My friend and colleague Bonita Nuttall runs a program called “Turn up the YOU!” and I love the concept.
Its power hit me at two different scales this past week, and both were a good reminder that we always have the opportunity to inject some personality into what we’re doing.
Continue reading “Turn up the you”Continuing our short series on quick facilitation hacks I use all the time:
If you notice a group is getting a bit mired in binary thinking (i.e. “We have to choose this or that,” or “The world looks like this or that”), I find it helpful to draw a line on a whiteboard, with their two options at either end. Then I ask them:
Continue reading “My Go-To Tool”Sometimes people ask me when I “have time to come up with so many new ideas?”
I wonder if they think I just sit at my desk and think. I don’t.
Thinking is work, yes, but most of my ideas come when I am “in delivery” — in front of a room of people, speaking or facilitating. I test them in real time and see which ones land.
Continue reading “Adjust the Bullseye”Think of a presentation you’ve heard that has really stuck with you.
Are there many? Likely not.
I heard one this week, by Sarah Owen of Collaboratory, that I can’t stop thinking about, so I thought I’d tell you about it.
Continue reading “Thanks, Sarah!”Sometimes making a wiser decision faster requires slowing down. Good ideas or big transitions often take time to germinate or incubate, and we are wise to let them.
Continue reading “In praise of long-term overnight success”