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Conferences that work
Posted by nynke in New information on December 2nd, 2009
New Book!
You can find out more at www.conferencesthatwork.com, which offers five free chapters, a condensed introduction to peer conferences, a blog, and free downloads of many supporting resources.
Check it out, Adrian loves to get feedback!
There is no such thing as a free lunch. Or is there?
Posted by nynke in New information on August 10th, 2009
The gains of controlled folly are tremendous. A sculpt can generate large amounts of useful data for laying a sound basis for a long term program of work on key organisational issues. The only restrictions are our imagination, skills, and abilities.
… and there is no such thing as a free lunch!
I knew it! There’s [...]
Changing How You Manage and Communicate Change
Posted by nynke in New information on July 1st, 2009
We are pleased to provide the news the new book of Naomi Karten is out: Changing How You Manage and Communicate Change: Focusing on the Human Side of Change. The Satir change model provides the central framework. The book is relevant to all organizations.
Deepening the Satir Experience
Posted by nynke in New information on July 1st, 2009
The Satir Institute of the Southeast is offering a workshop series beginning this July and continuing until November. Jean McLendon is leading the training. See the Deepening the Satir Experience flyer.
What’s the sum in this game?
Posted by nynke in New information on April 23rd, 2009
Anybody who plays three MMPORG games should be declared brain dead.
The Unfolding Self desired to understand the pre-emptive violence myth better, as it relates to Blue corn questions. Now I do. In a controlled folly dance I learned about Spies, damn spies, and leadership. The Tribal Wars game is basically a zero-sum game. That’s how it’s set [...]
Battle of the Sexes
Posted by nynke in New information on April 3rd, 2009
The fighting or “martial” arts started the day Grunk picked up a lump of wood and hit Oink on the head, most likely for winning the favor of a female. Noticing “success”, Grunk and his friends, figured out the best way to hit Oink’s people with sticks, clubs, and fists.
The women of Oink’s people had [...]
A QWAN year :)
Posted by willem in New information on December 19th, 2008
I wrote a teaser post about iterative and incremental rebranding of eXperience Agile in September… It’s been four months and almost as many newsletters since then . So time to de-tease the blog…
Marc suggested to do part of the upcoming newsletter as a Temperature Reading, so besides getting some information, our readers also [...]
How to become more fully inhumane
Posted by nynke in New information on May 22nd, 2008
To achieve this enlightened goal you need to become codependent. Codependence involves reacting to life from a polarized belief system.
So, essential for achieving this state is practicing black and white thinking. We’ve all been raised to know “good” from “bad” or “wrong”, so that’s a good starting point. If you weren’t raised a Christian, you [...]
How to best kill your creativity the fastest
Posted by nynke in New information on May 20th, 2008
First of all, you have to give away your power. To a guru, to a manager, a “strong man”, an authority figure who knows what he is doing. Really, you have to invite micro-management to be attracted to you, so you are constantly watched. You’ve been raised to be a “good girl” or a “good [...]
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