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Monthly Archives: February 2009

In praise of generalists

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Filed under leadership

Our era favours specialists. Knowledge has never been so deep nor so divided. I sometimes have to defend my habit as a generalist, someone who moves across dozens of organisations, hosting conversations about many different subject areas – law, social justice, business organisation, planning, education. A facilitator has no country, often operating without a base in a specific subject discipline.
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Communicating well

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Filed under Innovate, Collaborate

Who needs another boring report? Or PowerPoint presentations with ten bullet points per slide. When times get tough and uncertainty reigns, people want connection, something that reflects their experience or that of their colleagues or community. Connecting people, telling their stories, using the right medium for the message – that’s the challenge in times of change.

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