Rob Paterson linked me to this video. It’s feedback from participants in an Open Space hosted by WOSU in Columbus Ohio.
It’s a pretty good advert for Open Space and its ability to really engage people around their passions.
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
Beyond heroic leadership
During yesterday’s Skype call with Rob Paterson he came up with a good metaphor about conversations. It reminded me of the schoolboy rhyme “Volts jolts, mills (milliamps)kills”. You can have
[UPDATE: Here’s a list of all my entries on Lovemarks] I don’t love Lovemarks Kevin Roberts’ colourful new mantra for the world of advertising. So I enjoyed Chris Lawer’s full-on
Michael Skoler from Minnesota Public Radio offers this label for what they are doing to embrace the expertise of their listeners: They know more than we do. Here’s a snippet
I’m going to take part in the Art of Hosting event in Ireland on January 5-8. It’s being led by my friend and occasional collaborator, Chris Corrigan. It’ll be a
