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I had the pleasure of chatting with Belina Raffy (Maffick Ltd) and Andy Middleton (TYF Ecosapiens) last week. Both Andy and Belina use Applied Improv in their work and that is one thing I share in common with both of them. Below is a link to the entire conversation (minus some incoherent ramblings by me … it was past my bedtime!).

Andy Middleton      Belina hiding behind some crabs!

I first heard about Andy through a Skype chat Rob Poynton a while ago when he mentioned the link between Biomimicry and Improv – this got me excited! Then 6 months later I met Belina at the Applied Improv Network conference in Portland (OR) in November last year where she hosted a Biomimicry-Improv session! How’s that for ‘meant-to-be’!

The inspiration for this skype call and podcast was this discussion thread that Belina started at the Applied Improv Network site – Using Improv to Save The World: What’s that mean to you? This discussion thread is well worth a read as it sets the tone for some of our ramblings in the podcast. Enjoy!

Download Podcast – Using Improv to Save the World (25 min, 6MB)

More to follow on what we chat about.

Cheers

Geoff

Tags: Improv, Sustainability by GeoffBrown
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Recently, Viv McWaters and Johnnie Moore had a chat with Roland Harwood about another of the Tyranny’s … that of the Explicit!

As recorder of this podcast, here’s Johnnie overview (and the shownotes can be found on his site) …

Yesterday, I recorded a conversation with Viv McWaters and Roland Harwood on the theme of The Tyranny of the Explicit. We explore how the need for certainty in an uncertain world, the over reliance on metrics and the demand that learning be made explicit, can often kill energy in meetings and get in the way of innovation.

Download Tyranny of Explicit here (22m, 9MB)

Viv also expanded on this podcast by writing this over here …

What happens when there’s a great conversation going, ideas are sparking off each other, people are energised and excited and then someone says, “we should capture this”? Or when creativity or innovation has to be expressed as a number, you know, ROI? Or when our ideas need to conform to someone else’s model? And how do we make decisions in these complex and demanding times? Who is taking responsibility (or not) for making decisions? And what about accreditation? What’s that all about?

These and other thoughts are explored in this Tyranny of the Explicit podcast featuring the ever articulate and often provocative  Johnnie Moore, and Roland Harwood, Director of Open Innovation at NESTA. Oh, and I chime in too.

And if you’d like to explore more about this and other tyrannies that oppress us in our organisations and in our work, come and join our Crumbs! workshop in Sydney on May 13.

Cheers

Geoff

Tags: Facilitation, Improv by GeoffBrown
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