Here’s a good example of a small intervention with a surprisingly big effect, spotted by Jon Strande.
Kevin told me that he’s had a problem with flamers, who come to the site and start posting angry comments about other people. They get out of hand very quickly.
Here was his answer:
He pre-filled the comment box with the simple phrase “Everybody needs a hug.” Turns out that this small step reduced flame postings by a huge number.
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.
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
Nice post from Jack Martin Leith on how he used Open Space as part of an innovation process. Seems nice and human to me.
Alexis Soloski suggests we shouldn’t be too bothered if the star of the show is replaced by an understudy. And it’s often been my experience that understudies perform as well
I’ve been going on about the idea of notice more change less quite a lot this year. With this in mind, I was intrigued by Andrew Sullivan’s analysis in The
