The deeper we delve into any subject, the more complex and intricate it can become. I think it’s common to think that to become an advanced practitioner of facilitation, or any art for that matter, that we need to move in the direction of increasing complexity. While a deeper and/or broader scope of knowledge and [...]
The Intuitive Facilitator
January 16, 2012 By 3 Comments
Tapping into the field of knowing My inquiry into the concept and practice of intuition among my peers led to many interesting responses. I’ve organized these questions and their responses below in a way I hope you’ll find useful. What is intuition? Intuition: 1. a. The act or faculty of knowing or sensing without the [...]
Revisit Your Roots
December 27, 2011 By 1 Comment
As we move into the end of yet another year together, I’ve been thinking about what I could share that would help to clarify and simplify our work in the world of group leadership and facilitation. It occurred to me that as life long learners, our field can get pretty complicated with all the models, [...]
The Art of Not Doing
November 21, 2011 By 1 Comment
This holiday week I want to continue my heretical body slamming on the culture of doing…the already frenetic pace of which seems to increase this time of year. It’s a common view that if we’re not doing something, we’re failing or lagging behind. Everything in our world is about growing, progress, and production. This movement [...]
Getting to the Bottom of Yourself
November 15, 2011 By 5 Comments
As I’m getting to know Madison, I’ve been meeting quite a few new people. When we meet, many of them ask, “What do you do to stay busy?” I used to be a bit embarrassed to answer this question honestly, but lately I’ve been more frank by responding with something like, “Well, I haven’t been [...]
How Did We Get Here?
May 23, 2011 By 4 Comments
I’ve been watching the news lately a little more than usual and had an impulse to explore an obvious pattern I see that relates to our work with groups. It has to do with people arguing their solutions to problems with little knowledge of the source of these problems. In this week’s article, How Did [...]
Awakening Service as a Facilitator
May 17, 2011 By 2 Comments
I once attended a seminar in Boulder with noted author, psychiatrist, and professor, Roger Walsh on Awakening Service (Karma Yoga) and Ethics. I particularly enjoyed a simple eight-step process one can use to approach life in a more awakened fashion. It occurs to me that this practice would be ideal for facilitators preparing to approach [...]
You are a Process, Honor it
March 22, 2011 By 8 Comments
As some of you may know, I moved to Madison, WI on a trial basis last July. This trial came to an end three weeks ago when visiting my home in California. Once there, it became clear that I was ready to pack up and make Madison my new “home base.” I loaded a 6′ [...]
It’s About Time
March 8, 2011 By 2 Comments
One evening during the week when I was delivering the Journey of Facilitation and Collaboration Workshops at UW, Madison with my colleagues Darin and Harry, I joined Darin and his friends Bret and Tom for a guitar jam session. During this session, I had a very interesting experience with time. In this week’s article, It’s [...]
Assimilation vs. Accumulation
November 30, 2010 By 3 Comments
As we move into the holiday season, a season in these times that seems to inspire excess, I’d like to rerun an article in service to balance entitled, Assimilation vs. Accumulation. This article explores the challenges we all face in dealing with an overabundance of material and information. It also proposes some strategies for accumulating [...]
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