I don’t suppose Bertrand Russell was into Improv but it looks like he’d have got it:
To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralyzed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can still do for those who study it
Hat tip: Andrew Sullivan
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
Getting away from grandiosity or solemnity. small p presence is about being open to the life around us
Facilitation is often about small, subtle acts of noticing and experimenting
Richard Oliver spotted this from Mary Catherine Bateson: Biologists used to talk about the fact that human beings are what is called neotenous which is to say that we never
I found this quote in Phil Dourado‘s admirably snappy free book chapter for February. Leadership is emotional. Leadership deals with feelings. Leadership is made up of dreams inspiration excitement desire,
It’s been too long since I rolled out the disintermediation dalek but I’m thinking I could make it an award. If I did this month’s nominee could be South Norfolk
Chris Corrigan has a good post criticising the logo of the 2010 Winter Olympics. The powers-that-be have chosen an Inuit design for games staged the other side of the continent
