I’m making some more little videos reflecting on the business of working with people. This first one was prompted by looking at the sales pitches of training companies at a conference/exhibition. I describe the event as exciting, but in a boring kind of way.
It got me thinking about the urge to impress, and how it can affect the way we talk and create together.
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
Nice article from the NY Times: Airlines Learn to Fly on a Wing and an ApologyNo airline accepts blame quite like Southwest Airlines, which employs Fred Taylor Jr. in a
There are some things in life that are blindingly obvious.. and somehow I need to be reminded of them either by me or (more embarassingly) by life. In future I
The Simple Software That Could — but Probably Won't — Change the Face of Writing – James Somers – Technology – The Atlantic For me, the software bit is less
Curt Rosengren’s blog is going from strength to strength a nice mix of simple but well expressed career wisdom with occasional nuggets of information about careers in weird things like
