Matt mentioned something in our podcast that gives me an excuse to refer to this YouTube clip again. We were talking about power and what happens when someone in authority walks into a room… and the atmosphere changes. It makes me laugh a lot, and reminds me of the energy that can be released when a shadow gets named, as the filmakers does here.
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
Aleah is a smart cookie. Or to own that statement: I agree with Aleah about a lot of things, including her latest post. We are expected to form our own
Earl spotted this from David Isenberg. Another Reason Torture-tape-gate is Abhorent I’m astonished at what’s happened in the USA over the torture tapes – as Earl says this is another
Alan Moore quotes from an email he received from Neil Boorman: On 26.08.06 I am going to gather every branded possession of mine into a warehouse, douse them with petrol
Often it’s in so called negative emotions that we can find the real life in our meetings
