

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

I’m running a new workshop with my friend Alan Moore. Crafting Beautiful Businesses is on 27 September in London. The words beauty and business sound an unlikely pairing. Business is

Jennifer Rice (commenting on a post by Chris Lawer) takes a swipe at talk of “owning” customers, and suggests setting them free…

Thanks to Tony Goodson (via Tom Peters) for this: “Managers are the dinosaurs of our modern organizational ecology. The Age of Management is finally coming to a close. The need

I went to a fascinating presentation yesterday, given by Cynthia Haddock and organised by AMED. She talked about Polarity Management and her experience of working with it. Here’s a snippet