Talking with Gil Brenson-Lazan about the role of facilitators in disaster...
Anyone reading this blog over the last couple of weeks will notice a pre-occupation, of sorts, with facilitation and disaster response. This is borne partly out of the need to share what I know and...
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I love sharing stories with fellow facilitators. In this podcast, Geoff Brown and I chat with Nicole Hunter about her experiences with rural communities following the Grampians bush fires a few years...
View ArticleLessons from the field
After eight days of facilitation training in Indonesia, what did I learn? Before I answer that, a bit of context. I was working for an international aid organisation. Some 55 people took part in the...
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Some reflections on the bushfire recovery process
It’s nearly five months on from the Victorian bushfires that claimed many lives, homes, livlihoods, habitat, livestock and wildlife. I don’t live in the affected area. I’ve done a few workshops with...
View ArticleWhat presses your buttons?
The term ‘change management’ presses my buttons. So instead of responding straight away with a rant, I thought I’d explore what the term means to me. First ‘change’ – there’s two types of change:...
View ArticleBeyond resilience
Dave Pollard has an excellent post on resilience. Resilience is a bit of a catch phrase at the moment, and yes, guilty as charged, your honour. I’ve been pedalling the resilience story for a while now...
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Tasting an amygdala hijack
Warning: Contains self-reflection I’ve always said that an ‘amygdala hijack’ is a great name for a cocktail. I’m not sure what would be in such a cocktail except that in my mind’s eye it’s red, so I...
View ArticleThe future belongs to those who can be flexible and adaptable
A special Insight report in the weekend paper is about the future of a baby born in Australia this year. Here’s what caught my eye. “If current trends are anything to go by, today’s babies will inhabit...
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Can improv save the world? It can’t make it any worse!
Whoa! There seems to be bad news around every corner. It’s a volatile and unpredictable time, and we all need to draw on all of our skills and resources just to cope, let alone, be of any use to...
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HUMAN – sci-fi meets aid
As a long-time fan of science fiction, I was delighted to hear that J. was writing a new novel, the world’s first humanitarian science fiction. J. is a fabulous writer as his previous books – fiction...
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