Dave Pollard links to: Who are you trying to impress.
Justin Kownacki analyses the pitfalls of conversation where the battle for status precludes deeper engagement. His suggested remedies are all about allowing status to drop. That’s a bit of theme for me this weekend.
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
Another great post by Rob Paterson: Why change is difficult – The story of the Fosbury Flop. Reminds me of the Machiavelli quote There is nothing more difficult to take
Dave Snowden: Of course for many years we have known that Dark Matter exists, even though we could not see it, we also have known that only about a sixth
Andrew Sullivan quotes Tolstoy: It seems to every administrator that it is only by his efforts that the whole population under his rule is kept going, and in this consciousness
Nice idea from Rob Paterson and his friends: marketing filter. And not just because it very shrewdly filters me in. Likewise his Cityfilter for Charlottetown. Some interesting comments on Rob’s
