Ken Thompson points to this LA Times article by Jeffrey Kluger about simplexity – how apparently inconsequential things can have major effects in systems.
I’m not one for jargon, but I quite like this word simplexity. I’m fascinated by the paradoxical power of the simple and the complex. I think we too often miss it favour of seeing the merely complicated. (More on that in this essay I wrote a few years ago.)
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.
Only Dead Fish – 7 Harsh Realities In Social Media Pithy slideshare giving corporates the low down on social meeja. The Fun & Improvisation of a Music Festival – the
From Chelsea Hardaway’s great post: Dirty little secret This is precisely the problem with most big companies — they don’t learn. They get paid to do something and then they
(Click here if you can’t see the video embed.) This NSFW video made me laugh. I can’t explain how I scraped a degree in Philosophy and Politics whilst having a
