Jonah Lehrer in The Frontal Cortex also points to research suggesting communing with nature increases our compassion. I liked Lehrer’s closing thought:
As usual, Emerson got it right: “Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”
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.
Neil Perkin recalls this bit of wisdom from Hugh Macleod: Good ideas alter the power balance in relationships that is why good ideas are always initially resisted. I keep coming
I’m pretty bored of a lot of marketing and a lot of the conversations about it. I enjoyed Alan Jourdier’s latest post, It Really Is About (Gulp) Leadership. It resonates
At Russell‘s prompting I found this amazing image of Velcro taken by Dee Breger – it’s near to the bottom of that page on Dee’s site. I think of Velcro
Robert Benjamin – From The Horses Mouth: On The Nature Of Equine And Human Negotiations – has some interesting observations on how professionals treat clients who are in conflict. I resonate strongly with his thinking.
