Johnnie Moore's Blog (2)

I've just read Dave Snowden's summary about managing complex problems. Dave is one of those guys who thinks very hard about complexity. In his thinkerly way, he comes to similar conclusions about it as Improv types. He also offers some useful distinctions between things that are complex and things that are simple, complicated or chaotic.

In Banff, there were quite a few discu… Continue

(Cross posted with minor edits from my personal blog)

'm blogging this from Calgary Airport on my way home from Banff.

During Open Space at our conference, I started a conversation about the shadow side of improv, suggesting we sit in a circle and use a talking stick. The idea of the stick is to assure that only one person talks at a time - if you don't have the stick, you just listen.

I also poi… Continue