Thanks to Daryl at Anecdote for this.
While the master quietly served tea the professor talked about wanting to learn Zen. The master poured the visitor’s cup to the brim, and then kept pouring. The professor watched the overflowing cup until he could no longer restrain himself. “It’s overfill! No more will go in!” the professor blurted. “You are like this cup,” said the master.
There’s something rather valuable about the quality of receptiveness, and for some of us it’s worth practicing.
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.
Alain Jourdier points to the fascinating Institute for Infinitely Small Things who are compiling a database of Corporate Commands. Snppet: WHAT IS A CORPORATE COMMAND? A Corporate Command is an
Interesting post by Alan Singer: The Other Side of the Campaigning Coin. Alan’s been blogging consistently on the case of Shapelle Corby, an Australian charged with drug smuggling in Indonesia.
The Observer | Magazine | Just Say ‘No’ Another trend is spotted: the New Puritans who eschew binge drinking, long-haul tourism etc. Found via Tim Kitchin who dubs them the
I’m just off to the Relationships Foundation this morning to learn about the Relationship Audit tool. This should be an interesting challenge to my own mental models as I’m wary
