“This book unlocks the hidden power of high performance gatherings. Adrian has given us a formula that can change the world — a simple and powerful way to harness humanity’s progress.” —David Adler, CEO & Founder BizBash Media Do your […]
In the summer of 1970 I had a cool teenager vacation job: writing computer programs for a trucking company in downtown Los Angeles. After I finished coding a new report, my boss asked me to share it with the employees of a small department. Little did I know what was about to happen…
Two years have passed since the last update of my great Apple apps for event professionals. Apps continue to be born, evolve, and, sometimes, die—so it’s time for my latest list of event professionals’ great apps!
Event complexity In 1975, I fell ill with viral meningitis while attending a conference in the former Yugoslavia. I spent ten unexpected days recovering flat on my back in a Split hospital. My only reading matter was an English translation of Lao […]
Van Halen’s 1982 World Tour performance contract contained a provision calling for them to be provided backstage with a bowl of M&Ms from which all the brown candies had been removed. Although this sounds like a self-indulgent rock-group’s outrageous whim, there was a sound business reason for inserting this peculiar request in the depths of a 53-page contract. And I’m starting to wonder if I need to follow Van Halen’s example.
A “Dear Adrian” question on the “Three Questions” process initiates an exploration of how group size affects process design — specifically the tension between intimacy (going deep with a few) and discovery (uncovering the possibilities of the many).
Gosh, how could I have overlooked International Facilitation Week? (Dontcha know, there’s a minute, hour, day, week, month, or year for everything these days.) Luckily it’s not too late to share this compilation of fine facilitation wisdom from the mysterious ShitFacilitatorsSay (profile: “I facilitate […]
Want to improve the learning at your meetings? Here’s what I learned from playing the delightful improv game “You”.
A group agrees to follow covenants to guide meeting behavior — but what happens when two of the covenants collide? A workshop story with an unexpectedly funny outcome.
Perhaps you’re wondering: What’s the connection between facilitation, rapt attention, and love? Why am I drawn to facilitation? I’ve often heard an uneasy inner voice that wonders if it’s about a desire or need for control and/or power. And yet I know through […]