Talk and action

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I’m Johnnie Moore, and I help people work better together

Here’s the next video in my series reflecting on working with people and groups:

It’s about the way we sometimes talk about Talk and Action as if they are separate, even opposite, things. It’s inspired by this classic Monty Python clip:

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