In these reflections prompted by the Art of Hosting training at The Burren, I'd like to make some distinctions about the words which facilitators and coaches choose to use. 

The point is partly about the difference that these words might make with our groups and clients - how they feel about things, which aspects of topics they might most focus on, what in the end they might or might not do differently.

Hugely inspired by three days in Ireland at an Art of Hosting event, 'From Silo to System', here's the first of what may prove to be a series of posts.

Introductions

Early in the first session of this three-day gathering we are told we’ll do several introductions.  A nice idea that seems consistent with the perspective of hosting: a host at a party will typically need to make many introductions – of people to each other, of topics, of ways in which the event may unfold.

In Britain, Rob Brydon is currently one of Britain’s most popular comedy performers, and in his autobiography he makes clear just how important the application of improvisation has been to his success.

How applied improv can be used to deal with complexity in organisations: from my interview with FreedomLab in Amsterdam.

This clip from my interview at the FreedomLab thinktank in Amsterdam is about the vocabulary of Applied Improvisation and developing skills that we already use.

I was interviewed at the FreedomLab thinktank in Amsterdam, and this is the introduction – a brief clip that describes three applications of improvisation.