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.
Magic, relationship and changing status
leaving your props behind
feeling the power of presence… and what it really means to ‘read the room.’
we’re hungry for connection
What brings conversations to life is often missed when we aim too high
What I learned singing to strangers on the subway, and why emotional connections matters even more in a hi-tech era.
When facilitating, more and more I want to sense the next move at my fingertips
Letting go in order to get in flow…
A funny game illustrates what we may be missing in many of our meetings
Managing anxiety is a familiar challenge for facilitators.
I m enjoying the wikipedia entry on cognitive biases. I generally dislike jargon but right now I like the idea of hyperbolic discounting. The Von Restorff effect really jumps off
Consortiumnews.com Craig Murray gives his account of the consequences of not towing the party line for the Foreign Office. Bureaucraicies/hierarchies at their worst.
What could happen if we let go of the idea that teamwork should be easy?
On this tip from Jon Strande I installed SpamBayes to Outlook. It’s a cool bit of open source software and after a few days training it’s working very efficiently to
