As you probably figured out by now, bees are my heroes.

Not only do they naturally produce the most robust structure in nature -- the hexagon -- but also the only foodstuff on the planet that doesn't spoil -- honey.

I call my time being in groups, deep in the buzz of working well together, "be...

At the beginning of April I was part of a team preparing for an Art of Hosting training in western Denmark. The venue was a former boy's school transformed into a retreat centre, Himmelbjerggåarden, close to the "Sky Mountain" where so many Danes have gathered for more than a century to be in dialog...

Where are your places of practice? Who is your community?

Back in 2008 I was part of a conference hosting team in Takayama, Japan. We were invited by the Institute of Cultural Affairs (ICA), the forerunner of the International Association of Facilitators, to host the different parts of the then UN ...

 This is the third part of our look at Malcom Gladwell's book Revenge of the Tipping Point. This part of his work mirrors what I always tell people: 

The story of place is always working in the background. You are in it, so you'd better be aware of it.

In fact, Gladwell says it like this: "Com...

 What is it that we can do together that none of us can do alone?

Here's Part 2 to my report on Malcom Gladwell's book "Revenge of the Tipping Point."

This is what most of us think of as a "superspreader" -- someone who is sneezing loudly in a public place. Recently I heard one parent talk about their kindergarten aged kids as "germ factories." 🤢

But, and only...

For more than a year I've been listening to people's questions and stories and noticing a red thread through all of them -- the question: "Who am I now in the face of this?"

"This" might be anything...

I had one conversation with two people where "this" was something major. And devastating.

Other...

A very interesting read for times like these.

Last week I just finished reading Malcom Gladwell's 25 year update to his bestselling The Tipping Point. The subtitle for this volume is "Overstories, Superspreaders and the rise of social engineering." And yes, you should be paying attention to all of ...

Anyone who flies a lot knows you can't take anything for granted.

 Long ago in my facilitation practice, when I learned about Open Space Technology, I was really struck by the four principles and the one law. I could immediately see how they could be a way to travel the world with less struggle and...

Today is Valentine's Day. It's time to change our story about LOVE. 

Love is not fluffy, soft and only to be sought in romantic terms. Love is basic to human nature, the glue of human society, a basic practice we all can share.

Today is one day to remember that love is not a feeling -- love is a v...

How do you stay the course?

This past week I've had many interesting conversations with people all over the globe. In a call with a practitioner friend today, she admitted to me that she regularly wakes up in the night with anxiety and a racing mind. She told me about a term I wasn't familiar with ...

The best thing Santa can give you this holiday season will not be found under the tree. Is it the power of questions. 

When I think back over my time in groups -- and I mean ALL groups including my family -- the most important thing I've learned is that asking a question with genuine curiosity when...