The key move a facilitator can make is to ask the right question. It's often the one and only move. Ideas don't come from the facilitator. Ideas come from the group being facilitated. Better …
Shows and paywalls
Andrew Warner, host of the Mixergy podcast, has a couple reframes for people thinking about podcasting. Some may say that he "keeps his past shows behind a paywall." He would take issue with two …
Peacetime and wartime generals
After listening to nearly a dozen hours of audio from Dan Carlin about World War I, I've heard this distinction made many times. There are peacetime generals, those who are good in drills, good at …
The mandatory-ness contest
Kids will often host a mandatory-ness contest between the two programs they’re in. What happens is they have a conflict. Two events happening at the same time on the same day. They go to one adult …
Who gets to play with AI
The worker at the state division of social services? Or the person trying to make sure everyone spends .3 more seconds in their newsfeed? Maybe my perception is wrong, but it feels like most of the …
Organizational coordination
When you're alone, you can just create. You don't have to worry about what your colleagues think. You don't have meetings on your calendar to catch up with your team. In some ways, your creation time …