Archive for July, 2008
Celebrating ODA’s 10 years through Story
Posted by Andrew 27 July 2008Can you come along to this ODA event on Tuesday night?
“I can’t answer the question of what I’m to do until I know what story I’m part of”
It’s our birthday! To celebrate ODA’s 10 years of moments, highlights and achievements we will be embarking on a journey of creative storytelling. This creative form of storytelling [...]
Roles in conflict – not people
Posted by Andrew 21 July 2008On a related posting from the last exploring The Two Degrees of John Batros I thought I’d share on a topic close to my heart at the moment.
It seems to me that today we have forgotten that when we meet and learn about colleagues at work, what we are actually getting used to is the ‘them-at-work [...]
The 2 Degrees of John Batros
Posted by Andrew 14 July 2008It used to be the 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon. That is, based on a variation of the concept of the small world phenomenon any actor can be linked through his or her film roles to actor Kevin Bacon in a maximum of 6 degrees.
I feel that I have to agree with Thomas L Friedman who [...]
The Language of Leadership
Posted by Andrew 7 July 2008Having a wife who is doing her PhD in linguistics sure tunes me in – to language.
The other night – I was watching a movie called “Stranger than Fiction”. If you haven’t seen it, I’d recommend it.
Anyway – there was a great scene where the protagonist, on meeting with Dustin Hoffman (who’s playing a Literary [...]
Becoming a Better Facilitator
Posted by Andrew 1 July 2008First – some questions for you to ponder:
How often do you get a chance to reflect on your facilitation practice?Are you interested in the archetypes and roles we play as facilitators?How often do you get the chance to share and reflect on the success stories and the war stories of facilitation? The miracles and nasty [...]