I agree with Viv:
Facilitation isn’t just about taking a tried and true process and using it yet again because it worked just fine last time. It’s about connecting dots, it’s about seeing a way a group can relate to each other and to a problem in a way they might not have considered before.
I tire quite quickly of debates about processess for this reason. The best moments in facilitation are the ones where there is a surprise, and something unexpected emerges.
finding a more human way of connecting in the networks we belong to
Embracing uncertainty and avoiding simplistic solutions
What’s going on when we use language?
There’s more potential in each moment than we realise
there’s more to meeting fear than our thoughts
getting out of the rut in familiar relationships
learning from experience, not theory
noticing the effect our stories have on us as tellers
Being careful where we invest our imagination
why being patient with confusion might be a better way to teach
Prompted by some recent experiences of meetings where a lot of friction was on display including by me I searched this blog to remind myself of this quote from Donald
Embracing uncertainty and avoiding simplistic solutions
Top blogging by Jackie Danicki. Here’s what Andrew Sullivan would call the money quote: If any of us wanted to play stupid games with execs who know little about what
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