Viv has recorded a podcast with Jessica Tangelder talking about creative facilitation, including a lot about how she I work together.
Of course, I agree with just about all of it; Viv and I have practiced together a lot over the past few years (despite being on opposite sides of the planet). It’s still useful to me to hear Viv articulate it and remind me that there is a reasonably coherent explanation of how I work!
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.
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
David Maister > Why training is useless “I now believe that the overwhelming majority of all business training, by me and by everyone else, is a complete waste of money
I’ve been hosting Unhurried Conversations in Cambridge and London for a year or two now. And Viv has been experimenting with the format in Australia. And now the idea is
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
Ben Franklin on building community through curiosity, dialogue and modesty. Wise words from “the first American”.
