Neil Perkin recalls this bit of wisdom from Hugh Macleod:
Good ideas alter the power balance in relationships that is why good ideas are always initially resisted.
I keep coming back to the feeling that many of these conversations about innovation in organisations are really more about power. Notions of “driving innovation” seem particularly confused about where it needs to lie.
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.
Euan thought this was good and so do I: 5 Social Computing Benefits that Adoption Rates Don’t Show
Here in Banff at the Applied Improv conference it’s no surprise my mind is on games. I enjoyed The Inner Game of Work on the flight over which has a
The TCF guide to beating Tories in elections « Though Cowards Flinch A Labour activist recounts his success not following the rules. This is interesting well beyond British party politics.
I suppose much of this will be lost on those of you who’ve avoided World of Warcraft but this YouTube cracks me up. And captures quite a lot of the
