The trap of “making things easy”

Johnnie Moore

Johnnie Moore

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

Another short video in my reflections series.

People think facilitation is about making things easy. I’m not so sure. Warning: skinny man attempts yoga in this clip.

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