Author: Kirsten Clacey
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What nightmare are you trying to avoid?
Some days feel easy, and some days feel hard, some feel joyful and unexpected, and some feel insurmountable, maybe even impossible. I’ve had a few of those recently. And I’m learning about how easy avoidance is and how scary and raw acceptance can feel. But why should we accept the ugly stuff, the heartache, the…
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Accessing our Inner Resources – A Self Esteem Toolkit
It’s easy to overlook the resources that lie within, that which waits quietly in our depths, the whispers, the dreams, the power we all hold…
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Time, Efficiency and Meaning
What if we accept the feeling of overwhelm as a reality rather than something to be solved?
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To Async or Sync?
I’m really hopeful about the potential of asynchronous collaboration (Ie. for enabling deeper thinking or flexibility across timezones). I’m also very curious about the conditions necessary for it to be productive. I created the following model to support leaders and facilitators in choosing between these 2 modes of collaboration based on the scenario characteristics. I’m…
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Go Gently Before We Lose Something
I’ve been chatting to a lot of new founders creating digital collaboration tools – innovation is booming. But there’s a common theme that’s niggling me… and while a part of me knows that a new era of working is here, I’m increasingly conscious of what we stand to lose AND wondering if we’ll ever be…
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On Boxing Rings and Bouncing Castles
As facilitators we create containers with our words, the structures we use and our very presence.
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Self Compassion and the Island of Calm
How is it that we can hold others so much more gently than we hold ourselves? When we make that big mistake at work, or forget something important for our kids, shame, disappointment, fear and even a little self loathing show up. “ How could you be so stupid?” “Maybe you’re not good enough for…
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Does Async Dialogue need Facilitation?
While async discussion plays out differently to sync dialogue – I believe that both benefit equally from skilful facilitation. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that when async dialogue fails it’s often due to a lack of effective async facilitation. If we see discussion on a spectrum based on the degree of…
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Team Archetypes, Leadership Patterns and Retrospectives
When I hear that retrospectives aren’t adding value, aside from exploring the techniques used, I get really curious about the team context and the patterns that exist outside of the retrospective. Even if facilitated beautifully, are retrospectives always worth the time invested? Both the structure and value of retrospectives are informed by the structure of…