I like Viv’s comment on the challenge of Open Space:
We are so used to being told what to do where to go and when, that when faced with a self-organising system, we sometimes doubt our own ability to respond.
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
Holding a mirror to experience
We’re bombarded with messages – can we create more space to think?
People have been facilitated before: boredom, stillness, recovering attention and the undercurrents of life
What I’ve learnt from limiting my use of social media for three months….
I’ve been rereading this great post by Gary Schwartz: The Trouble with Yes, And. It’s written with experienced improvisers in mind, but I think it has some really interesting perspectives
Just reminder that Chris Corrigan will be co-leading the Art of Hosting in Ireland (pdf) on 5- 8 January. I’ll be showing up along with at least 25 others and
Adam Curry is in mortal combat with his would-be broadband provider. After being in telephone-tennis with them for weeks now he proposes a new tactic. Record the conversations and podcast
