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.
As well as More Space I’m a participant in Jon Strande’s 100 Bloggers. 25 of us write a couple of pages for a book, then invite a friend to do
I went to see Supersize Me tonight. At times funny at times painful, it certainly socks it to the fast food industry. I left feeling quite depressed about the picture
Today’s snippet of Chris Locke’s Gonzo serialisation is his quoting of David Weinberger (from here) The belief in centralized management isn’t just a business decision. It’s part of a larger,
Another reason why Kathy Sierra is on my must-read list. Bonus link: Olivier Blanchard riffs on the same theme. Tom Asacker picked out this bit “The burger joint isn’t an
