Adrian Segar has a great post pulling together a whole set of reasons why you shouldn’t jam pack meetings with activity. There’s a terrible workaholic ethic running through meetings that are packed with content, and seem to expect people to function at their best sat in chairs, often packed around anti-social cabaret tables or absurd rows of desks, in semi-darkness.
Hat tip: Tweet from Viv
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.
Doug Rushkoff makes this point: ..if everyone wants to do the “meta” job of creating a brand or utility through which activism happens, then there will be no one left
I know I keep linking to it but hey, I think The Nub is a pretty good site. Lots of information and a good dollop of well-expressed attitude. Tim Carter
Dave Pollard writes a scathing report – My Dell Story – which reminds me of several of my own experiences trying to get “support” from PC companies. Going beyond his
As I mentioned in a recent post I didn’t much like In Search of Excellence when it came out all those years ago. It’s only in more recent times that
