For a year or so now I've been playing with the role of tactility in consulting processes. Well, that's a good retrospective justification of what I've been doing - what I've actually been doing is creating and playing with different sets of the Priority Cards. Nonetheless, it's become an exercise in understanding the role of … Continue reading The remarkable world of touch
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We are constantly confronting the need for change in our organisations. Change at an institutional level, at a team level all the way down to the actions and behaviours of individuals. The world around us is mutating, and we need to adapt to accommodate that change. Yet if you ask people why they can't change, … Continue reading Be more firefighter
Last week I wrote up one of the games I've been playing with groups, here's the next one... Game - Competing objectives Objective: organisations are often trying to get teams working together more effectively. Yet at the same time those same organisations will set individual and team objectives in such a way that makes effective … Continue reading Play Games (2)
For the past couple of years I've been playing with the concept of play. At the core of my thinking is the idea that as we progress into adulthood most of us systematically remove our abilities to tinker with things, play with them to no particular end so that we can explore them. This is … Continue reading Play games…
Every year to accompany the Silicon Beach event, those speaking are asked to contribute to a book that is distributed to all attendees. Here's my contribution... A good friend of mine and I enjoy a heated debate. She’s an accountant with opinions. I’m a gob-shite. We both like a glass or two of red with … Continue reading Blindly Following Rules
So 19 days in... It's just time to get on with writing the thing. Updates on a slightly less regular basis to follow.
Father's Day. A nice cycle ride by the Thames for breakfast near Hampton Court. A cycle back though a hot and sticky Bushy Park. A brief stop and then to swimming lessons for the eldest. Back for lunch, and then an afternoon of clearing the temporary kitchen to reconfigure into the new temporary kitchen. Put … Continue reading 18. Book Reset: days like these
Today I'm spending a bit of time reviewing the recording of my interview with Phelim McDermott, one of the founders of the improvisational theatre company Improbable. I was introduced to Phelim by Neil Mullarkey, one of my earlier interviewees. I like the chain reaction nature of discovering people to talk to. Early on in the … Continue reading 17. Book Reset: tangential
This is a summary of work slotted in to spare crevices of time today: I have recut the book proposal to reflect the new structure I have got in touch with Tracey to get some feedback from a trained professional I have formed a loose alliance with someone else who is also currently writing a … Continue reading 16. Book Reset: progress
If this book is to be a travelogue, then the people I'm going to talk to are a series of destinations. Here's what the map looks like... The improvisers David Schneider - the comedian, writer, director and social media agency founder Neil Mullarkey - one of the founders of the Comedy Store Players Phelim McDermott … Continue reading 15. Book Reset – the destinations
