Tyranny of the Explicit
31 March 2010What happens when there’s a great conversation going, ideas are sparking off each other, people are energised and excited and then someone says, “we should capture this”? Or when creativity or innovation has to be expressed as a number, you know, ROI? Or when our ideas need to conform to someone else’s model? And how…
The tyranny of excellence
3 March 2010Johnnie Moore and I recorded a podcast with David Robinson – artist, improvisor, theatre director, coach and diversity consultant – about the tyranny of excellence, or as David likes to describe it: putting down your clever and picking up your ordinary. Read some background and a run-down here. Download the podcast here. (25m, 23.5 MB)
Threads
21 January 2010Two things I’ve been neglecting lately – listening to podcasts and exercising. Lucky for me they’re not incompatible. So today, as I was becoming reacquainted with bikes, treadmills, pulleys and weights, I also turned to my trusty iPod, crammed full of music and podcasts. I had to turn it up really loud so as I…
Playing with open space (literally)
26 May 2009A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to be a part of the Australian Theatre Forum. I did a bit of facilitating (mind you it was a tad daunting standing up in front of 240 theatre folk, but that’s a story for another day) and enjoyed being a participant, yes, participant, in a…
Learning from fellow facilitators
16 March 2009I love sharing stories with fellow facilitators. In this podcast, Geoff Brown and I chat with Nicole Hunter about her experiences with rural communities following the Grampians bush fires a few years ago. Go here to listen.
Wanna eavesdrop?
27 February 2009Johnnie Moore, fellow facilitator and improv buddy, and I found some time last night to chat about facilitation in relation to a whole lot of local and world events. Interestingly, our experiences are remarkably similar even though we’re operating from different sides of the globe. We talked about the GFC (Global Facilitation Crisis or Geelong Football…