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
So I was visiting the BBC yesterday as you do. There was a bit of hoopla going on in reception where a man in a T shirt periodically called out
Doug Rushkoff believes central currencies and big corporations were invented to repress peer-to-peer production. And their time is now up. It’s not the 99% who need to retrain themselves in
Seth Godin is on good form, blogging about the challenge of spotting fakes, when traditional cues for trustworthiness are becoming less reliable. I think some of the answer lies in self-knowledge.
I ran my Facilitation for Surprise Workshop here in London yesterday. It was one of my most satisfying day’s work for a long time. All the participants were really enthusiastic
