My friend Julian Burton emailed me a link to this article by David Halpern at the RSA website. He looks at social capital and suggests we pay more attention to it as an indicator of national well-being. There's a lot to chew on there, but this bit.
Topics: Miscellaneous (everything is)

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Just a reminder that Peter Hanke and Rob Poynton are running their workshop, Communication as a Performing Art on November 2nd in London. I'm going there, as is Marks Earls plus Roland Harwood from NESTA so I think we're going to have a very...
Topics: Miscellaneous (everything is)

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I'm one of those people who thinks too much, and there's often a mush of vaguely related ideas at the back of my mind. Then once in a while, I read something that crystallises it. Today, the crystalliser is Dan McQuillan's post - Will...
Topics: Facilitation

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I'm going to be at the Applied Improv Network Conference this November in Portand, Oregon. In fact, I'm going to run a preconference day with Kay Scorah and Denzil Meyers. This will be based on the workshops Kay and I have run recently in London.
Topics: Facilitation

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Alex Kjerulf has a rare rant against Fast Company's celebration of the provocative approach to management of Fernando Flores. I don’t know what’s worse – the awful methods Flores employs; the fawning tone in the Fast Company article,...
Topics: Facilitation

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