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.
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.
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.

Ethan Zuckerman blogs a talk by Jonah Lehrer at Poptech. When we’ve got hard problems we turn them over to experts. That might be the wrong thing to do Lehrer

?Fouroboros: Radio-controlled-exploding-mad-cows Mark Brady has a passionate rant against the deficiencies of thinking about security against terror in the US (tags: politics terrorism) —–

I’m curious. Does anyone else feel that there are too many lists being made these days? I remember when presenting design work clients might dislike for instance an idea for

John Moore at Brand Autopsy asks Is Being Visionary A Good Thing? Being visionary is a double-edged sword. Sometimes you can be so visionary that others can’t relate, understand or