What’s catching my attention
26 August 2009Performance Reviews I’d had a discussion with a friend earlier this week about performance reviews. I haven’t heard many good comments about them. And luckily I don’t have to partake – my performance is reviewed, well, every time I perform! Alex Kjerulf posted this update on Facebook today: The link he refers to – why…
Opening Space for Conversations
10 August 2009In my last post I said, “If I have done my job well I will have set up the preconditions for whatever transactions need to take place to emerge as a result of the workshop. And the best way I’ve found to do that is to open space for conversations, and to get out of…
What presses your buttons?
5 August 2009The term ‘change management’ presses my buttons. So instead of responding straight away with a rant, I thought I’d explore what the term means to me. First ‘change’ – there’s two types of change: change that I initiate, like changing jobs or moving house, or taking a vacation. Then there’s change that is imposed on…
Difficulties with the ‘what happened?’ conversation
9 July 2009A while back Roland Harwood of NESTA blogged about connecting and networking and relationship building. I’ve found myself using the premise of his argument – conversations first, then relationships, then transactions – many times since, and try to provide opportunities for people to have conversations and develop relationships. I suspect many of us have lost…