Last week, I had the privilege of participating and presenting at the 2009 ALARA (Action Learning & Action Research Assoc.) Conference. As a participant, I was at last able to connect with a group of people I’ve been learning from for years. People who have authored some of my most used books like Yoland Wadsworth and Bob Dick were there. And facilitator’s I have learned from, by watching them in action, like Ross Colliver were also in fine form. Unfortunately my time there on Friday was too brief and I didn’t get to immerse myself in the afternoon sessions and …

Many people have written about ways of improving conf. Moving away from the keynote expert experience to participation and dialogue of the crowd. I just discovered this beautiful video on Chris Corrigan’s Parking Lot! When we do have a keynote speaker,we need (metaphorically) to demand audience participation and experience in the subject matter. Just watch this video featuring Bobby McFerrin. World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale from World Science Festival on Vimeo.

Nice post by Les Robinson over at Change Moments … How to bust silos based on this article by Graham Winter. I liked Les’ summary of success factors for business initiatives … When initiatives succeeded When business initiatives succeeded, the ‘players’ were likely to be: sharing the big picture: companies created and shared one big picture, found common goals and synergies and focused on what was best for the organisation sharing the reality: employees were focused on real performance, made fact-based decisions and had the tough conversation rather than avoiding reality sharing the air: companies invited ideas from employees in …

I found those hugging salt & pepper shakers and now have 1 of my own 🙂 Originally uploaded by Yes!AndSpace I shared this picture recently on my 1 Photo Per Day Project. It was taken at the Bangalow Market near Byron Bay on my iPhone. The site of these hugging salt and pepper shakers sitting on a table move me to the point that I had to buy a set. The fellow who toured the world offering ‘Free Hugs’ in city malls a couple of years ago started a movement. The YouTube video went viral and everyone was speaking about …

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