Greg Satell asks What makes an organisation “networked”? He makes some points challenging either-or thinking about networks. So bureaucracies and silos aren’t inherently bad it’s more a question of recognising other networks exist – and you can connect silos usefully without needing to disparage or dismantle them.
In a lot of meetings, I think facilitation can help people to find other ways to connect across the more officially recognised structures, matrices and hierarchies.
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.
A metaphor about writing has wisdom for much of our lives at the moment
I agree with David Weinberger when he says American democracy has hit a new low and perhaps a dangerous turning point when the Democrats can’t muster enough votes among Democrats
I loved this quote tweeted by Leigh Carter via Ben Watson There are no great people in this world only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet. – William
Nick Smith has another good post (and the above funny cartoon) about well, the meaning of life. Let’s be really frank and honest with each other here – we don’t
