Quite a few people have been linking to Michael Pollan’s Food Rules. I thought this idea from Laura Usher had relevance beyond food:
Dont’ create arbitrary rules for eating if their only purpose is to make you feel more in control
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
Thanks to JP for pointing to this: In physics the truth is rarely perfectly clear and that is certainly universally the case in human affairs. Hence what is not surrounded
Jennifer Rice has been talking about our meetings in Malmo. Modesty (the False brand of it) prevents me from quoting the very flattering things she says (but do take a
The book, The Power of Discord, prompts some ideas about dealing with dissatisfaction.
Rob just left a comment that linked to this Dumbo YouTube, which is one of my favourite movie clips. As Rob says, it’s a mocking tribute to “all the doubters
