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.
A lesson from Inner Game author Tim Gallwey about not following Route One to a goal
Conversations have been on my mind lately. Prompted by my friend down under, Matt Moore I’ve been slowly rereading Patricia Shaw’s Changing Conversations in Organizations. She’s able to articulate very
I’ll be attending Corante’s Innovative Marketing Conference on 8 and 9 June in New York, and I’ll be staying in the city for most of the weekend of 10 and
The Epidemic of Mental Illness: Why? by Marcia Angell | The New York Review of Books Fascinating and disturbing review of research suggesting that anti-depressants are either ineffective or dangerously
