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A little less conversation – a little more listening
Talking is something that has always come easily to me, whether I was being told off for chatting too much in class, debating in high school, or participating in heated discussions with friends. As I got older I learnt to harness my verbosity into becoming a...
Orange Scrabble
When facilitating meetings or trainings, I love using exercises that stimulate thinking in different ways, and which are fun for participants. Here’s one I invented! It’s good for evaluation, brainstorming or recalling information from previous sessions, you can...
Visual Inspiration – Insights into the World of Design
Pictograms. Hieroglyphics. Cave paintings. Graffiti. Emojis. Throughout history we have always had a flair for expressing ourselves graphically. Although the tools we use to make images may have changed, our ability to better understand and express complex ideas via a...
Note to Self
Over the last weeks I had the privilege to support and facilitate a couple of conversations that reminded me why I do what I do. The groups that travel long distances and gather to see where they are , what’s new, how can they continue the work and see the change in...
Connections
Sometimes you have to work inside an office and sometimes your office is the shore of one of Europe's wild rivers. Sometimes you have to use an app on your phone with ' nature sounds' to find a moment to breathe, and then sometimes you are surrounded by the...
Leading with emotional intelligence
What makes a good leader? – Whenever I ask this question from a group of people on a training or a workshop I get the same results: overwhelmingly high scores on the EQ side and IQ somewhat slacking behind. Although many participants surprised by the results, science...
Palavras ao vento
‘Palavras ao vento’ is not only an amazing brazilian song by Cassia Eller, but a wonderful reflection of how some moments and experiences can be captured by the combination of just a few letters: WORDS How or why is this relevant, you might wonder in our world of...
