The art of designing really effective meetings

My good friend and colleague, Beth Tener, is a long-time meeting designer and facilitator.  Beth is highly skilled at designing meetings that are both collaborative and consequential.  She’s now offering three workshops to share what she’s learned about how to design meetings that do more.  I highly recommend attending one or more!  You might also More…

Seeing With New Eyes: A reflection

(This post is part of a series reflecting on the value offered by my Intuitive Directions™ deck and has been reposted to reflect recent changes.) I spent five years in a daily photography practice of “turning on” my eyes to discover beauty in the absolutely ordinary — to begin to see patterns, colors, textures, and More…

Engaging the Whole Person in Conversation

(This story first appeared in the Pegasus Communications Systems Thinker newsletter in 2011. I’m reposting it now that it’s been updated to reflect my current offerings.) Facilitating introductions in a group I’ve been facilitating group experiences for more than 30 years. One of the first things I learned was the importance of creating a sense More…

Intuitive Directions™: The art of journaling

This coming weekend I’m going to be giving a sneak preview of a brand new photo/question card concept that I’ve been developing for the past three years. It’s called Intuitive Directions™ and contains seven thematically organized decks plus a pair of dice. Stay tuned for more information about this deck, but in the meantime, I’d More…