I'm a recovering academic who uses her insights from behavioural economics to develop methods that facilitate collaboration. In my weekly newsletter, I share the summary of my latest interview on the "workshops work" podcast along with an application of facilitation as a life and leadership skill.
Choosing my own adventure || 🎙️ Episode on the Inner Child running the Boardroom
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Dear Reader, I’m on my way back from Southern France, where I spent the weekend focused on writing. Finally — I’m writing again on my "Unprofessionalism" book. Since I started this journey in January, I’ve thrown away five manuscripts because it didn't feel like the book I wanted to write. It hit me about two weeks ago and what I’ve been embarking on is anything but linear. So I spent the past two weeks on thinking and planning instead of writing. And I once again realised that I have an unprecedented talent for underestimating complexity 🙃 I have decided to choose my own adventure! Literally!! Well, actually, I decided that I'll let you choose your own adventure (if you choose to read my book) I’m going all in on a format that feels wildly #unprofessional (and very me because it's basically 'facilitation' in the format of a book: a choose-your-own-adventure non-fiction novel. A pop-science book in fictional disguise. A way of writing that lets the reader follow different threads of the story (instead of sticking to one clean argument from start to finish and from my perspective). Every decision leads to an exponential increase of threads and possibilities. The book will be as complex as the topic .... And while I am figuring out how to work through this without losing my mind, I am also wrestling with all the other voices in my head: “Is this even a book?” “Are you just making it harder for yourself?” “Can you even write fiction?” The short answer is: I will find out! This path seems risky and a bit unpredictable — and exactly my kind of adventure. As it turns out, choosing your own adventure is a lot messier than following the map. And somehow it seems as if that's what we've been trained for as facilitators - haven't we? 🎙 Meanwhile, on the podcast…Leaders, who’s really running the business? Is it you, or is it your inner child in the boardroom chair, with all of your messy, unresolved childhood patterns, triggers, and attachment styles running the show? Here to help us find the healed, playful inner child is Jason Perelso! He has spent the past quarter of a century helping brilliantly flawed humans to better understand themselves, destigmatize their triggers, step into vulnerability, and become emotionally mature, self-aware leaders. Together we explore how to heal the boardroom, learn from our inner child, and make leadership decisions without them calling the shots! Find out about:
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I'm a recovering academic who uses her insights from behavioural economics to develop methods that facilitate collaboration. In my weekly newsletter, I share the summary of my latest interview on the "workshops work" podcast along with an application of facilitation as a life and leadership skill.
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