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.
A funny game illustrates what we may be missing in many of our meetings
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
A friend at NPR pointed me to this fascinatiing story (read or listen): A Biologist’s Listening Guide to Bacteria. A scientist discovers how bacteria talk to each other so they
Hugh Macleod has been saying that Branding is Dead and Doc Searls agrees. Robert Scoble disagrees. Well it all depends on what you mean by branding, and it means different
I am pleased to report (belatedly) the demise of Yes Car Credit a company that specialised in selling cars with finance in the “subprime” market. I blogged a BBC expose
Good posting by Evelyn Rodriquez: The Myth of a Quiet Launch (Thanks to Robert Scoble for the link) Is it just me or is there a pattern here? What is
