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• Cake

  
  Johnnie Moores Weblog — Authority: 123
  I revisited this article about Baba Shivs research on how easily our brain tires of rational processing. In one experiment, led by Baba Shiv at Stanford University, several dozen undergraduates were divided into two groups. One group was given a two-digit number to remember, while the second group was given a ...
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• Meetings about meetings

  
  Johnnie Moores Weblog — Authority: 123
  Another good post by Chris Rodgers, about talking instead of systems . In his usual precise if dense style, he unpicks how we often talk about organisations in ways that effectively disconnect us from reality. And so, instead of thinking in terms of imaginary systems and seeking to act on imaginary wholes, we ...
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• Powerful questions part 2: The key focus area question

  
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  Hiya I just recorded the second video on the topic of powerful questions. These powerful questions are the result of the years I’ve spent dialogue mapping many different groups of people on many different problems. As time has gone on, I’ve learnt a lot about collaborative problem solving, and concluded that some ...
  2 weeks ago

• Judith Gardiner – Community | Charities | Nonprofit – Stanford Who’s Who Certified

  
  IBWIRE — Authority: 157
  Judith Gardiner Earns Inclusion Into The Exclusive Ranks Of Stanford Who’s Who BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA, May 10, 2013 / Stanford Who’s Who /– Stanford Who’s Who proudly announces the addition of Judith Gardiner to the ranks of professional individuals as a result of her work in the field of ...
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• SAFE to FAIL – Knowledge Ecology Workshop offer

  
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  In circumstances of uncertainty you need to carry out many “ safe to fail ” interventions or experiments (see Dave Snowden & uses of the cynefin framework ). As an accredited practitioner and  member of the Cognitive Edge community  I realised that we never seem to offer such “ safe to fail ” options ...
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• How to Say "Yes" to Projects: A Policy Guide for a Small Social Enterprise

  
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  Say you run a small social enterprise that is services-based  - like a small learning and process facilitation group that works on sustainable development issues for instance. Then you really need to work to manage the throughput of projects so that you can maintain high quality, uphold your social values and work ...
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• Corporate Facilitation: Create Best Sales Forces

  
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  Articledirectories.us Corporate Facilitation: Create Best Sales Forces Mark Cohen Articledirectories.us - Your Alternative Article Directory In the corporate world, business meetings and conferences is not a new concept. Since ages, businesses of different types and sizes have been holding seminars and such ...
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• Making the most of meetings

  
  Illumine Training Information Centre — Authority: 127
  Meetings can be a huge source of waste for an organisation.  Waiting for everyone to arrive, get settled and finish chatting wastes countless hours each working day, and is a real drain on productivity.  While the opportunities for communication and collaboration that meetings provide can be a good thing – and ...
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• The center of inattention

  
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  I like being the center of inattention. — Sparrow I love Sparrow’s aphorisms, but this one especially snagged my heart. It speaks of the space I inhabit when I facilitate effectively—becoming a creator of process that works for others and is not about me. Photo attribution: Flickr user hjiang196
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• Selling doesn’t cause buying

  
  Sharon Drew Morgen — Authority: 112
  When you think about your numbers (closing percentages, total calls, etc.), and consider the objections, the price issues,  the delayed sales cycles , the excuses, and those who just, well, disappear, don’t you realize these same problems have been cropping up, um, forever? And that whatever you seem to be doing ...
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• Powerful questions part 1: The platitude buster question

  
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  Hi all I’ve been a little busy lately so haven’t had sufficient time to write many articles. This will likely continue for a while as I’m also planning the next heretical book with Kailash. But the other day on a whim, I decided to record a short video on the topic of powerful questions. As [...] No Tags
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• F is for Families, Fun days and Fairytales

  
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  Part 6 of our A to Z series of blog posts covers the letter F. F stands for Fun which is something we make all our events because we believe that our clients will get a lot more out of the event if they enjoy it. Families Family and Families are important to us at Demon Wheelers. Demon Wheelers were founded as and ...
  3 weeks ago

• Working with complexity using Cynefin

  
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  A couple of days ago I was invited by Transition US to discuss the Cynefin framework and what it means to work with complexity in a one hour teleconference.   The recording of that call is now available if you’d like to listen in.
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• Ideas for Bringing Online Participation into Offline Events

  
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  Earlier this week my friend Doris Reeves-Lipscomb invited me into a conversation with Suzanne Daigle to explore options for including online/distributed participation in the upcoming Open Space on Open Space ( OSONOS ) in St. Petersburg Florida May 16-19. Having been to an OSONOS , I’d love to go, but the ...
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• Better meetings

  
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  This is such an exciting collaboration – and most of it has happened while I’ve been sleeping! Regular readers will know that I’m pretty keen on bringing meetings to life, and that Johnnie and I have published a  book . We also offer face-to-face workshops to share our ideas and approaches (the next one is ...
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• Better meetings, the online course

  
  Johnnie Moores Weblog — Authority: 123
  Now weve done the book , Viv and I are turning our minds to other ways of spreading the word... that meetings dont have to be awful. So were happy to be developing an online course with James Allen of Creative Huddle . He is a top bloke who really practices what he preaches when it comes to collaboration. This ...
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• Presidents and Protocol: Facilitating Processes with High Level Participants

  
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  First of all, I wouldnt dare give any tips about what exactly to do when you have Presidents, Vice Presidents, members of a Royal Family etc. involved in your event. In my experience, every country has its own preferred protocol, and you can be sure that these high-level people also have a team around them who can ...
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• Join us for a 2 day Net-Map training in Washington, DC

  
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  Solve sticky problems while learning Net-Map Spend two days with us, learning the basics of Net-Map, drawing maps of real cases that come from your personal or professional experience, learning to facilitate and read a Net-Map and earn a level 1 Net-Map certificate. We are still in the process of finalizing date and ...
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• Ex-soldiers to keep watch on Golconda Fort

  
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  The security of Golconda Fort will be entrusted to ex-servicemen recruited by the government under a pilot initiative in collaboration with the Centre. The retired army personnel are set to take charge on May 1 this year. At present there … Continue reading →
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• Tips for New Facilitators: What If No One Answers My Question?

  
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  Q: What if no one answers my question?  Youre facilitating a group discussion, you throw out a zippy stimulating question and expectantly wait for an answer - but theres no reply, nothing, only an awkward waning silence and no one making eye contact with you. One facilitator I heard recently who was confronted ...
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